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unusual facts about Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender


Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Among the treasures to be anticipated, “The Great Pretender” includes for the first time ever Freddie and Rod Stewart singing their demo for “Take Another Piece of My Heart”, an unreleased song from 1984, a snippet of the unreleased Michael Jackson / Freddie Mercury collaboration “There Must Be More To Life Than This”, and Freddie with the Royal Ballet 1979 – never seen in full before.


Cirolana mercuryi

Cirolana mercuryi is a species of isopod found on coral reefs off Bawe Island, (Zanzibar, Tanzania) in East Africa and named for Freddie Mercury, "arguably Zanzibar's most famous popular musician and singer".

Dadar Parsi Colony

British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury was an Indian Parsi and a resident of Dadar Parsi Colony.

Live Killers

# "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 3:15

Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

Performances include film, classical, and modern music, such as The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, a Spanish zarzuela movement, and "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé.

Mercurana

The generic name was derived from and given as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, the late vocalist of the British rock band Queen, in combination with the Latin name for "frog" (Rana, which is also the name of the most common frog genus).

Merle Park

In 1977, she was one of the dancers who performed along with Freddie Mercury at a charity gala which included a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody on behalf of the City of Westminster Society for Mentally Handicapped Children.

Panchgani

By and large the most famous of those students is Farrokh Bulsara, who was at Saint Peter's boarding school from 1953 to 1958, where his musical talent was spotted; he became famous a few years later as Freddie Mercury.

Staying Power

It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and is notable as being the only Queen song to have a horn section, which was arranged by Arif Mardin.

Valsad

Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury's family name (Bulsara) is derived from the former name of the city.


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