Montreux and Freddy Mercury was a kind of love story.

He came to the Swiss Riviera in 1978 for the first time. One of the main reason was of course for the calm and beauty of the region. But also because of the famous Mountain studio which was at that time, one of the best in the world.
Freddy Mercury was so impressed by the work of David Richards (sound engineer of the studio) that he bought the studio and hired David as his producer and sound engineer.

Freddy mercury and Queen recorded many tracks in Montreux including the famous "Made in heaven"
just before to pass away in London a few days later.

A couple of years after, a statue was placed on the lakeside, in front of the market place. This is now a monument of the city to "visit"where you will always find some flowers that fans place to honor his memory.

Since a couple of years, a Freddy Memorial Day takes place in the city in September.  

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and English comedic actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid "Classical Hollywood" era of the American cinema.

In 1953, the Charlie Chaplin settled with their children in Corsier (just above Vevey), at the Manoir de Ban, a beautiful property surrounded by century-old trees. The children went to the local state school, and the local cinema showed their father’s films, much to their amusement.

Every year, Sir Charles and Lady Oona Chaplin used to go to the National Circus Knie when it stopped at Vevey; they were much loved by the community.

By 1977, he died in his sleep in Vevey. He was interred in Corsier-Sur-Vevey Cemetery.

Within 2 years a Charlie Chaplin museum should open (if the Chaplin family gets all autorizations) at the Manoir de Ban in Corsier where he lived. By that time, go to Vevey and have a look to his status which is on the lake shores.