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Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock, and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio ...
Jazz is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 10 November 1978 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the album artwork was suggested by Roger Taylor, who previously saw a similar design painted on the Berlin Wall. [ 7]
Sir Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal rights activist and astrophysicist. He achieved worldwide fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor.
Dinah Washington ( / ˈdaɪnə /; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. [ 1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, [ 1] and ...
Quincy Delight Jones Jr.(born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.[1] His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awardswon out of 80 nominations,[2]and a Grammy Legend Awardin 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before ...
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music . Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, [ 3] three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.
chakakhan .com. Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), [ 1] better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( / ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn / SHAH-kə KAHN ), [ 2] is an American singer. [ 3] Known as the "Queen of Funk", [ 4] her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.
List of Queen concert tours. The British rock band Queen was well known for its diverse music style in contemporary rock. Their large sound systems, lighting rigs, innovative pyrotechnics and extravagant costumes often gave shows a theatrical nature. Artists such as Bob Geldof, George Michael, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Robbie Williams ...