The late 1960′s Saw the Formation of One of the Worlds’ Great Bands, Queen.

In the dim and distant past, there was a popular music rock band called Queen.

This short article is dedicated to all who played those fantastic Songs by Queen. Freddie Mercury, Brain May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, which if I remember correctly was the bands line up in 1971.

While doing a little research on the internet, I discovered they had a grand total of 39 songs on vinyl records. Remember vinyl? They were black and round with a hole in the middle and when they were scratched, went click, click, click. Of course the one that anyone worth their salt knows is Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Another track which stands out is ‘We Will Rock You’.

The band started out at the end of the 1960′s, when Freddie Mercury started to front the band and sang lead vocals. The album, which seems to bring Queen recognition, was ‘Sheer Heart Attack’, released in 1974 and, in 1975, the album ‘A Night at The Opera’ appeared.

A little history on the band. 1968/69 -1973. Brian May, Tim Staffell joined up with drummer Roger Taylor to form a band called ‘Smile’ while at London’s Imperial College and signed with Mercury Records that year. Tim Staffell was a student at Ealing Art College. Tim introduced Farrohk to the band and he became a great fan. Tim left to join another band called Humpy Bong, with Farrohk – later changing his name to Freddie Mercury. They changed the bands’ name to “Queen”. The band did not really settle, until John Deacon joined as bass player in February, 1971. There was the quite normal period of time while the band jelled together and not until 1974 did the band hit mainstream success. The Queen 2 album reached number 5 in the album chart and the lead single ‘Seven Sea’s of Rye’ reached number 10 in the UK singles chart.

Big Time beckons.

The band’s third album, ‘Sheer Heart Attack’, reached number 2 in the UK. Then it was the forth album, ‘A Night at The Opera’, that really put the band on the map. Queen songs from the album are the now legendary Bohemian Rhapsody. The rest they say, is history.

Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 and another band member John Deacon retired in 1997.

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