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The rest is rock history. EMI Records promptly signed the band and in 1973 their debut album 'QUEEN' was released and hailed as one of the most exciting developments ever in rock music. The immortal operatically styled single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was released in 1975 and proceeded to top the UK charts for 9 weeks.
A song which was nearly never released due to its length and unusual style, but which Freddie insisted would be played became the instantly recognisable hit. By this time Freddie's unique talents were becoming clear, a voice with a remarkable range and a stage presence that gave Queen its colourful, unpredictable and flamboyant personality. Very soon Queen's popularity extended beyond the shores of the UK as they charted and triumphed around Europe, Japan and the USA where in 1979 they topped charts with Freddie's song 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'.
Queen was always indisputably run as a democratic organisation. All four members are each responsible for having penned number one singles for the band. This massive writing strength combined with spectacular lights, the faultess sound, a sparkling of theatricality and Freddie's balletic movements made up Queen on stage and on film. Through Freddie's ability to project himself and the band's music and image to the four corners of 70,000 seater venues they became known as the prime developers of stadium rock, a reputation perpetuated by their pioneering tactics in South America where they performed to 231,000 fans in Sao Paulo, a world record at that time. They became known as the key inovators of pop videos as their catalogue of 3 minute clips became more and more adventurous in style, size and content.
Their phenomenal success continued around the globe throughout the 80's highlighted in 1985 by their show stealing and unforgettable performance on stage at 'Live Aid'. In the mid 80's, Freddie started concentrating on his solo career which was to run in tandem with Queen ("the mothership") for several albums, commencing with the 1985 release of 'Mr Bad Guy'. Freddie's much loved sense of self parody reached a zenith with his cover version of The Platter's song 'The Great Pretender' in 1987, the video of which recorded him descending a sweeping staircase among acres of cardboard cut-outs of himself.
His first major collaboration outside Queen was with Dave Clark for the recording of London's West End Musical 'Time'. This was followed in 1987 with the realisation of one of Freddie's long term dreams; to record with the world reveared opera diva Montserrat CaballÈ. The LP's title song 'Barcelona' went on to become an anthem for Senora CaballÈ's home city and the theme for the Olympics in 1992. Freddie returned to the studios to record 'Innuendo' with Queen in 1990. On November 24th 1991 Freddie's struggle against AIDS ended when he passed away just over 24 hours after he had publically announced that he had the disease. Musicians and fans from all over the world paid their highest respects as the passing of rock music's most innovative, flamboyant ambassadors signified the end of an era.
Freddie Mercury, who majored in stardom while giving new meaning to the word showmanship left a legacy of songs which will never lose their stature as classics to live on forever.
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At present a play called "Mercury, The Afterlife and times of a Rock God" is running at Off-Broadway's Sandford Meisner Theatre. It began it's run exactly years to the date, hour and minute that Freddie Mercury died. This was 6:48pm on November 24th 1991. The curtains went up on the show at 6:48pm on November 24th 1997.
For more information on the play please go to Queen Heaven, which you can reach through the link on my pastimes page or by going to
http://queen.frnet.com.
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