Freddy Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the small island of Zanzibar. In 1954,
at the age of eight, Freddie was shipped to St Peter's English boarding school in
Panchgani. At this time his schoolmates started to call him by the name of Freddie.
Freddie, with the encouragement of the headmaster of the school, did piano lessons.
In 1958, five friends at St Peter's School formed a rock'n roll band called 'The
Hectics' They played at school parties, at annual events and school dances.
His family eventually settled in England in 1964, the same year he enrolled at Ealing
College of Art. In 1969, Freddie graduated from Ealing with a Diploma in Art and
Design
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