Editing Paul Rodgers (section)

==Free==
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In 1968, Rodgers joined bluesy rockers [[Free (band)|Free]] as singer and songwriter. In 1970, they shot up the international radio charts with "[[All Right Now]]", which Rodgers wrote with the group's bassist [[Andy Fraser]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22All+Right+Now%22+%22Hits+of+the+World%22+%22Sweden%22&pg=PA61|title=Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=10 September 1970|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> It was a number one hit in more than 20 territories and acknowledged by [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] in 1990 for having received over a million radio plays in the US.

For a short time, Free were alongside [[Led Zeppelin]] as among the highest grossing British acts, though Free's status was not sustained. Free released four albums with a combination of [[blues]], [[Ballad|ballads]] and rock which were Top Five successes in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. When in 2000, the song "All Right Now" achieved the mark of two million radio plays in the UK, an award was given to Rodgers as one of the two writers.

After the first break-up of Free in the spring of 1971, Rodgers briefly formed a three-piece band called Peace. Alongside bassist Stewart McDonald and drummer [[Mick Underwood]], Rodgers played guitar and sang lead vocals. Peace supported [[Mott the Hoople]]'s UK tour in 1971, but broke up when Free reformed at the start of 1972. Two songs by Peace were eventually included on the fifth disc of the 2000 Free compilation ''Songs of Yesterday'', along with a song that Rodgers recorded with the [[Toots & the Maytals|Maytals]]. A bootleg has circulated of a 22 December 1971 appearance by Peace, live in studio, on [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[Top Gear (radio programme)|Top Gear]]'' program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarities07/ARprbbc.html |title=Paul Rodgers' Peace BBC 1971 |publisher=Bigozine2.com |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>