On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury died aged 45. He was musician (piano, guitar) singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter and front man of the band Queen. He wrote some of the band’s best known songs featuring “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “Somebody to Love,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and “We Are the Champions.”As a singer he had powerful vocal with over a four-octave range, and had unique stage appearance. In 1992, Mercury was awarded the “Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music”; in 2001,as a member of Queen, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”; in 2002 Mercury was ranked at number 58 in the BBC’s poll of the “100 Greatest Britons”; in 2003 he was inducted in the “Songwriters Hall of Fame”; in 2005 he was inducted in the UK “Music Hall of Fame”; in 2005, in “Blender” and “MTV2” pool, Mercury was voted the “Best male singer of all time”; in 2008, editors of the magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked Mercury at number 18 on their list of the “100 greatest singers ever” and in 2009, “Classic Rock” poll elected him the best rock singer of all time.
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Queen: News of the World
On October 28, 1977, “EMI” label released “News of the World”, the sixth Queen studio album. It was recorded July – September 1977, at “Sarm West” and “Wessex Studios” in London, and was produced by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, and co-produced by Mike Stone. The album’s cover was a painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas.
Personnel:
- Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, cowbell
- Brian May – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, maracas
- John Deacon – bass guitars, Spanish guitar
- Roger Taylor – lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar
- Cream – layout
Track listing:
- We Will Rock You – Brian May
- We Are the Champions – Freddie Mercury
- Sheer Heart Attack – Roger Taylor
- All Dead, All Dead – Brian May
- Spread Your Wings – John Deacon
- Fight from the Inside – Roger Taylor
- Get Down, Make Love – Freddie Mercury
- Sleeping the Sidewalk – Brian May
- Who Needs You – John Deacon
- It’s Late – Brian May
- My Melancholy Blues – Freddie Mercury
