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Born
Georgios Kyriacos
Panayiotou in East
Finchley, London, to a
Greek Cypriot father and
an English mother,
Michael began his career
by forming a band called
The Executive together
with his best friend
Andrew Ridgeley, a
fellow pupil at Bushey
Meads School, though it
did not survive for
long.
It
wasn't until he formed
the duo Wham! together
again with Ridgeley in
1981 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! (Enjoy What
You Do), while their
second single, Young
Guns (Go For It), became
the first in a string of
Top 10 hits in the UK
singles chart. They were
rapidly followed by
titles such as Bad Boys,
Club Tropicana, Wake Me
Up Before You Go Go,
Freedom, Last
Christmas/Everything She
Wants, I'm Your Man and
a second album, Make It
Big. George also sang on
the original Band Aid
recording of Do They
Know It's Christmas and
donated the profits from
Last
Christmas/Everything She
Wants to the
charity.
With
the success of his solo
releases Careless
Whisper (1984) and A
Different Corner (1986)
stories of an impending
Wham! split intensified,
and Wham! duly separated
in the summer of 1986
after a farewell single,
The Edge Of Heaven and
album, plus a sell-out
concert at Wembley
Stadium.
Websites:
George
Michael
- Official site for the
pop singer George
Michael. Includes news,
multimedia, discography,
lyrics and
more.
News:
George
Michael Hit With Court
Date
25 April 2007
George
Michael Faces Extra Drug
Charge
08 March 2007
George
Michael Concert A First
For
Wembley
05 March 2007
George
Michael To Face Court
Charges
10 January
2007
Driving
Charge For George
Michael
31 December
2006
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