Freddie Mercury

Queen - The Making Of "One Vision" The mic can be seen al lot of time since 4:11 into this video.

Freddie's piano was miked with two Neumann U67s and we also set up a Shure mic for his guide vocal. He didn't sing all the way through the backing track takes, just the first couple of words of each line as a reference for the band.

This comes from a Sound on Sound article from 1995, where producer and engineer of "Bohemian Rhapsody" talk about how this song was recorded.

Freddie Mercury frequently used the Shure 565SD microphone in his performances, as evidenced by the user-uploaded photo on Ennolenze. Notably, this microphone appears in every concert recording, except for the Live at Wembley '86 DVD, where he opted for a wireless microphone.

Freddie Mercury is shown using the Shure 565SD Unisphere I microphone, as evident in the user-uploaded photo on his official website.

Freddie Mercury used the Shure Unisphere I 565, a dual-impedance unidirectional dynamic microphone known for its effective wind and pop filter, suitable for high-quality stage and recording environments. This information is discussed in a forum on Sound on Sound under the Recording Techniques section.

In Edward Smith's YouTube video titled "You NEED This Microphone!! - AKG C214 vs. C414," at 0:08, Freddie Mercury is seen using the AKG C414 XL II microphone.