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  1. Mack (Reinhold): Engineer.
    » He was the original engineer at Mountain Studios when Queen bought it in 1980.

  2. Mary Lazonby : Character in the play 'The Admirable Crichton' which Brian May played the part of in school a play.

  3. Mary Pike : Cleaner at Freddie's house Garden Lodge.
    » Infamous for chipping lumps off the antique furniture with the vacuum cleaner!

  4. Madames Tussaud's : Waxwork Museum.
    » Freddie is represented at the Rock Circus in Piccadilly London.
    » It appeared in 1991, and he's in his Live Aid outfit.

  5. Maggie Smith : Actress.
    » Someone on Freddie's 'A-list' of movie stars (see Tony King's entry for those in the 'B-list').
    » Others include Diana Rigg, Ava Gardner and Honor Blackman.

  6. Maggie Ryder : Vocalist.
    » Sang on the 1991 Comic Releif song 'The Stonk' with Brian May.
    » Sang backing vocals on Brian May's solo album Back To The Light (1992)

  7. Mirriam Stockley : Vocalist.
    » Sang on the 1991 Comic Releif song 'The Stonk' with Brian May
    » Sang backing vocals on Brian May's solo album Back To The Light (1992)

  8. Magic Johnson : Athelete. AIDS victim.
    » Proceeds from the USA 1991 re-release of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' / 'The Show Must Go On' went...
    » ... to the Magic Johnson AIDS Foundation.

  9. Marge Winter : Ironing Lady at Garden Lodge.
    » Other auxillary staff were Gladys and Mary

  10. Martin Beisly : Antique Dealer (worked at Christies - a Victorian period specialist).
    * Freddie collected from Christies.

  11. Martin Luther King : Black Activist.
    » Assasinated April 4th 1968.
    » Roger Taylor initially based 'One Vision' on MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

  12. Martin Groves : Roger Taylor's personal assistant.

  13. Mary Austin : Friend / Partner of Freddie's. (1)
    » Manageress of Kensington's Biba boutique in late 1960's / early 1970's.

  14. Mathew Exelby : Guitarist.
    » Played on Roger Taylor's album 'Electric Fire' (1998).

  15. Malcolm Thomas : Director of 'The British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal'
    » Brian May is president of the BBM.
    » This charity will end in 2001 as they have reached their initial target to get a certain amount of donors on the list.
    » However they still have funding for another 3 years, but what form this will take is currently unknown.

  16. Malcolm Childs : Guitarist
    » Member of the band called 1984

  17. Malcolm Hardie : Comedian.
    » Malcolm and 2 friends were booked to perform an adult themed comedy routine at FM's party in early eighties.
    » When it was discovered he made jokes about gays, he was stopped from going on stage on the night.
    » Consequently they weren't paid, so in revenge they stole the huge birthday cake that was in their dressing room.
    » Malcolm claims he didn't realise it was Freddie Mercury's birthday cake.
    » When they read the daily paper the following day, he delivered it to a senior citizens retirement home
    » They weren't prosecuted.

  18. Marillion : British group who's singer, Fish joined Queen onstage for 'Tutti Frutti' in Mannheim in 1986.
    » Fish - Real name Derek William Dick

  19. Mahogany Rush : Jimi Hendrix-influenced band.
    » Supported Queen on some of their 1975 USA tour.

  20. Marx Brothers : American comedy troupe (brothers)
    » Marx brothers made films called 'A Day At The Races' & 'A Night At The Opera' amonsgt others.
    » Queen bootlegs have also been named after the Marx Brother's films, i.e. Duck Soup.

  21. Manfred Mann : Supported Queen at Cardiff Castle (10th September 1976).

  22. Marmalade : Played at the 'Day At The Races' promotion at Kempton Park (horse racing course).

  23. Marc Bolan : Singer/Guitarist with T-Rex.
    » Roger Taylor perfomed 'I Wanna Testify' on Marc's show weeks before Marc was killed in a car crash (1977).

  24. Marcos Lazaro Local tour promoter for the South American Tour of 1981 based in Rio De Janerio.

  25. Martin Chambers : Drummer / Vocalist
    » Personal friend of John Deacon.
    » Martin spent time in a studio with John Deacon (plus others) in 1983. Song were recorded but not released.
    » Drummer in Miss World
    » Vocalist in The Pretenders.

  26. Margaret Singamo : Singer.
    » Winner of 'Black African Awards Show'.
    » Brian presented Margaret with the award in October 1984 when Queen were touring South Africa.

  27. Man Friday & Jive Junior : John Deacon played bass on their 'Picking Up Sounds' in 1983.

  28. Magnum: Roger co-produced their album 'Vigilante' in 1986.
    » Roger also provided backing vocals on 'Sometime Love' & 'When the Night Comes Down'.
    » 'The Cross' supported Magnum in Germany in 1991.

  29. M.C. Escher : Artist who's work influenced Brian May's multi-tracking guitar-climbing "a never-ending staircase"...
    » ... of the Intro/Outro of ADATR type thing.....

  30. Meatloaf : Singer / Actor
    » Real name Marvin Lee Aday.
    » Brian May played on 'A Time For Heroes' single in 1987 (theme of the Para-Olympic Games for disabled athletes).

  31. Mel Bush : Music Promoter.
    » Mel presented Queen with a plaque for selling out the whole November 1974 tour.

  32. Mel Smith : Comedian / Actor.
    » Friend of Roger Taylor.
    » Roger produced and played on Mel's 'Richard & Joey' single
    » Roger produced and played on Mel's 'Julie Andrews' Greatest Hits' album releases in 1981.

  33. Mervyn Peake : Poet.
    » Roger Taylor used spoken excerpts from Mervyn's 1984 'London Fantasy' poem on 'London Town...
    » ...C'mon Down' on his 1998 'Electric Fire' album.

  34. Mercury Pheonix Trust : Charity set up in 1991 by Queen to raise money for AIDS victims.

  35. Minako Honda : Japanese Singer.
    » Brian wrote, produced and played on her signle 'Golden Days' and 'Crazy Nights' and 1986 album 'Cancelled'.
    » Some say the album is actually called 'Cancel' and this is probably due to translation into English from Japanese.
    » John Deacon co-wrote and played on Minako's song 'Roulette' with Robert Awhai (Immortals) in 1986.

  36. Michael Taylor : Roger Taylor's father.

  37. Michael Dudley : Guitarist with Reaction, Johnny Quale & The Reaction, The Falcons and The Cousin Jacks

  38. Mike Crossley : Keyboards.
    » Played on Roger Taylor's albums 'Happiness?' (1994) & 'Electric Fire' (1998).

  39. Michael Deacon : John & Veronica Deacon's son (3rd February 1978).

  40. Mike Grose : Bassist in Reaction, Johnny Quale & The Reaction and Queen (April - August 1970).
    » Mike was one of three bassist in Queen (1970) before John Deacon joined.

  41. Mike Smith : British TV presenter.
    » Presented Queen with an award for Best Live Performance video (Rio).

  42. Mike Bersin : Guitarist in Ibex.

  43. Micheal Fish : UK TV Weather presenter and social friend of Freddie's.

  44. Mick 'Miffer' Smith : Drummer with Ibex.

  45. Mike Stone : Engineer (previously a tea-boy at Trident). Died 2002

  46. Mike Appleton : Producer for BBC's 'Old Grey Whistle Test' (a UK TV music show).
    » TOGWT featured 'Keep Youself Alive' over some animation footage of US presidential election propaganda.
    » At the time they didn't know it was Queen as all they'd been sent was a plain white label copy with no info on it.

  47. Mike Mansfield : Producer.
    » Produced Queen's first promotional films - 'Liar' / 'Keep Yourself Alive' (although at the time...
    » ... the videos were rejected by the band and new footage was shot with Barry Sheffield and Queen themselves directing).

  48. Michael Aspel : British TV presenter.
    » Presented Queen with their BPI award in 1977 for the 'Best single of the past 25 years' (Bohemian Rhapsody).

  49. Mike Hodges : Video producer.

  50. Mick Ralphs : Guitarist (Bad Company) and friend of John Deacon.
    » In 1983 John and a few famous friends (including Mick) spent time in a studio. Song were recorded but not released.

  51. Michael Jackson (2) : The King of Pop. Died 25-06-09
    » Freddie Mercury and MJ recorded 3 songs together in 1984 (not yet [2009] officially released).
    »There Must Be More To Life Than This and State of Shock has been on the net (mp3) since 2001.
    » Freddie released his version of There Must Be More To Life Than This on his Mr Bad Guy CD in 1985
    » MJ dueted with Mick Jagger on a commercial single release of 'State of Shock'.
    » Victory became the title track of a Jacksons album.
    » It was hoped that these collaborations would appear on the FM Boxed Set, but apparently MJ wouldn't give permission.
    » Rumours in 2002 suggested that the above tracks will be included on MJ's boxed set (they weren't).
    » Rumours in 2003 (via Jim Beach) state that the collaborations will see an official release.

  52. Mike Moran : Keyboard player (Blue Mink).
    » Collaborated with Freddie on 'Barcelona' album.
    » Plays piano on Brian May's album 'Back To The Light' (1992)
    » Mike was also in the group which played at the Expo 92 in Seville when Brian May was the Musical Director.

  53. Mick Ronson : Guitarist (Spiders From Mars / Mott The Hoople).
    » Died April 30th 1993.

  54. Misa Watanabe : Japanese music publisher.

  55. Mirek Stiles : Assistant Engineer.
    » Responsible for the surround sound on the 'Lover of Life, Singer of Songs' DVD.

  56. Mitch Mitchell : Drummer (Jime Hendrix Experience).
    » Brian and Tim Stafell advertised for a Mitch Mitchell / Ginger Baker type drummer - they got Roger and Smile was formed.

  57. Morgan Winner : Partner of Freddie's in early 1980's.
    * Former Mr UK. Also known as Peter Morgan.

  58. Mott The Hoople : British group who Queen were support for in UK and USA in 1974.
    » Queen never played support to any other artist other than Mott once signed.
    » Brian & Roger sang backing vocals on Ian Hunter's 'You Nearly Did Me in'.
    » Brian played guitar and sang lead vocals on 'All The Way From Memphis' in 1995 from the tribute album 'Moth Poet Hotel'
    » Moth Poet Hotel is an anagram of Mott The Hoople.
    » Mott The Hoople is the name of a book about a vagrant by...
    » 'All The Way From Memphis' was included on Brian's solo album 'Another Wolrd' 1998.

  59. Mountain Studios : Recording studio in Switzerland
    » Queen bought this studio in 1979 (for tax reasons).
    » Mack was the resident Sound Engineer at Mountain Studios.
    » Queen used Mack as their engineer from that point onwards.

  60. Molly Hatchet : Supported Queen at an open-air festival at Saarbrucken, Germany (18th May 1979).

  61. Morgan Fisher : Keyboard player (previous with Mott The Hoople).
    » Played Keyboards / piano on European Hot Space tour ( 09-04-1982 to 05-06-1982 )
    » Tim Stafell later played with Morgan on 2 albums (under the name 'Morgan').

  62. » Montserrat Caballé : Catalan opera diva who sang with Freddie on the Barcelona album.
    » Recorded the album 'Barcelona' with Freddie Mercury in 1988.

  63. Mr Big : Supported Queen on tour in 1975.

  64. Mr Modern : Queen roadie.

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    References
    1, 2 - Corrections / additions by Norbert Muller