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QUEEN
Laura García and Vanesa López
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In 1968 Brian May and Tim Staffell, students
at the Imperial College, decided to form a
band.
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Announcing that the school needed a Drummer,
Roger Taylor, a medical student,took the post.
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They call the group Smile, And their record
company Mercury Records recorded in the Trident
Studios in 1969.
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Tim was studying at the Ealing College of Art
where he met Frederick Bulsara (or Farrock Mommi
Balsara) inviting him to listen to the band.
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In 1970 Smile was disbanded, Tim started a new
group called Humpy Bong and Freddie left his band
"Wreckage" and got together with Brian and Roger.
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Freddie changed his name to Mercury they also
changed the name of the band to Queen, they
needed a bass player and John Deacon came. In
1973, Trident and EMI signed an exclusive
contract with Queen, and in July of that same
year they composed their first album 'Queen. "
'Queen II' appeared in March 1974 and in April
the band made its first tour of the USA.
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While working on their third album, they met Roy
Thomas Baker who helped on 'Sheer Heart Attack. "
In January 1975, Queen made their first solo tour
of the USA, the tickets were sold out. In April
they visited Japan for the first time, And were
acclaimed by their fans.
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Queen began to work on their new album in
June, when they decided to do Bohemian
Rhapsody.The whole world said that this song
wasnt going to be a success, because it
lasted longer than 5 minutes. But Freddie gave
a single copy To his DJ friend in London Kenny
Everett, asking him to put it on the radio.
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To their surprise the song became a resounding
success, Setting up Queen as the band of the
era. The single remained at No. 1 for nine weeks.
The album 'A Night At The Opera' Was released in
November 1975 and was a tremendous success,
winning Them their first Platinum disc.
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"A Day At TheRaces in December 1976,was in high
demand.
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That Christmas' We Will Rock You was overthrown
from the top of the French charts after 12 weeks
by..... "We Are The Champions."
In July they began work on their new album. The
publicity for the new single 'Bicycle Race was
etched with 15 completely naked girls on a racing
bike.
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In November,'Jazz was their seventh album.
"Live Killers was the new live album,, which was
performed in June 1979. Queen was invited to
write the music for the film "Flash Gordon". In
1980, the band performed their new album 'The
Game' (the first album where they used
synthesizers). They went 5-platinum in Canada
alone.
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The album 'Hot Space', it made May 21, 1982 after
the band took an extensive tour. In December
1982, Queen appear in the Guinness Book of
Records as the highest paid British band
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In January 1983, Freddie gets to work on his solo
album, and Roger begins his second album. Brian
in the company of Edward Van Halen, Alan Gretzer,
Phil Chen and Fred Mandel perform the mini album
"Star Fleet Project."
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The band returns to the studio in August 1983 to
begin work on their next album, working at the
Record Plant in Los Angeles - The first time they
recorded in America.
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"Radio Ga Ga This single became a resounding
success around the world going almost to the top
in 19 countries. 1985 was the year of 'Rock In
Rio. " It was the largest rock festival in the
world and Queen participated in it. Queen was the
only band that won the rights to record the
concert on video.
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Freddie brings out his new solo album 'Mr Bad
Guy', in April 1985. Queen decides to make the
soundtrack for the movie 'Highlander'. In March
1986, John forms a new band called 'The
Immortals. " On June 2, Queen performs their new
album, the soundtrack for the movie Highlander,
entitled 'A Kind Of Magic. " The album becomes
number one in the English charts. In December
they perform their second live album "Live
Magic." Freddie meets the soprano Montserrat
Caballé in March 1986, she is invited to record
an album with him. In May 1987 Freddie and
Montserrat appear at the festival Ibiza 92'. They
perform the song 'Barcelona'.
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In August 1987, Roger formed a new group called
The Cross. The single 'Barcelona' was recorded in
Spain in September 1987 and more than 10,000
copies were sold in just 3 hours. The Spanish
Olympic Committee adopted the song as the theme
for the Olympic Games in that city in 1992. In
November the trilogy of his life appears called
'The Magic Years. "
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Queen makes their sixteenth album on May 22, 1989
called 'The Miracle. " It enters the European and
English charts getting to the top.
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In November 1990, Queen signed the biggest
contract in the history of music with Disney
Hollywood Records. In 1991, the band performed
their first single which lasted six and a half
minutes. "Innuendo." The album of the same name
was made on February 4 reaching No 1 in the
English charts.
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Greatest Hits II was recorded in October 1991 and
included 17 songs. On November 23, 1991 Freddie
announced to the world that he had AIDS.He died
in his house saying goodbye to his friends and
relatives. The world was paralyzed.

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After four years of work, November 6, 1995 the
new album from Queen appears throughout the
world,'Made In Heaven. Album number 20 in their
career. Launched in April of 91 'and completed by
the other members with recordings that Freddie
had made before his death.