Wake Me Up Before you Go-Go!!!
George Michael (born June 25, 1963), the English Greek-Cypriot pop singer/songwriter and WHAM!
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Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, London, to a Cypriot father and an English mother, Michael began his career by forming a band called The Executive together with his best friend Andrew Ridgeley, who both attended 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.
Wham! Albums
Wham hitsingles
All the Wham hits!
* 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
* 1984 Careless Whisper (credited to George Michael solo)
* 1984 Freedom
* 1985 Last Christmas
* 1985 I'm Your Man
* 1986 The Edge of Heaven
* 1986 A Different Corner
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Wham! Links
- Whamshake!
- Features song lists, lyrics, discography, and news.
- Wham! on allmusic
- Biography, discography, album reviews and chart listings.
- Midnight's Wham! Page
- Fan page with biographies, album reviews, and pictures. Also some information about other artists from the 80's.
George Michael's Solo Career
Some of his biggest hit singles as a solo artist include the single "Faith" (taken from his debut album Faith that not only became number one on both sides of the Atlantic but also resulted in stunning four number one singles in America) and many more."Careless Whisper" (written when he was seventeen) became one of the most played songs of the decade and voted Londoner's Favourite record of all time in January 1995 in a competition run jointly by the capital's leading evening newspaper and radio station. He was then also voted Best Male Singer by the same radio station and by the readers of a national newspaper. Some of his other hits include "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Freedom 90", "Fastlove", "Jesus To a Child", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (a duet with Elton John), 2002's "Freeek!" and "Shoot the Dog".
His work covers a variety of pop styles, from ballads to funky dance tracks. In a career spanning more than twenty years, George Michael has been responsible for more than 80 million album sales.
Having decided to release his new material through a number of labels on a single-by-single basis, Michael found a home at Sony for his new, highly anticipated album Patience. It was released in March 2004 after two popular singles released thru Polydor Records. Patience debuted at number one on the UK album charts and number two in Australia.
George Michael Solo Albums
George Michael's Solo no.1 Hitsingles
- 1987 Faith
- 1988 Father Figure
- 1988 One More Try
- 1990 Praying for Time
- 1991 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (with Elton John)
- 1993 Five Live EP
- 1993 Somebody to Love (with Queen)
- 1996 Jesus To A Child
- 1996 Fastlove
- 1997 Star People '97
- 2004 Amazing
- 2004 Flawless (Go to the City)
George Michael Links
- George Michael
- Official site includes news, audio and video files, discography, lyrics, history, pictures, and articles.
- Sony Music UK: George Michael
- Biography, discography, and sound files. Here you can also watch three GM videos in RealVideo.
- PlanetGeorge : The place George Michael fans call home!
- PLANET GEORGE website and fanclub. The largest private George Michael fan club in the world.
- RollingStone.com: George Michael
- Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board.
- George Michael - Yours Only George
- Fan-created George Michael site, which includes news, links, photos, chat room, classified ads, and more! Even George Michael has this site bookmarked on his computer.
- VH1.com: George Michael
- Features music news, album reviews, audio downloads, biography, discography, links, and bulletin boards.
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ellagis
Jun 11, 2011 @ 1:48 pm | delete
- I was a teenager when Wham! started their first songs. Naturally, at that time I liked George's face more than his music, but I went on listening to his songs and apprecciating the music more and more. I like the way he experiment different sonorities, and I would always recognize his voice!
I really enjoyed your lens.... and there's only one thing I would add: the funny film "Music and Lyrics", with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. If you loved Wham, you will love this film for sure..... ;)
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mvandy2010
Jan 31, 2011 @ 1:34 pm | delete
- love love love George Michael :)
FYI he's reissuing his solo album FAITH as an incredible box set tomorrow.. check it out on his official website! i already pre-ordered my copy a week ago!
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CR2000
Oct 14, 2010 @ 1:17 pm | delete
- I'm a big fan of George Michael ever sense i was 9 years old i never seen him in concert and that is one of my dream in life !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice lens : )
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Grumpy-Fett
Sep 17, 2010 @ 12:02 am | delete
- I'm a huge George fan. Always good to see tribute like this.
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Aug 5, 2008 @ 10:05 pm | delete
- Great to know more information about George Michael. I am giving 5 stars for your valuable lens. Thank you.
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