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Besides Freddie Mercury's, other background vocals were provided by JD Souther and Timothy B. Schmit, and the saxophone was played by Ernie Watts. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A music video was recorded and released for the song featuring Gold, Stan Kipper, Brian Garafalo, and George Marinelli all facing each other clapping along with the beat of the song as ...
All This and Heaven Too is the third album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, released in 1978 on Asylum Records. [4] It includes the hit singles "Never Let Her Slip Away" (a No. 5 entry on the UK Singles Chart) and "Thank You for Being a Friend" (a No. 25 entry on the Billboard singles chart).
Gold was born on August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, [1] [4] and eventually followed his parents into show business. His mother was singer Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady; his father was Ernest Gold, an Austrian-born composer who won an Academy ...
1978: "Never Let Her Slip Away", a UK top five hit for Andrew Gold, saw Mercury perform harmony vocals as an uncredited background singer. [36] 1982: "Emotions in Motion" by Billy Squier – Mercury sang backing vocals on this song, from album of same name. Also on the 1996 Billy Squier anthology Reach for the Sky.
Schmit also sang backing vocals on "Never Let Her Slip Away", a top 5 UK hit for Andrew Gold in 1978, along with Brock Walsh, JD Souther and an uncredited Freddie Mercury. [5] In 1974, Schmit played bass alongside Glenn Frey and Don Henley on the song "You Can Close Your Eyes" featured on Linda Ronstadt's album Heart Like a Wheel.
An exclusive excerpt -- and photos -- from upcoming release 'Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury' by Matt Richards & Mark Langthorne, published by Weldon Owen.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range ...
Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée, Mary Austin, remained one of his closest friends until his death.. The iconic Queen frontman met Austin in 1969, a year before the band formed. After dating ...