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Roger Taylor, Queens drummer, has the same 4 octave vocal range as Freddie Mercury and Aretha Franklin
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The high opera note in Bohemian Rhapsody was not sung by Freddie Mercury, but drummer Roger Taylor
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Queen was probably the most educated rock band ever. Freddie Mercury - degree in Art & Graphic Design, Roger Taylor - Biology, John Deacon - Electronics & Brian May - Astrophysics (& recently completed his doctorate after a 30-year hiatus).
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Roger Taylor was so fond of his song "I'm in Love with My Car" that he urged Freddie Mercury to allow it to be the B-side to "Bohemian Rhapsody", to the point where he locked himself in a cupboard until Mercury agreed. The song ended up generating equal royalties just because it was the B-side.
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Instead of dividing the backing vocals (low, medium, and high), Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, of the band Queen, would record each background part together in unison, twice. 3 part harmony = 18 "voices". This is considered to be a key element of the "Queen Sound".
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Freddie Mercury doesn't sing the high note in Bohemian Rhapsody (for meee!),but the drummer, Roger Taylor does.
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Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) locked himself in a cupboard until Freddie Mercury agreed to have his song as a b-side of Bohemian Rhapsody. When the single became a hit, Taylor received equal royalties as Mercury did for Rhapsody.
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Taylor Hawkins, drummer of Foo Fighters, is an accomplished singer, much like lead singer Dave Grohl, former drummer of Nirvana. Here's "Under Pressure" (Queen) sang by him with drummer Rufus Taylor, son of Queen's drummer Roger Taylor. [A Drummer story]
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The author of famous riff in the Queen song "Under Pressure", band member John Deacon after going out for a pizza actually forgot the riff but another member (Roger Taylor) was able to remember it.
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Disney spent several years in the early '80s trying to develop a version of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" with Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) as the voice of Roger and Russi Taylor (who later became the voice of Minnie Mouse) as Jessica Rabbit.
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Queen drummer Roger Taylor locked himself in a cupboard until Freddy Mercury agreed to put Taylor's song "I'm in Love With My Car" as the B-side to Bohemian Rhapsody
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Roger Taylor is the only non-Royal family member to ever appear on a British postal stamp while still alive.
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Roger Taylor turned down the offer to become the drummer in Genesis, joining Queen instead
Movie stuntman Rocky Taylor was the first person to double for two James Bonds in one year. In 1983 he doubled for Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again & also for Roger Moore in Octopussy - source
The original "fab-five" line up of Duran Duran in 1981 consisted of 3 members by the last name of Taylor, all unrelated to each other- Andy, Roger and John Taylor. - source
Queen's drummer, Roger Taylor, really wanted his song "I'm in love with my car" on the B-side to the Bohemian Rhapsody single, so much so that he locked himself in a cupboard until Freddie Mercury said that it could. - source
