Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song) Mercury for the task. Caballé became enthusiastic about the project and instead of recording a single, she proposed to make an album, on which Mercury agreed. The song "Barcelona" had to be its opening song, to be completed by 1988, and to be submitted as a candidate for the 1992 Olympic theme (the selection was scheduled for 1988, four years before the Games). The recording was complicated by Caballé's tight schedule. Thus to spare her time, Mercury recorded the song, singing Caballé's part in falsetto. He would then send a tape to Caballé to prepare her for the joint studio
Disco Freddy Disco Freddy Disco Freddy, also called Larry the Unbelievable at the beginning of his public career, was one of the notable characters during the late 1970s and early 1980s on the Riegelmann Boardwalk, which extends from Coney Island to Brighton Beach, in Brooklyn, N.Y. During his performing heyday, he was about 60 years old. Disco Freddy entertained crowds with a comedy and faux dance act on the boardwalk during the warm weather months, mainly in Brighton Beach. His shows consisted of dancing to music played on a large portable battery-powered transistor radio-tape recorder that he often held while he danced,