"His voice is the standard others can only dream to aspire to."

Freddie Mercury's isolated vocals on Queen's 'Somebody To Love' are immaculate - listen

Band Aid

Queen wanted to be part of Band Aid's 'Do They Know it's Christmas?'

It's been over fifty years since Queen made their major breakthrough on Tops Of The Pops in 1974.

Killer Queen: When Queen rocked Top Of The Pops and changed music forever

Talia Dean and Brian May

Queen's Brian May appears in X Factor finalist song "packed with pure naughtiness and fun"

Queen and John Deacon

Queen confirm that John Deacon can still veto their projects ahead of stunning debut album reissue

Queen + Adam Lambert in concert

Queen say they "might" release some new material

Ronnie Wood and his Freddie Mercury painting

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood paints iconic Freddie Mercury at Live Aid – and you can buy a limited edition print

Brian May

Brian May suffers "scary" stroke and loses control over left arm

In the final Queen song he ever put to paper and recorded, Freddie Mercury was vulnerable about his painful battle with AIDS, though the world wouldn't hear it until years later.

The final Queen song Freddie Mercury wrote and recorded before his tragic death

Mark Knopfler's guitar heroes

Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler assembles guitar heroes supergroup for Local Hero remake

Music

The best songs of 1974

The 25 best songs of 1974

Song Lists

Brian May and Tony Iommi jam to Paranoid

Brian May joins Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi to play 'Paranoid'

Freddie Mercury at Live Aid

'We Are The Champions' by Queen: The making of the ultimate stadium anthem

Queen have recently revealed rare footage of the band performing Elvis Presley's timeless classic 'Jailhouse Rock' from a concert in 1975.

Queen share rare 1975 footage of Freddie Mercury covering Elvis Presley's 'Jailhouse Rock'

The best songs of 1977, ranked

The 30 best songs of 1977

Song Lists

It's no secret that legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury wasn't an overt supporter of punk music.

Freddie Mercury's scathing response to the UK punk movement revealed: "Load of rubbish!"

Queen Extravaganza

Queen reveal new lineup and UK tour dates for official tribute band Queen Extravaganza

Freddie Mercury auction

'Bohemian Rhapsody' handwritten lyrics sell for £1.38m in massive Freddie Mercury auction