10 Greatest Hard Rock Frontmen Of The '70s

As the golden age of rock and roll started to get underway, the acts of the day seemed to have a little too much in common with the blues. Whereas most wild men would still give it their all on stage, the focus was much more about the bluesy vocal runs than about any substantial entertainment. Instead of going in the same direction, Freddie Mercury poured on the charisma and took rock and roll into the theater.

Across every one of Queen's albums, Mercury's presence made for a colossal sound whenever he stepped up to the mic. Along with being one of the most versatile musicians of his time, Mercury managed to come out of his shell whenever he took to the stage. Always the shy and reserved person off the stage, Mercury transformed into a completely different animal with the music behind him, holding the audience in the palm of his hand at every single gig.

Nowhere is this more apparent than during his vocal acrobatics, where he would go on long runs of notes and go back and forth with the audience until everyone was chanting along with him. For as much as everyone in Queen could be considered a musical genius, without Freddie at the helm, everything else would have crumbled.