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Unforgettable Tim Staffell. In 1970, Staffell left the group and Mercury
became the lead singer of the band. Before joining the
band, he used to work at the airport to gain his life. After a
Rhapsody year, in 1971, bassist John Deacon joined the band and the

group played its first show that year. The group struggled to
gain interest from record labels; but after a little period of
time, Queen’s first album, the self-titled “Queen”, came out
two years after featured classics “Keep Yourself Alive” and
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on 5 September “Seven Seas of Rhye.”Around that time, Farrokh Bulsara
1946 on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, changed his name to Freddie Mercury. He also tapped his
Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsi and they were practicing art background to design the Queen crest a little bit before

Zoroastrianism, which is the oldest monotheistic religion in the band’s first ever album in 1973.Which means that the
the whole world. He had a younger sister, who’s name was band’s logo was originally made by Freddie Mercury. The
Kashmira Cooke. Freddie had his very own stamp collection crest features zodiac signs of the band: a crab for Brian
when he used to be a kid. He started to collect stamps May, lions for John Deacon and Roger Taylor, and a fairy
when he was nearly 9 years old. Now the extensive stamp under each lion for Freddie Mercury. Another interesting
collection is permanently housed at the Postal Museum thing is that, Freddie wrote one of the band’s most popular
in England. The collection has been exhibited all over the song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” while taking a shower.

world.
It took him less than ten minutes to come up with the lyrics
of the song. He for sure was a talented man.
From 1955 until 1963,Freddie was sent to a private school
in India so that he would be able to get a better education. On October 7th 1979, Mercury, who had long been
After Freddie graduated the family moved to Middlesex, interested in ballet, agreed to make a cameo at a 1979
England in 1964.By 1966,Freddie Mercury started to take charity gala for the Royal Ballet in London. That day, the star
studies at the Ealing Art College where he graduated in performed “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Crazy Little Thing
1969.Freddie Mercury met David Bowie while he was still Called Love” at the Coliseum with the Royal Ballet in front
a student at the college. Also in 1959,he formed his first of 2,500 people. In 1983, Mercury recorded a few tracks

band, a band called The Hectics. The teenage group covered with Michael Jackson at Jackson’s home studio. Just one
classic rock ’n’ roll tunes at a usually at school functions of their duets “State of Shock” was eventually released in
until 1962.In this band Mercury used to be the pianist.
1984. The sessions were the stuff of legend, with both men
complaining about one another. We probably can guess that
In 1969, Freddie Mercury met Mary Austin. They first even though it was an interesting duo, the songs came out
met when Mary Austin was 19 years old and working as pretty good by the talent of the both men.
an assistant at a London clothing store. The two were

inseparable. The young couple was together for a very long Mercury dedicated his first solo album “Mr. Bad Guy,” to
time until Freddie confessed to Mary that he was interested “my cat Jerry, also Tom, Oscar and Tiffany, and all the cat
in man. The two split up in 1976 but stayed extremely close; lovers across the universe screw not cat lovers.” He was
Mercury wrote the song “Love of My Life” for Mary Austin.
well-known for being obsessed with his cats. In the opening
scene of the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” which talks about
Mercury used to spend his time at a bar called Ealing Freddie Mercury’s life, it is seen that he is feeding his cats
hanging around members of a rock band called Smile, made first thing in the morning. He also wrote the song “Delilah”
up of guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist
(off 1991’s “Innuendo”) about his cat.

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