Interesting facts about Queen (band)

• Quenn's original members: Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals).
• Queen are a British rock band formed in London, England in 1971.
• Queen have sold between 150 million to over 300 million albums worldwide.
• Queen did the scoring for the major 1980 sci-fi film, Flash Gordan.
• Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time.
• The logo of the band (Queen crest) combines the astrological signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).
• Queen became the first and currently the only band to have ever been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
• In 1981, Queen became the first major rock band to play in Latin  American stadiums.
• In 2002, Queen were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
• Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the No. 2 greatest number one hit of all time in the UK Channel 4 poll.
• Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) was born on September 5, 1946 (Virgo).
• John Richard Deacon was born on August 19, 1951 (Leo).
• Brian Harold May was born on July 19, 1947 (Cancer).
• Roger Meddows Taylor was born on July 26, 1949 (Leo).

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