Happy Bohemian Rhapsody 40th anniversary everyone!

Cheers!

I got a response from my local radio station anyway!

There has been more interest here in suggesting that Paul Rodgers gets blown up.

I made certain to sing it at the pub I work at. And made sure to tell people it was 40 years old that day, to which no one really cared

Phillistines!!! /\

At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.

Double-U wrote:

At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.

That's really fascinating, and it confirms what Kenny said a few months later: he played it *twice* on his Saturday programme. Then, presumably, he played it *twice* again on Sunday, adding up to *four*. Not *fourteen*, but *four*.

Sebastian wrote:

Double-U wrote:

At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.

That's really fascinating, and it confirms what Kenny said a few months later: he played it *twice* on his Saturday programme. Then, presumably, he played it *twice* again on Sunday, adding up to *four*. Not *fourteen*, but *four*.

Apart from the fact that Bo Rhap was still officially unreleased at that time, was it unusual for a song to be played on the radio four times in two days in 1975? Nowadays, you can easily hear a song four times in a single day but what was it like back then?