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Start of Queen Songs

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

This short article is dedicated to Queen Songs. 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 the original vinyl records. Remember those?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 Bohemian Rhapsody. Others which stand out are, We Will Rock You, Killer Queen.

The band started out at the end of the 1960's, finding their legs when Freddie Mercury started to front the band and sang lead. The album which seem to bring Queen recognition,was the album 'Sheer Heart Attack',released in 1974 and in 1975 the album 'A Night at The Opera' followed.

A little history. 1968/9 -1973. Brian May and Tim Staffell with drummer Roger Taylor, formed a band called 'Smile' while at London's Imperial Collage and singed to Mercury Records that year. Tim Staffell was a student at Ealing Art Collage with Farrokh Bulsara. Tim introduced Farrohk to the band and he became a great fan of their work. Tim left to join another band called Humpy Bong. They changed the name to "Queen". The band did not really settle, until John Deacon joined as bass player in February 1971. There was then a period of time while the band gelled together and not until 1974 that the band hit success. The Queen 2 album witch reach number 5 in the album charts and had the lead single 'Seven Sea's of Rye' reaching number 10 in the UK singles chart.

And then the Big Time.

The band third album 'Sheer Heart Attack' reach number 2 in the UK and sold well in Europe,going gold in US. Then the forth album 'A Night at The Opera' really put the band in the big league. A song from the bands album was the now legendary Bohemian Rhapsody with an amazing video. The rest they say, is history.

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