The Ten Paul Rodgers Songs Few Rock Fans Know But Should

Rodgers' run with Queen may have been brief but he was able to record some inspired pieces of music with Brian May and Roger Taylor. One of them is this musical reflection on life called "Small" off of the 2008 Paul Rodgers + Queen album 'The Cosmos Rocks'.

It's a Led Zeppelin reunion most people talk about when the name Jimmy Page comes up. For me The Firm comes in at a close second.

The Firm opened their shows with this hard rockin', blood pumpin' song on their 1985 tour.

This gritty and groovin' classic comes from Paul Rodgers' first band Free. It's the title track to their third album from 1970 which also has a song you may have heard of called "All Right Now". Yeah that one.

Here's another Free song that comes from their third album 'Fire & Water'. Paul's vocals are stellar on this track which has a killer groove and riff from the late great Free guitarist Paul Kossoff.

The first Bad Company song on this list comes from their 1976 album 'Run With The Pack'. Talk about a raunchy and rough rocker. Van Halen used to cover this Bad Co. song back in their club days.

This Free gem comes from the album released on this month back in 1973 - 'Heartbreaker'.

On "Wishing Well" you have the raw aggression of earlier Free songs with some nice sleek production work. Rodgers' voice has an elegant glow to it.

Bad Company's third album 'Run With The Pack' features some of their most underrated songs and the title track is one of them.

This is a great tempo-change rocker which starts off with an in-your-face beat and guitar riff before transitioning into an elegant chorus highlighted with a beautiful orchestral arrangement underneath.

This track from The Firm's second album 'Mean Business' is my favorite of all the non-hit singles the band released.

I guess I'm not surprised "Tear Down The Walls" never became a hit. It really doesn't have the typical catchy chorus or hook to it, no melody that people can gravitate towards yet there's something so undeniably cool about this song.

Jimmy Page intended for this to be a Led Zeppelin song sung by Robert Plant but John Bonham's death in 1980 put an end to the band and the song. Five years later, however, Page started his new band The Firm with Paul Rodgers behind the mic. The song was dusted off and Rodgers' vocals gave it a nice midnight moonlight glow.

Bad Company's debut album from 1974 is the stuff of legend. Songs like "Can't Get Enough", "Rock Steady", "Ready For Love", "Bad Company" and "Movin' On" all became massive hits. It's the very end of the album, however, where you'll find this often overlooked jewel.

"Seagull" soars from the start with a beautiful acoustic arrangement and it's Paul Rodgers who takes it to the heavens with a vocal performance that is second to none.