John Deacon

John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician, best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He composed several songs for the group—including Top 10 hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust", "Back Chat", and "I Want to Break Free"—and was involved in the band's financial management.

Deacon grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire, playing bass in a local band, The Opposition, before moving to study electronics at Chelsea College, London. He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills, particularly the home-made Deacy Amp which guitarist Brian May used to create guitar orchestras throughout Queen's career. From the third album, Sheer Heart Attack, onwards, he wrote at least one song per album, several of which became hits. As well as bass, Deacon played some guitar and keyboards on Queen's studio work.

After the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991 and the following year's Tribute Concert, Deacon performed only sporadically with the remaining members of Queen before retiring from the music industry in 1997 after recording "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)". He has not performed on any of the other projects that the two remaining members, Brian May and Roger Taylor, have put together.

Discography
Main article: Queen discography

Queen songs Deacon wrote that were released as singles: Selected Queen album tracks: Selected solo efforts:
 * "You're My Best Friend" from A Night at the Opera
 * "Spread Your Wings" from News of the World
 * "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Need Your Loving Tonight" from The Game
 * "Back Chat" from Hot Space
 * "I Want to Break Free" from The Works
 * "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure", "Friends Will Be Friends" (both co-written with Freddie Mercury) and "One Year of Love" from A Kind of Magic
 * "Misfire" from Sheer Heart Attack
 * "You and I" from A Day at the Races
 * "Who Needs You" from News of the World
 * "If You Can't Beat Them" and "In Only Seven Days" from Jazz
 * "Cool Cat" from Hot Space (co-written with Freddie Mercury)
 * "Rain Must Fall" (credited to Queen) from The Miracle.
 * Jive Junior and Man Friday: "Picking Up Sounds" (7" single, 1983)
 * The Immortals: "No Turning Back" (single from Biggles: Adventures in Time soundtrack) (1986)