Price: £11.95

Quantity:

»
(options available - see below)
»Add to Wish List

NOTE: Product images may illustrate optional extras.

A unique hand crafted plaque depicting Freddie Mercury.

All our resin coated plaques are made to order and are hand crafted in Scotland by skilled craftsmen using the finest quality materials. Most of our plaques are available in different sizes, wood colour and shapes. They all are finished to a very high standard and are unmistakable by their very high gloss appearance. The plaques are very easily cared for as they only require a damp cloth to keep their everlasting shine.

Please note these plaques are not intended for outdoor use but will last for many years. In the case of our personalised plaques this will give you a unique, lasting memory of that special event or loved one and will eventually become a treasured heirloom.

Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on Thursday September 5th 1946 on the small spice island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were both Persian. His father, Bomi, was a civil servant, working as a High Court cashier for the British Government. Freddie's sister, Kashmira, was born in 1952. In 1954, at the age of eight, Freddie was shipped to St Peter's English boarding school in Panchgani, about fifty miles outside Bombay. It was there his friends began to call him Freddie, a name the family also adopted. He was known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). He was noted for his vocal abilities and for his live performances. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Love of My Life", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "We Are the Champions" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". In addition to his work with Queen, he produced several minor hits as a solo artist. He died of bronchopneumonia induced by HIV (AIDS) on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. Although Queen were not always popular with rock music critics, estimates of the band's worldwide record sales to date have been placed as high as 300 million and the band has also spent more collective weeks on the UK Album Charts than any other musical act, including The Beatles.
On April 20th, 1992 a tribute concert in Freddie's memory was held at Wembley Stadium, and many famous rock stars took part in it. But the best tribute to Freddie was the album Made In Heaven, released on November 6th, 1995 by the three remaining members of Queen.