Queen in the 1970's

When you come to think of it, Queen were more than just an 80's rock band, having two major tours and releasing a world famous song called Radio Gaga. In fact, less people knew that Queen were originally called Smile, founded in 1967/8 by college graduates Roger Meddows Taylor and Brian May, but the band wasn't really that popular. They met bassist John Deacon in 1970, and Freddie Mercury a bit after that. 

Queen's first album was called Queen, and released in 1973. By that time, people were starting to know who Queen was. My personal favourite off Queen 1 is the taster sample of the upcoming hit at the time, Seven Seas of Rhye. That individual song topped the charts in 1974, making Queen really famous. Getting together with producer Roy Thomas Baker the following year around Christmas time, Freddie Mercury said "If Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't hit the charts, that's it. We're finished.

But Mercury was proven wrong!! The six minute long song Bohemian Rhapsody came in the Top Ten that Christmas, making the video known to be one of the best mixed genre sagas the band had ever come across. Also, 1975 was the kickstart of drummer Roger Taylor's solo career, releasing a song for their album A Night at the Opera, called I'm in Love With My Car. At the end of the video, he dedicates it to the boy racer who dies, as Taylor has a good friendship with him.

Queen then went on to produce A Day at The Races, which had the hits 'Somebody to Love', 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy', 'Teo Torriatte (Let us cling Together)'. To support this album, the promo was held at Kempton Park in Surrey, for a proper day at the races.

The Other Albums were:
News of the World (1977) Including the hits We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions
Jazz (1978)
Live Killers (1979)

The video Save Me, released in January 1980 on the album, The Game, was the last video you would see of Mercury without a moustache. 

Queen in the 1980's coming soon.
Take care!!
Deaky