I love music and even more if it is classical, which is full of stories, anecdotes, sacrifices and controversies but that nevertheless marked a legacy, a guide and where those great musicians came from who marked their stories and their names for the eternity, in which they were inspiration for others.

Speaking of great characters it is difficult to leave aside the one who left his mark in the story to the point of not only being a great rock star, but also a legend for his musical legacy, his voice, his aesthetics and his glamor:

FREDDIE MERCURY

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His real name is Farrokh Bulsara was born on September 5, 1946 in Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar (currently part of Tanzania), from a very young age he was in the middle of music and acting, at eight year old was sent to study at St. Peter's School, which is a British-style boarding school only for children

He began to call himself "Freddie" when he was still studying at the boarding school and it is said that it was because of the impossibility of his schoolmates to pronounce the name of Farrokh.

It is in the boarding school where at the age of 12 years (in the year 1958) he forms his first school musical band The Hectics, where they integrated several characters, that later also became known for their part in the middle of rock and roll style music (Cliff Richard and Little Richard).

^{The Hectics The five boys ─ Farang Irani, Bruce Murray, Freddie Bulsara(Mercury), Derrick Branche y Victory Rana Source}

This band was interrupted in 1964 because Mercury along with his family had to flee from Zanzibar for security reasons, due to the Zanzibar Revolution where many Arabs and Indians died.

However, he obtained a diploma in Art and Graphic Design at Ealing Art College, and even sold second hand clothes in the Kensington market but his vision was beyond, his passion was music, so he returned to be leader of bands , one of them was Sour Milk Sea or Ibex (Wreckage). in the year 1970 where it did not last long

^{Sour Milk Sea,a rock-blues band that integrated Freddie where he was accompanied by Roger Taylor and John HarrisSource}

Finally it is in April of the year 1970, Mercury was united with the guitarist Brian May, the drummer Roger Taylor and in 1971 they were joined by the bassist John Deacon, they were the ones who initially They formed the band and it was Mercury himself who chose the name "Queen" for the new band. His words about the origin of the name of the band were:

I thought the name "Queen". It's just a name, but obviously it's very real and it sounds splendid. It is a strong name, very universal and immediate. Visually he had a lot of potential and was open to all kinds of interpretations. I was aware of the gay connotations, but it was just one of its facets. [Source] (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen).

He decided to change his own surname Bulsara to Mercury, it can be said by inspiration as it was after writing a song called My Fairy King which was from the band's debut album where he inscribed the phrase "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me "(in Spanish: Mother Mercury, look what they have done to me. From there, the name Freddie Mercury became universal.