Queen's 1975 opera-inspired hit, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been named the most popular song ever in the UK by BBC Radio 4 listeners. Host Scott Simon talks to music writer Alan Connor about the ...

In May 2023 it was discovered that “Bohemian Rhapsody” originally went by a different title altogether. ... "Bohemiam Rhapsody," Queen’s classic “mock opera,” was released on October 31 ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" had never been as big of a hit in the United States. It reached only the No. 9 position on Billboard's Hot 100 when it first came out. That is, until Myers' "Wayne's World." ...

"It [Bohemian Rhapsody] was the first time that an opera section had been incorporated into a pop record, let alone a Number One," he recounted to Sound On Sound in 1995.

An early draft of the lyrics to one of rock’s most famous songs contains a secret. When Freddie Mercury wrote Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” he originally seemed to have toyed with another ...

T his year marks the golden jubilee of Queen's iconic hit, Bohemian Rhapsody. Celebrating the 50th anniversary, ... Figaro is likely a reference to Mozart's opera, The Marriage of Figaro.

"It [Bohemian Rhapsody] was the first time that an opera section had been incorporated into a pop record, let alone a Number One," Baker told Sound On Sound in 1995.

Roy Thomas Baker, the journeyman rock producer who was behind the boards on hits like the Cars’ “Just What I Needed” and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” has died. He was 78. Baker died ...

(CNN) — Never-before-seen draft lyrics of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” suggest that Freddie Mercury considered giving his mock-opera anthem a somewhat different title: “Mongolian Rhapsody.” ...

He next co-produced Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, and A Night at the Opera, the 1975 album that houses “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Speaking with The New York Times , in 2005, Baker recalled the ...