Freddie Mercury By Francisco Cruz

Why I chose
him?

• Freddie Mercury is someone I admire because he

didn’t allow himself to be defined by his where he
was from or his sexuality sexuality. No matter
what he was unapologetically himself and didn’t
change for anyone. This is evident in his
appearance and his musical creations. He would
often dress as royal court jesters or wear tight
fitting clothes, and blended genres such as opera
into rock music, something that had never been
done before. Despite all this, he became one of
the most legendary front men of all time.

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 Early life

• Freddie Mercury was born in 1946 in

Zanzibar

• Birth name is actually Farrokh Bulsara

• Showed an interest in music since the

age of 5 as it would become tradition
for him to sing whenever his parents
went to parties or functions in which
he would happily oblige

• 1 younger sister named Kashmira

• Was born with 4 extra teeth

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Rise to fame:
Queen
• 1971-Freddie Mercury befriends college mates Brian May and Roger Taylor
to form the band Queen, changing it from their previous name, Smile. John
Deacon joined a few months later

• 1973- Queen releases their first, self-titled album, Queen, drawing favorable
comparisons to Led Zeppelin, as they were initially considered a metal
band

• 1975- Queen releases Bohemian Rhapsody, their most popular song to date
according to plays

• Going into the 80’s, Queen release The Game, the group’s first American
number one album. Included hit songs such as: Crazy Little Thing Called
Love and my personal favorite, Another One Bites The Dust

• 1981- Queen, collaborate with David Bowie to create a #1 single and

arguably the greatest song of all time, Under Pressure (part of that is my
opinion)

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Later Life

• 1985- Provide legendary performance at Live Aid

• November 23rd, 1991- Freddie Mercury announces

he has AIDS amid rumors about his health and
Queen taking a big step down in activity

• The following day, Freddie Mercury sadly passes

away due to AIDS, leaving a massive mark in the
world of music and the world in genral.

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 Sources

• https://www.allmusic.com/artist/queen-mn0000858827/biography

• https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=BifhDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA7&dq=freddie+mer
cury+definitive+biography&ots=rM1UfI6SKg&sig=pa7kN7UbEGTrco4jJcsMNMsN9V8#v=onepage&
q=freddie%20mercury%20definitive%20biography&f=false

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