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Freddie Mercury - named Farrokh Bulsara at his birth in Zanzibar (now in Tanzania) on September 5, 1946, the only son (he did have a sister, Kashmira) of Bomi and Jer Bulsara.
Attending a Bombay/Mumbai boarding school, Mercury learned the piano and began his live music apprenticeship with his first band.
Returning with his family to England in 1964 following the revolution in Zanzibar, he attended the Ealing Art College where he graduated with a diploma in Art & Graphic Design. This came to the fore with his design for the now-famous insignia for Queen (as seen on the covers of the "A Night At The Opera" & " A Day At The Races" albums).
Being a family with Indian heritage, Mercury's earliest musical influences were, almost inevitably, of Indian origin. Among of his earliest and lesser-known (to Western ears) influences was Lata Mangeshkar, one of Bombay's Bollywood heroes.
After moving to England, he drank in what other young people wre listening to at the time; they included The Beatles, of course, as well as Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix.
"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. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place."1
As an influence on singer of international renown as himself, Mercury pointed to Liza Minelli, about whom he was nearly gushing: "Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the public is a good influence. There is a lot to learn from her."1
His fame as a singer rests on an impressive vocal range on record spanning four octaves - including, as we know, falsetto. This was despite the presence of laryngeal nodules (he refused operations) and his repeated claims to have had no professional vocal training.
As what will, perhaps, be a lasting testament to his abilty, Mercury was voted into 10th position by BBC Radio in a list of the greatest singers (in English) of the 20th century, becoming their top-listed hard rock singer.
Pehaps as, if not more, important to 21st century folk, Mercury was placed second in an MTV list of the 22 best vocalists of the past 25 years
As a live performer, Mercury had, in the words of President R.M. Nixon, "no equals and very few peers".
Queen, at Live Aid in 1985, were officially regarded by professional music journalists as the performers of the greatest concertt of all time! With no little assistance from their leading man, the band were widely seen as the shining star in a nearly-endless panorama of blazing suns.
1Scott Cohen (April). Queen's Freddie Mercury Shopping For An Image In London (Circus magazine) Queen Archives. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.
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Finally, after over a decade of trying, May & Meddows-Taylor have found someone with the experience and ability to fill their late lead man's platform shoes.
But how will Queen cope with moving from "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Radio GaGa", "Death On Two Legs" & "Who Wants To Live Forever?" to the far more bluesy, earthy vocals evidenced in "Alright Now", "Shooting Star" & "Feel Like Makin' Love"?
Well, the did "What I fool I've Been." Which is very bluesy. Brian May's hero is Eric Clapton and Roger Taylor's hero is Jimi Hendrix, whose music is also considered bluesy. Plus, Paul Rodgers has been a friend of the band for quite a while. They did the music wonderfully and they think it's fun to perform Rodgers' music.
Freddie Mercury possesses my soul.
queen is the shit i doint cair wot iney 1 think
A damn sweet band
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