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Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991) was a pianist,
songwriter, arranger and singer for the British rock band, Queen.
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Zanzibar to Indian
Parsi parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara. As Parsis, his parents practiced the
ancient Zoroastrian religion. The family had emigrated to Zanzibar in order
for Bomi to continue his job as a middle-ranking cashier at the British
Colonial Office. Mercury also had one sister. He was educated at St. Peter's
boarding school in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, where he
gave his first onstage performances in a five-member school band called The
Hectics. It was also at St. Peter's where he was given the name Freddie.
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He completed his education in India at St. Mary's High School in Mazagon,
Mumbai and was 18 when he and his family fled to England as a result of a
1964 revolution in Zanzibar. In England, he pursued a Diploma in Art and
Graphic Design at Ealing Art College, following in the footsteps of Pete
Townshend. He later used these skills in order to design the famous Queen
crest.
Combining theatrics and an outrageously flamboyant stage persona with his
fine natural-born talent (he possessed one of the greatest voices in all of
music and penned some of pop's most enduring and instantly recognizable
compositions), one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers/showmen was
unquestionably Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury. Born Farrokh Bulsara on
September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar to Persian parents (his father worked as a
high court cashier for the British government), young Farrokh soon adopted
the name Freddie by fellow classmates while attending an English boarding
school. Freddie soon discovered his love for art and music, both subjects
that he explored voraciously (he began taking piano lessons around this
time), putting his newly found piano talent to use as he played in rock &
roll bands with friends. Due to political upheaval in Zanzibar, Freddie and
his family fled Zanzibar for England in 1964. Back in England, Freddie
enrolled in the Ealing College of Art and fell under the spell of guitar
wizard Jimi Hendrix. It was while attending Ealing that Freddie befriended a
fellow aspiring musician, bassist Tim Staffel, who was a member of a local
band called Smile. Freddie soon began attending Smile's rehearsals and
struck up a friendship with the group's other members, guitarist Brian May
and drummer Roger Taylor. Inspired by his new friends, he began playing in
bands himself (such as Ibex, Wreckage, and Sour Milk Sea, among others), but
instead of just playing piano as he did back in Zanzibar, he began singing.
To pay the bills, Freddie opened up a stall on Piccadilly Circus with
Taylor, selling clothing geared toward fellow rock musicians. |
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