Wham!
Wham! was founded in 1981, British pop group, which consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
Between 1982 and 1986, she landed ten top 10 hits in the UK, five of which even came at No. 1.
These is published in late autumn 1984 song "Last Christmas", which is played every year at Christmas time on the radio today and always obtains in some countries in the charts.
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Musical Career
The members were George Michael ( born June 25, 1963) and Andrew Ridgeley ( born January 26, 1963) as well as the backing singers Dee C. Lee ( 1982-1983 ), Pepsi and Shirlie Kemp Demacque. Well-known hits include Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Last Christmas. Among other things, ensured Wham! a sensation when it became the first Western band played in the People's Republic of China in the spring of 1985 and auskoppelten in the United States from an album three singles, all of which conquered the top of the Billboard charts. Before Wham! was the only the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever succeeded.
Already the first single Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do? ) Caused controversy, as it was the life of the financing by unemployment than desirable, although George Michael repeatedly emphasized in numerous interviews that the text of the song was only meant satirically.
From her first record label Innervision, with the Wham! the first album Fantastic and the resulting coupled- singles brought out to Wham parted! in the dispute. As against the will of Wham! Club Fantastic Megamix the single was released, Michael and Ridgeley called upon their fans, this record not to buy.
Even during the existence of Wham! published George Michael, who then wrote almost all Wham! title alone and produced, solo singles and thus laid the foundation for his subsequent solo career. However, it was the dividing line between Michael's solo projects and group works by Wham! not particularly sharp. His first solo single Careless Whisper was released in the U.S. as a single by Wham! featuring George Michael and was later released on the Wham! album Make It Big. The second single, A Different Corner appeared on the album The Final, which was released in America under the name Music from the Edge of Heaven. Both singles reached went straight to number one in the UK and later in the United States.
In February 1986, Michael and Ridgeley officially announced the release of Wham! known. Then they gave on June 28, 1986 before 72,000 fans at Wembley her last, The Final on untitled, concert. In the two and a half hour farewell show Elton John and Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran occurred. The concert is considered the fastest sell-out in the UK music history. The tickets for this event were sold out within three minutes.
Andrew Ridgeley in 1990 tried in vain a solo career as a singer. His single and the album Shake Son of Albert were not a success. Today he lives with Keren Woodward together ( singer with Bananarama ) and has worked as an environmental activist.