Freddie Mercury forged an unmistakable identity as lead singer of Queen. But on one of his biggest hits, he did a little bit of an homage to a much earlier era, and to vocalists who helped clear the ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" was a song long in the making, but it officially kicked into gear in the summer of 1975, when Freddie Mercury began writing it as an operatic piece titled, "Real Life." ...