Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter and producer,
best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Queen.
He was born in Zanzibar Tanzania, on September 5, 1946. His parents were
Bomi and Jer Bulsara, his father was a cashier.
When he was eight year, he move to India and studied in St Peter's was an
English school, began taking piano lessons at the age of seven. Freddie he
practiced many sports such as cricket, boxing and table tennis
His family moved to London in 1964 and from there Freddie joined up with a blues
band called Wreckage while studying graphic design courses at Ealing College
of Art. While singing for Wreckage, a fellow student introduced Freddie to Roger
Taylor and Brian May, founder members of a band called Smile. Smile
metamorphosed into Queen when Freddie joined Roger and Brian as the lead
vocalist. The final member of the band, which was to stay together for the next
20 years, was bassist John Deacon, who joined the band on 1st of March 1971.

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Freddie designed the band's logo using their birth signs: two fairies for him
(Virgo), two lions for Roger and John (Leo) and a crab for Brian (Cancer).
He composed many hits for Queen, including "Killer Queen," "Somebody to
Love," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and "We Are the
Champions." and the most famous Queen song that was on the top of charts for
9 weeks (Bohemian Rhapsody). Freddie has always been considered the frontman of the band.
July 13, 1985 was a special day for Queen and Freddie. It was the day of their
memorable performance at Live Aid, a tremendous show at Wembley Stadium in
front of 72,000 people. Live Aid was also broadcast to over one billion people
worldwide. Queen secured their place in history, as every media person,
journalist, fan and critic unanimously agreed: Queen stole the show.
October 8th was the last time Freddie Mercury performed on stage. At the time,
he was terribly ill with AIDS, although he didn't want people to know about it. He
announced that fact the day before he died. Being ill he continued to compose
and record songs and even took part in making videos. In my opinion, I'm Going
Slightly Mad video is his masterpiece.
On November 24th, 1991 Freddie died peacefully at his home in London of AIDSrelated bronchial pneumonia.
On April 20th, 1992 a tribute concert in Freddie's memory was held at Wembley
Stadium, and many famous rock stars took part in it. But the best tribute to
Freddie was the album Made In Heaven, released on November 6th, 1995 by the
three remaining members of Queen. We can hear the last songs that Freddie
composed and recorded.

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