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Happy Birthday, Freddie Mercury!

by Bill DeVille

September 06, 2025

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Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), singer with Queen, standing in front of a drumkit as he sings into a microphone on stage during a live concert performance by the band at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, on June 5, 1982.
Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), singer with Queen, standing in front of a drumkit as he sings into a microphone on stage during a live concert performance by the band at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, on June 5, 1982.Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Freddie Mercury would have turned 79 years of age this week. It seems like a good time to salute this charismatic front man with a good dose of tunes from the band Queen. 

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Happy Birthday, Freddie Mercury!