When asked why, Mercury said, “Because I’m recording with a llama. Michael’s bringing his pet llama into the studio every day, and I’m really not used to it, and I’ve had enough, and I want to get out”. Jackson was a lover of animals, as we know, with one of his most famous pets, Bubbles the chimpanzee, who he repeatedly brought The ‘Never Boring’ box set out NOW!. Order here: Aug 31, 2019. 2. Late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s friendship with Michael Jackson has come back into focus in the last year due to film projects regarding the two singers being released Additionally, one song by Led Zeppelin featured in a playlist of Mercury’s 25 favourite songs curated by May and drummer Roger Taylor. The collection of tracks includes efforts from Prince, John Lennon, Elton John, Michael Jackson and many more greats, but also lists the Led Zeppelin epic ‘Kashmir’. JOHN G. MABANGLO / EPA. Three duets that Michael Jackson recorded with Queen singer Freddie Mercury 30 years ago will finally see an official release later this year. According to The Times of Freddie Mercury formed Queen with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor in 1970, and were joined by bassist Roger Deacon the following year. FREDDIE MERCURY Songs stats. UK No. 1s 1. UK Subscribe For More Awesome Music!!!👉Link: Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson recorded a track for Thriller (Image: GETTY) The interview took place the year after the Thriller album was released and made Jackson the biggest star in the world. #FreddieMercury #Queen #FreddiesLastWordsFreddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991)was a British singer, songwriter, record Mercury was, outside of a forgotten 1973 single, an unknown solo entity. More than that, he was clearly happy to be less than the sum of Queen's parts. "He used to get pretty annoyed working with qnl0k.