Freddie Mercury: The Biography (40 page)

Rumours
153

Sacred Heart School, New Jersey
252
–
3

Sagliocco, Pino
ix
,
206
–
7
,
209
,
211
–
13
,
217
,
224
–
6
,
248

St Helen’s College of Technology, London
25
,
39
,
42
,
45
,
46

St Peter’s School, Panchgani, India
3

Sarm Studios, London
86
,
96
,
97
,
111
,
174

‘Save Me’
143

Sayer, Leo
79
,
88

‘Scandal’
230

Sedlecka, Irena
258

Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokyo
160

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
43
,
100

‘Seven Seas of Rhye’
36
,
79
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80
,
81
,
87

Sex Pistols
122
–
5

Seymour, Jane
192

SF Sorrow
43
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4

Shaw Theatre, London
184

Shea Stadium, New York
150

Sheer Heart Attack
89
,
94
,
97

Sheffield, Barry
58
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60
–
1
,
66
,
90
,
93

Sheffield, Norman
58
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60
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1
,
66
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90
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93
,
254

Shepperton Studios
70
,
137
,
165

Shove It
257

‘Show Must Go On, The’
240
,
246

Sims, Sylvia
29

singles (FM):

‘Barcelona’
210
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12
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215
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217
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18
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220
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221
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226
,
227

‘The Golden Boy’
220
,
224

‘The Great Pretender’
64
,
205
,
207
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8
,
256

‘How Can I Go On’
228

‘I Was Born to Love You’
180
–
1

‘In My Defence’
195
,
256

‘Living On My Own’
190
,
256

‘Love Kills’
172
,
180

‘Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow’
191

‘Made in Heaven’
187

‘Time’
196

singles (Queen):

‘Another One Bites the Dust’
147
,
179

‘Body Language’
148
,
157

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
97
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106
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110
,
125
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6
,
137
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139
,
140
,
151
,
153
,
201
,
217
,
244
,
246

‘Breakthru’
230

‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’
138
,
139
,
143
,
185

‘Don’t Stop Me Now’
135

‘Fat Bottomed Girls’
132
–
3
,
135

‘Flash’
136

‘Flash’s Theme’
148

‘Friends Will Be Friends’
196

‘Hammer to Fall’
172
,
185

‘Headlong’
237

‘Heaven For Everyone’
257

‘I Want It All’
229

‘I Want to Break Free’
168
,
170
,
179

‘I Was Born to Love You’
180
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1

‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’
236
–
7

‘Innuendo’
236

‘It’s a Hard Life’
171

‘Keep Yourself Alive’
36
,
55
,
68
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69
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71
,
113

‘Killer Queen’
36
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53
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77
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87
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8
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91
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94
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96
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97

‘A Kind of Magic’
194
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5

‘Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)’
158

‘Liar’
55
,
79

‘Love of My Life’
128
,
136
,
150

‘The Miracle’
230

‘Mother Love’
258

‘Need Your Loving Tonight’
148

‘Now I’m Here’
91
,
97

‘One Vision’
191

‘Princes of the Universe’
194

‘Radio Ga Ga’
165
,
167
,
168

‘Save Me’
143

‘Scandal’
230

‘Seven Seas of Rhye’
36
,
79
–
80
,
81
,
87

‘The Show Must Go On’
240
,
246

‘Somebody to Love’
113
,
115

‘Spread Your Wings’
131
–
2

‘Stone Cold Crazy’
86

‘Thank God It’s Christmas’
174

‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’
238
,
244
,
246

‘Tie Your Mother Down’
122
,
249

‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’
257

‘Under Pressure’
151
,
157
,
250

‘We Are the Champions’
125
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6
,
185
,
198
,
251
,
252

‘We Will Rock You’
125
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7
,
185

‘Who Wants to Live Forever’
179
,
204

‘A Winter’s Tale’
257

‘You’re My Best Friend’
111

Sink, Liverpool
26
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7

Sixty Minutes of Spain
206

Slade
67

Smile
13
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28
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32
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5
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54

‘Earth’/’Step on Me’
16

first gig of
14

FM introduced to
13
,
15

formed
14

known as ‘Imperial College band’
51

at Liverpool Art College gig
27

market-trading and
19
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20

Mercury Records and
39

musical style perfected by
14

Pink Floyd supported by
14

Queen billed as
38

RT auditions for
14

Smith, Mel
185

Smith, Mick (‘Miffer’)
17

Snowdon, Earl of
153

‘Somebody to Love’
113
,
115

‘Son and Daughter’
29
,
68

Sound of Music, The
153
–
4

Sounds of the Seventies
66

Sour Milk Sea
32

South Africa
171
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5
,
196
,
261

Spain, King and Queen of
225

Spandau Ballet
198
,
212

Speakeasy Club, London
115

Spector, Phil
63

‘Spread Your Wings’
131
–
2

Springfield, Dusty
64

Springsteen, Bruce
252

Squier, Billy
160
–
1

Staffell, Tim
ix
,
12
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16
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19
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21
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29
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33
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34
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5

‘State of Shock’
162
–
3

Status Quo
174
,
184

‘Step on Me’
16
,
20
,
21
,
54

Stewart, Rod
124

Stewart, Tony
124

Stickells, Gerry
106
,
127
,
150
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200
,
207

Sting,
174

Stoddart, Peter
49

‘Stone Cold Crazy’
86

Stones
see
Rolling Stones

Straker, Peter
125
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176
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188
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203
,
221

Stratton-Smith, Tony
59
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60

Stringfellow, Peter
ix
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72
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165
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6
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167

Sun
89
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211
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212
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218
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235
,
239

Sun City Super Bowl, South Africa
171
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173
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187
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196
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261

Sunbury Music Festival, Melbourne
77
,
81

Sunnyside Mansions
253

Super Bear Studios, Nice
132

Supercharge
111
,
112

Sweet
88

Sydow, Max von
136

Taylor, Dick
ix
,
44
,
102

Taylor, Elizabeth
ix
,
249
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50

Taylor, John (‘Tupp’)
17
,
23
,
31

Taylor, Melissa
44

Taylor, Roger Meddows
15
,
27
,
256
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60

awards and
149
,
204

‘Bo Rhap’ resentment and
201

as dental student
13
,
19

extrovert nature of
13

FM’s death and
242
,
243

FM’s ill health and
229
,
233
,
238
,
243
,
257
–
8

FM’s posthumous award accepted by
246

Freddie Mercury Tribute concert and
244
,
248
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52

joins Smile
14

at Liverpool Art College gig
27

market-trading business of
19
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20
,
27
,
31

Music Life
poll and
149

Radio Ga Ga
video and
168
–
9

10cc
75
,
95

Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
244
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5

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and
244

Testi, Ken
ix
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17
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2
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25
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27
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8
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30
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1
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45
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53
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4
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56
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62
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75
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6
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80
,
123

Tetzlaff, Veronica
90
,
110

‘Thank God It’s Christmas’
174

‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’
238
,
244
,
246

Thin Lizzy
70
,
114
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16
,
119
,
186

This One’s On Me
125

Thomas, Chris
124

Thomas, Dave
65

Thriller
162

THT
244
–
5

‘Tie Your Mother Down’
122
,
249

Tiffany (cat)
180
,
186
,
202

death of
223

Time
(album)
198

Time
(musical)
195
,
199
,
202
,
205

‘Time’ (single)
196
Tommy
43
,
44

‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’
257
–
8

Top of the Pops (TOTP)
79
,
88
,
101
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2
,
115
,
158
,
240

Top Rank Club, Liverpool
75
–
6

Topol, Chaim
136

Town House Studios, London
190
,
205
,
219

Townshend, Pete
11
,
79

transvestism
170

T-Rex
14

Tribeca Productions
261

Trident Audio Productions
61
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2
,
64

Trident Records
254

Trident Studios
16
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58
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60
,
63
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7
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70
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90
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93
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6
,
126

Truro City Hall
38

Turner, Tina
184

‘Tutti Frutti’
197

Tyler, Bonnie
161

Tyrell, Rob
32

U2
249
,
252

Ultravox
174

‘Under Pressure’
151
,
157
,
250

Ure, Midge
174
,
181

Uris Theatre, New York
85

Valentin, Barbara
ix
,
155
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6
,
162
,
171
,
189
,
194
,
213
–
14
,
228

Vélez Sársfield
149
,
150

Vicious, Sid
124
–
5

‘Victory’
162

videos
see
music videos Virgin
111

Voyager
137

‘Vultan’s Theme’
136

Wakeman, Rick
62

Waldorf Astoria
259

Wallace, Eugene
62