Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Barcelona is a collaborative studio album recorded by Freddie Mercury, lead singer of popular British rock band Queen, and operatic Soprano Montserrat Caballé.It was released in 1988 and serves as the second and final album by Mercury to be recorded outside of Queen.
A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 November 1975, [1] by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release.
"Barcelona" is a single released by Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé. A part of their collaborative album Barcelona, it also appeared on Queen's Greatest Hits III. The song reflects Mercury's love of opera with his high notes and Caballé's operatic vocals, backed by a full orchestra.
In September 2006 a compilation album featuring Mercury's solo work was released in the UK in honour of what would have been his 60th birthday. The album debuted in the UK top 10. [8] In 2012, Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender, a documentary film directed by Rhys Thomas on Mercury's attempts to forge a solo career, premiered on BBC One. [9]
Freddie Mercury: Producer(s) Queen; Roy Thomas Baker "Love of My Life" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. [1]
Freddie Mercury In a 1981 interview with Melody Maker, legendary Queen singer Freddie Mercury was asked if he knew how to read music. Rather than formulate some tortuous excuse, he simply said ...
The album cover features the Freddie Mercury statue that overlooks Lake Geneva superimposed with Mercury's Duck House lake cabin that he had rented. This is where he had written and recorded his last songs at Mountain Studios. [195] The sleeve of the album contains the words, "Dedicated to the immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury." [195]
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.