Timeline
| 1949 | July 26 - Roger Taylor is born in Kinglynn, Norfolk, England |
| 1968 | Taylor meets guitarist Brian May and the two, along with singer Tim Staffell form the group Smile. |
| 1971 | Smile is signed to Mercury Records. The group releases one unsuccessful single before Staffell leaves the group. |
| 1971 | Farrokh Bulsara joins Smile as the lead singer. The new group becomes known as Queen and Farrokh Bulsara becomes known as Freddie Mercury. That same year, John Deacon joins the band |
| 1973 | November 3 - Queen’s debut album, Queen is released |
| 1974 | May 11 - Second album Queen II is released. |
| 1974 | December 14 - Sheer Heart Attack is released. The album remains on the pop charts for 32 weeks and peaks at #12. |
| 1975 | December 27 - A Night at the Opera is released. Album remains on the charts for 56 weeks and peaks at #4. |
| 1977 | January 15 - A Day at the Races is released. The album peaks at #5 on the pop charts |
| 1977 | November 26 - News of the World is released and peaks at #3 on the pop charts |
| 1977 | Releases first solo single I WANNA TESTIFY |
| 1978 | December 9 - Jazz is released |
| 1979 | July 7 - The band’s first compilation album, Queen Live Killers is released |
| 1980 | July 19 - Queen’s most successful album The Game is released. It remains on the charts for 43 weeks and peaks at #1 |
| 1980 | Writes the score for the production Flash Gordon |
| 1981 | Releases first solo album Fun in Space |
| 1982 | May 29 - Hot Space is released to mixed reviews. This is the last album Queen recorded for Elektra records. |
| 1982 | David Bowie and Queen’s recording of UNDER PRESSURE reaches #29 on the pop charts |
| 1982 | CALLING ALL THE GIRLS reaches #60 on the pop charts |
| 1984 | RADIO GA-GA reaches #16 on the pop charts |
| 1984 | Releases second solo album Strange Frontier |
| 1986 | July 19 - A Kind of Magic is released |
| 1986 | ONE VISION reaches #61 on the pop charts |
| 1986 | KIND OF MAGIC reaches #42 on the pop charts |
| 1986 | Taylor forms a new band The Cross. |
| 1987 | Mercury is diagnosed with HIV, the virus which would give him AIDS |
| 1989 | June 24 - The Miracle is released. This is the last album Queen recorded for Capitol Records |
| 1989 | I WANT IT ALL reaches #50 on the pop charts |
| 1990 | ICE ICE BABY, a sample of Queen’s classic song, UNDER PRESSURE, reaches #1 on the pop charts with a recording by Vanilla Ice |
| 1991 | February 23 - Innuendo is released on Hollywood Records. |
| 1991 | November 24 - Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS |
| 1994 | Releases third solo album Happiness? |
| 2001 | Inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame |
| 2003 | Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame |