On This Day in Queen History – 19 August

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO JOHN DEACON

Wishing you good health and a happy life out there.
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In 1951 – John Richard Deacon was born at St Francis’ Private Hospital, London Road, Oadby, Leicester, first child of Arthur Henry Deacon and Lillian Molly Deacon.

Happy Birthday John Deacon

In 1969 – Mercury Records release Smile 7” ‘Earth’ bw ‘Step On Me’.
In 1973 – Queen filming promo video for ‘Keep Yourself Alive’, directed by Barry Sheffield, Brewer Street Studios.

Freddie - Keep Yourself Alive video
Freddie – Keep Yourself Alive

In 1978 – It was reported in the Autumn 1978 Fan Club Magazine that John spent his birthday in Montreux, Switzerland, during the Jazz sessions.
In 1982 – Queen played Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
In 2003 – Queen released “Live At Wembley Stadium” 2-CD in USA (same as UK with additional bonus tracks: From Live In Budapest ‘Tavaszi Szei Vize’; from Friday Wembley show: ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’.

Queen Live At Wembley Stadium
Queen Live At Wembley Stadium

In 2010 – “A Village Lost and Found” talk by Brian May and Elena Vidal announced for Yorkshire in November.
In 2015 – Lemmy speaks in an interview with “Loudwire about collaboration with Brian May on the track The Devil’ on the new Motörhead “Bad Magic” album.

Lemmy and Brian May

In 2016: The new Superhero movie “Suicide Squad” by Warner Bros Pictures with “Bohemian Rhapsody” as film music held its cinema premiere. Jared Leto played the role of “Joker”, Will Smith as “Floyd Lawron / Deadshot” and Ben Affleck “Bruce Wayne / Batman” in the American action film DC Comics antihero team of the same name. The sound track album had been released on 5 August 2016.

Suicide Squad