Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a song written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is included on the 1980 Queen album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits in 1981.
5 Part Pops for Brass is part of a new collection of Pop inspired arrangements for Brass Quintet arranged by Chris Wilcox.
We hope this repertoire will prompt a growing inquisitiveness for young brass players, and was created with a brass club or gathering in mind.
All transposed parts are included.
Freddie Mercury born Farrokh Bulsara, was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Having composed Crazy Little Thing on guitar, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he played guitar in concert with Queen. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar, which I can't play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It's a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.” F.M. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman, with his highly theatrical style influencing the artistic direction of Queen. Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, in 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England. Having studied and written music for years, he formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to Love, We Are the Champions and Don't Stop Me Now. Mercury died in 1991 aged only 45, due to complications from AIDS. The song was written as a tribute to Elvis Presley and recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour.
