My Fairy King", written by Freddie Mercury, for Queen's eponymous first album, deals with Rhye, a fantasy world created by Mercury as a child and featured in other Queen songs, most notably "Seven Seas of Rhye". "My Fairy King" is the first song on the album to feature Mercury's piano skills – as the piano on "Doing All Right" was played by guitarist Brian May. The guitarist was quite impressed by Mercury's piano playing on the track, and from this point on Mercury handled most of Queen's piano parts. Before writing this song … read more
My Fairy King", written by Freddie Mercury, for Queen's eponymous first album, deals with Rhye, a fantasy world created by Mercury as a chi… read more
My Fairy King", written by Freddie Mercury, for Queen's eponymous first album, deals with Rhye, a fantasy world created by Mercury as a child and featured in other Queen songs,… read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylor's former band Smile split after having released an album and single. Freddie replaced lead vocalist Tim Staffell, after the latter's departure from the original trio. There was much deliberation as to what the band's name would be. May and Taylor had settled upon the Grand Dance, derived from a C.S. Lewis Trilogy of books Out Of The S… read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylo… read more