"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." ...

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 ...