Artist	Song
David Bowie	Oh! You Pretty Things
from Hunky Dory (Remastered) (1999)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Crosstown Traffic
from Electric Ladyland (2010)
Led Zeppelin	Black Dog
from Mothership (Remastered) (2007)
The Beach Boys	God Only Knows
from Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of The Beach Boys (2003)
Elvis Presley	(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
from A Date With Elvis (2010)
The Who	A Quick One, While He's Away
from Live At Leeds (2001)
The Kinks	Sunny Afternoon
from Pirate Radio (Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Version] (2009)
Cream	Sunshine of Your Love
from The Very Best of Cream (1995)
Deep Purple	Highway Star
from The Very Best of Deep Purple (2005)
Alice Cooper	School's Out
from Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (2005)
T. Rex	Bang a Gong (Get It On)
from Electric Warrior (Remastered) (2003)
Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes
from All the Young Dudes (Legacy Edition) (2006)
Slade	Cum On Feel the Noize
from Greatest Hits (2007)
Free	All Right Now
from Fire and Water (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
Little Richard	Tutti Frutti
from The Georgia Peach (2006)
Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou
from Greatest Hits (2002)
The Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin'
from The Best of the Spencer Davis Group (1998)
Marvin Gaye	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [Single Version - Mono]
from The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 4: 1964 (2006)
Peggy Lee	Big Spender
from Miss Peggy Lee (1998)
The Temperance Seven	Home In Pasadena
from Those BBC Years (2008)

Comment:

When hunting down the artists that made Queen Queen, rest assured we searched far and we searched wide. If there's a guitar god lurking inside Queen — that would be Brian May — then let us introduce you to his spirit guide, Jimi Hendrix, who drops a fuzz-bomb of speaker-shredding intensity over the falsetto vocal backup in "Crosstown Traffic." Like Queen, David Bowie's glam roots frequently poke up through his polished surface, and in "Oh! You Pretty Things" he coyly vamps across the line between camp and cabaret, with a bit of music hall honky-tonk tossed in for good measure. And if ever a group defined the concept of pre-"Bohemian Rhapsody" vocal sophistication, it's The Beach Boys, who bring a level of absolute gorgeousness to "God Only Knows" that's still the platinum standard to which artists aspire. With musical mentors ranging from Led Zeppelin to Peggy Lee, Queen left no corner of the musical universe unexplored as they prepared to ascend their throne.

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