Group    From 18/7/1970 

Queen

Categories: Music / songs

Rock group. Lead singer was Freddie Mercury. The band, including Freddie and Brian May, played their first public performance under the name Queen at Imperial College, though Wikipedia says: "On 2 July 1971, Queen played their first show in the classic line-up of Mercury, May, Deacon and Taylor at a Surrey college outside London." 1975 recorded their most successful track - Bohemian Rhapsody.  2014: albums are still being announced.

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Queen

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Queen's first gig

Queen, first public performance in London here, 18 July 1970. PRS for Musical...

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Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier

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1 memorial
Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré

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Sarah Flower Adams

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Person, Music / songs, Poetry, Theatre

1 memorial
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1 memorial
Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

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Play by George Bernard Shaw.  Joan's canonisation in 1920 may have suggested the topic to Shaw.  The premiere was in New York in December.  The London premiere was in March 1924 with Sybil Thorndik...

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1 memorial
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