One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America Queen have sold 34. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. Bad Guy debuted in the top ten of the UK Album Charts.

In addition to his work with Queen he led a solo career and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. In 2005 a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.