Freddie Mercury
British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946-1991) · United Kingdom · Musicians · Died at 45
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Something wrong?The voice that turned rock opera into a global ritual and a four-octave range into a weapon. Mercury didn't just front Queen - he rewrote what a frontman could be, trading guitar-hero posturing for theater, camp, and absolute command.
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BarcelonaAlbum1985“Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.”In their words19 July 1985"I am the Champion" by Nick Ferrari in The Sun (19 July 1985).
Mr. Bad GuyAlbum, 19851981“I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.”In their words2 May 1981"The Man Who Would Be Queen" in Melody Maker (2 May 1981).1975“Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him.”In their wordsApril 1975As quoted in "Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London" by Scott Cohen in Circus Magazine (April 1975).“Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.”In their wordsApril 1975As quoted in "Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London" by Scott Cohen in Circus Magazine (April 1975).1974“I hate pockets in trousers … By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.”In their words2 November 1974As quoted in NME (2 November 1974).1973“It all began with the three wise men, followed a star took them to Bethelehem, and made it heard throughout the land - born was the leader of man.”In their words"Jesus" on Queen (1973).1946Born5 September 1946Also in Deutsch
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, I'm possessed by love - but isn't everybody? Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and torture and pain.
Montserrat Caballé is sensational. She has that same kind of emotion as Aretha Franklin. The way she delivers a song is so very natural. It's a very different gift.
I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.
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Born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946 to Indian Parsi parents, he studied at British boarding schools in India before his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, landing in Middlesex. He formed Queen in 1970 with Brian May and Roger Taylor, then spent two decades writing the band's biggest songs - "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Somebody to Love," "We Are the Champions" - and turning stages into arenas of interaction, nowhere more visibly than Live Aid in 1985. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he kept recording until the end, finishing work that appeared posthumously on Made in Heaven. He announced his diagnosis publicly on 23 November 1991 and died the next day at forty-five.
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