Jeffrey Osborne s powerful tenor gave the group an edge over other soul groups and with Love To The World they peaked at No.07 on the black album charts.They are, as well as for their fine disco pieces, also appreciated for strong soul ballads such as Holding On (When Love Is Gone).
After 18 year absence from touring and recording Johnny McGhee reformed the group with new lead vocalist Greg Henneghan in 1999. Despite numerous rumours about Queen splitting up over the years, they never actually did, and the four remained together until the untimely death of Freddie Mercury on November 24th of 1991. Currently (2005) they are touring with Paul Rodgers (ex Free) on vocals. The origins of Queen date back as early as 1967, when Roger Taylor and Brian May joined forces, and together with singer bass-player Tim Staffel started the psychedelic hard rock group Smile. SMILE Smile played a few gigs, supporting such recently formed groups as YES and PINK FLOYD, playing mostly covers, but extending them up to 20 minutes or so, changing tempos frequently. The album Ghost of a Smile, released posthumously in 1998, is a pale reflection of what the band achieved on the live circuits. Brian May and Tim Staffel were the main writers in Smile, and they released a single in the US (Earth), which didnt do much on the charts. He had attended several gigs of Smile, being both a friend of Tim Staffel and Roger Taylor, and was interested in joining the band. Freddie already had a vision for the direction Smile had to take, introducing flamboyance, bombast, glamour and visual presentation to their music and live shows. QUEEN Shortly after becoming a member Freddie proposed the new name for the band which would remain with them. Mercury, being the winged messenger of the gods was an audacious name to take, but it suited Freddie fine. After the search for a bass player came to an end with John Deacon, Queen was ready for success, but it still took them 2 years before they could create their debut album. The 1970s were a time for excess, especially in rock music, and few bands came quite as close to epitomising this excess as Queen. Queen intended to be a larger than life rock group, the music. Founded in London, UK in 1971 - Still active as of 2017 QUEEN are a four piece English Art rock band, formerly fronted by the flamboyant Freddie Mercury on vocals and piano, Brian May on guitar, Roger-Meddows-Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass-guitar.
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