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John Deacon
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British musician, bassist and songwriter (born 1951)
John Deacon is a British musician best known as the bassist and songwriter for the rock band Queen, which he co-founded in the 1970s. He matters because he contributed significantly to Queen's most iconic songs and helped shape one of the most successful and influential rock bands in music history.
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Leicester, England, UK
John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician, best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills. As well as bass, Deacon played some guitar, keyboards and piano on Queen's studio work. After the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991 and the following year's Tribute…
Known for
- Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time — Self (Archive)2024
- 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 — Self (archive footage)2024
- Queen Rock Montreal — John Deacon (self)2024
- Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
- ABBA V Queen — Self (archive footage)2022
- Queen at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2021
- Queen: The Band that Rocked the World — Self2020
- We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen — Self2020
- Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen — Self - Bass2018
- Queen: Rock the World — Self - Member Queen2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leicester
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Christian
- Notable work
- I Want to Break Free
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Bass player queen.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
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- Commons category
- John Deacon
- date of birth
- 1951-08-19
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- birth name
- John Richard Deacon
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- member of
- Queen
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Encyclopedic overview
John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free"; and co-wrote "Under Pressure", "Friends Will Be Friends" and "One Vision".
Deacon grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, playing bass guitar in a local band, The Opposition, before moving to study electronics at Chelsea College, London. He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills, particularly the homemade Deacy Amp which guitarist Brian May used to create guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career. From the third album, Sheer Heart Attack, onwards, he wrote at least one song per album, several of which became hits. As well as bass guitar, Deacon played some guitar, keyboards and piano on Queen's studio work.
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