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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Electric Brixton

Electric Brixton

Nightclub formerly known as The Fridge. 

Place, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Radio Luxembourg

Radio Luxembourg

Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg. The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcastin...

Group, Music / songs, TV & Radio, Luxembourg

1 memorial
Jean Adebambo

Jean Adebambo

British singer, best known for songs in the lovers rock genre. Born Islington. It is believed she died by suicide, at her Leytonstone home.

Person, Music / songs, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sir Charles Stanford

Sir Charles Stanford

Composer, music teacher, and conductor. Born Dublin as Charles Villiers Stanford. Appointed Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music in 1883, a position he held for the rest of his li...

Person, Music / songs, Ireland

1 memorial
Benvenuto Cellini

Benvenuto Cellini

Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist who also wrote a famous autobiography and poetry.

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Literature, Music / songs, Poetry, Sculpture, Italy

2 memorials

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World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

403 memorials