Timeline
| 1951 | August 19 - John Deacon is born in Leicester, England |
| 1965 | Joins his first band, Opposition |
| 1970 | After seeing Queen perform, he is introduced to drummer Roger Taylor who encourages Deacon to perform |
| 1971 | Deacon joins Roger Taylor, Brian Mays and Freddie Mercury as the bassist for Queen |
| 1973 | November 3 - Queen’s debut album, Queen is released |
| 1974 | May 11 - Second album Queen II is released. |
| 1974 | December 14 - Sheer Heart Attack is released. The album remains on the pop charts for 32 weeks and peaks at #12. |
| 1975 | December 27 - A Night at the Opera is released. Album remains on the charts for 56 weeks and peaks at #4. |
| 1977 | January 15 - A Day at the Races is released. The album peaks at #5 on the pop charts |
| 1977 | November 26 - News of the World is released and peaks at #3 on the pop charts |
| 1978 | December 9 - Jazz is released |
| 1979 | July 7 - The band’s first compilation album, Queen Live Killers is released |
| 1980 | July 19 - Queen’s most successful album The Game is released. It remains on the charts for 43 weeks and peaks at #1 |
| 1980 | Writes the score for the production Flash Gordon |
| 1980 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST reaches #1 on the pop charts |
| 1980 | NEED YOUR LOVING TONIGHT reaches #44 on the pop charts |
| 1982 | May 29 - Hot Space is released to mixed reviews. This is the last album Queen recorded for Elektra Records. |
| 1982 | David Bowie and Queen’s recording of UNDER PRESSURE reaches #29 on the pop charts |
| 1984 | March 17 - The Works, Queen’s first album for Capitol Records is released |
| 1984 | WANT BREAK FREE reaches #45 on the pop charts |
| 1986 | July 19 - A Kind of Magic is released |
| 1986 | ONE VISION reaches #61 on the pop charts |
| 1987 | Mercury is diagnosed with HIV, the virus which would give him AIDS |
| 1989 | June 24 - The Miracle is released. This is the last album Queen recorded for Capitol Records |
| 1989 | I WANT IT ALL reaches #50 on the pop charts |
| 1990 | ICE ICE BABY, a sample of Queen’s classic song, UNDER PRESSURE, reaches #1 on the pop charts with a recording by Vanilla Ice |
| 1991 | February 23 - Innuendo is released on Hollywood Records. |
| 1991 | November 24 - Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS |
| 1996 | Horace Brown’s recording of THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE reaches #95 on the pop charts |
| 2001 | Inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame |
| 2003 | Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame |