Freddie Mercury voted Ultimate Rock God
January 8th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )London, Jan 8 (ANI): Queen legend Freddie Mercury has been named as the Ultimate Rock God in a new poll.
Freddie, real name Farrokh Bulsara, pipped Elvis Presley in the poll of 4,000 fans by onepoll.com, reports the Sun.
A spokesman said: His theatrical performances on stage were incredible.
Jon Bon Jovi came third while David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix rounded off the top five places in the list.
The Top 10 are:
1 Freddie Mercury;
2 Elvis Presley;
3 Jon Bon Jovi;
4 David Bowie;
5 Jimi Hendrix;
6 Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath);
7 Kurt Cobain (Nirvana);
8 Slash (Guns N Roses);
9 Bono (U2);
10 Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) (ANI)
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