George Michael

:This article is about the musician. George Michael is also the name of a former radio DJ and current sports presenter. See The George Michael Sports Machine.

Wham!

Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, Michael began his career by forming a band called The Executive together with his best friend Andrew Ridgeley, though it did not survive for long. It wasn't until he formed the duo Wham! together again with Ridgeley in the early 1980s that the success came for the band. Their first album, 'Fantastic', was an instant success and within a year they had released their classic debut single, Wham Rap, while their second single, Young Guns (Go For It!) became the first in a string of Top 10 hits. They were rapidly followed by titles such as Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Careless Whisper, Last Christmas, Everything She Wants, I'm Your Man, and many more. Michael also sang on the original Band Aid recording of Do They Know It's Christmas and donated the profits from Last Christmas to the charity. After the success of his solo releases "Careless Whisper" and "Different Corner" stories of an impending split intensified. After a series of sell-out concerts at Wembley in 1986 the band was ended.

Related Topics:
Andrew Ridgeley - Wham! - 1980s - Club Tropicana - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Careless Whisper - Last Christmas - Everything She Wants - Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

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