27 June: Happy Birthday Queen!

The antecedence of the band Queen was a group called Smile, with members Roger Taylor, Brian May and a chap called Tim Staffel (left). Smile  were a short-lived act, recording the single Earth, which was released in the USA but failed to sell.

Smile played a few local gigs in London, and on 27 June 1970 had been booked to play a charity