Roy Thomas Baker Dies: Producer On ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & Other Classics Was 78
The sprawling operatic song proved a challenge to record, especially given the technology of the time. We did the whole beginning bit, then the whole middle bit and then the whole end. It was complete madness. Roy Thomas BakerJim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The song, released in 1978, originally reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. It found a whole new life when it became part of the soundtrack forWaynes Worldin 1992....