Freddie Mercury (Queen)

Freddie Mercury, geboren als Farrokh Bulsara te Stone Town (Zanzibar) en overleden aan aids op 24 november 1991 te Londen, was de Britse zanger en frontman van de Engelse rockgroep Queen. Zijn vader werkte voor de Britse koloniale overheid op Zanzibar, maar Farrokh Bulsara groeide op in India. In Engeland studeerde hij af aan de kunstacademie in design. Naast zijn kunststudie studeerde Freddie Mercury ook piano en zang en trad op in bandjes. Freddie Mercury had enkele hits solo: Love Kills, I Was Born To Love You, The Great Pretender, Barcelona en Living On My Own. Met Queen had Freddie Mercury de hits Keep Yourself Alive, Killer Queen, Now I'm Here, Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, Somebody To Love, Tie Your Mother Down, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, Fat Bottomed Girls, Bicycle Race, Don't Stop Me Now, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another One Bites The Dust, Flash, Body Language, Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free, One Vision, A Kind Of Magic, Friends Will Be Friends, Who Wants To Live Forever, I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, The Miracle, Innuendo, The Show Must Go On, Heaven For Everyone, Under Pressure, You Don't Fool Me, Let Me Live en I Was Born To Love You.