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	Wham! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A pop duo formed by Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael in the 1980s.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Wham!

	George Michael - Current Biography Yearbook 1988
		George Michael, who was the British-born creative force behind the highly successful pop duo Wham!, which he formed in 1982 with his longtime friend, Andrew Ridgeley, has became an international teen idol, thanks to his catchy songs and his undeniable sex appeal.
		Wham!'s final concert, in June 1986 at Wembley Stadium in London, sold out 80,000 tickets in less than twenty-four hours, and teary-eyed fans held up banners, begging Michael and Ridge-ley to stay together.
		Wham!'s new carefree, optimistic sound brought Michael and Ridgeley the international stardom they had sought.
	georgemichael.faithweb.com /cb1988.html

	CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Ian And Sylvia
		The duo continued their remarkable rise in popularity and were inspired by the success of Dylan.
		The duo were married the same year and continued working the college circuit.
		The duo eventually were divorced and have maintained a friendship ever since.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/I/Ian_And_Sylvia.html

	UK-Flava.com - Your Gateway To Music Online - UK Music Directory - Rock & Pop
		Pop veteran John, whose career of over 30 years has included such classics as âYour Songâ, âSacrificeâ and âCandle in The windâ, first visited the country for promotional purposes back in the 1980s, but this yearâs concerts in Shanghai marked his first live dates there.
		were acknowledged as the first âpopâ artists to play in China, in a high profile trip which demonstrated many of the reasons why few Westerners immediately followed in their wake.
		But with regulations beginning to relax, China is increasingly attracting some of pop musicâs biggest names, keen to tap into a burgeoning music market.
	www.uk-flava.com /news/Live/templates?a=545&z=3

	Wham! - Wikipedia NL
		was een Brits pop -duo uit de jaren '80.
		De achtergrondzangeressen Pepsi and Shirlie scoorden na het uiteenvallen van Wham!
		Ook lukte het hem niet een solocarrière te beginnen.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wham%21

	Mirror.co.uk - News - All News Archive - WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAN
		George, who shot to fame in the 1980s in pop duo Wham!, said he had no interest in competing with artists like Robbie Williams or Will Young.
		He said pop music had died and he was now considering writing songs for other artists or for a film.
		GEORGE Michael quit pop music yesterday saying he was disappearing because he could not bear fame anymore.
	www.mirror.co.uk /news/allnews/tm_objectid=15198411&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=wham-bam-thank-you-man-name_page.html

	Andrew John Ridgeley Pop Biography: Wham!ography
		The duo decided George (as he was now professionally known) would primarily be responsible for songwriting/singing duties whilst Andrew, along with guitar work, would provide the intangible artistic development, control and style for the group.
		Andrew's expert guidance combining the talents of the group had produced an immensely successful and popular band and fans were shocked and saddened by the news of the group's split.
		Charting at Number 2, The Final (UK title)/Edge of Heaven (USA title) was the group's last contribution to pop music, released in July 1986.
	members.tripod.com /clubwham/andrewridgeley.html

	WHAM! : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
		UK pop vocal duo: George Michael (b Yorgos Kyriatou Panayiotou, 26 Jun. '63, Finchley, N. London) and Andrew Ridgeley (b 26 Jan. '63, Bushey, Herts) Ridgeley also played guitar; Michael was the mastermind and songwriter; they became the acceptable face of conservative '80s UK pop: slick, debonair and massively successful.
		They were the first Western pop group to perform in China, leading to contentious video Under Foreign Skies.
		Michael's solo 'Careless Whisper' was USA/UK no. 1 and he was lead voice on the Band Aid single '84; in '85 he received the first of two Ivor Novello Songwriter of the Year awards and duetted with Elton John at Live Aid.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/w/W60.HTM

	Wham! @ Soundbug
		A pop duo formed by Andrew Ridgely and George Michael in the 1980s.
	www.soundbug.com /artist/327

	Wham! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		, a 1980s British pop duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wham

	WHAM!
		After the duo's break-up, celebrated by a crowd of over 70,000 at their much-hyped farewell show, both went on to solo careers.
		UK in the States) proved only minor setbacks to a duo with hair and teeth too perfect to be put down.
		Take the first letter off of Wham's name, and you pretty much sum up the band's music.
	www.tripletsandus.com /80s/lyrics/wham.htm

	SPECIAL WHAM
		The duo allowed their royalties for that song to top up the millions raised by Band Aid, and the video of the love-triangle ski-ing holiday is shown plentifully every Christmas.
		Never-ending interest in the band keeps Ridgeley afloat, though he has been deliberately quiet since Wham!, with a solo career starting and ending in '90, and he is living a well-documented idyllic existence with his Bananarama missus on a beach in Cornwall, though the two remain as firm friends as they were in the classroom.
		This was strongly refuted, with the duo steadfastly assuring all who asked that Ridgeley was a guitarist, while Michael was never slow to state that his friend also provided great strength and humour within the band.
	www.essential-eighties.net /special_wham.htm

	indya.com Music - Album Review of Pop Hits
		Although the term "pop" is an abbreviation for "popular" music, "pop" has usually been treated as a musical genre and, in turn, is the most significant segment of music in terms of share size through the years and will probably remain so.
		Melody is clearly the basis for pop and the more infectious it is, the more likely it is to provide maximum appeal, resulting in a high position on the chart and, of course, ensuring massive sales.
		The basis of any pop record - whether it borrows its influences from rock, alternative, dance, rap, hip-hop or any other form of music - is accessibility with the clear intent that the sound reaches the widest possible listeners.
	music.indya.com /reviews/int/pop_hits.html

	Amazon.com: Music: The Final: Best of the Best Gold [IMPORT]
		Wham were, possibly, Britain's most commercially successful pop group of the eighties.
		Although nominally a duo, Andrew Ridgeley was very much the junior partner and it came as no surprise when the duo split up and George pursued a solo career.
		Wham's funky period yielded the UK top ten hits Young guns go for it, Wham rap, Bad boys and Club Tropicana.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000031WI8?v=glance

	Wham! The Best of Wham! - Sexy Pop Culture
		The prospect of a Wham DVD quite excited me but the fact that the price is a bit steep and that all of the Wham videos are not on the set disturb me a bit.
		it has the older stuff like wham rap, young guns, etc...it ends with careless whisper i believe- freedom isn't even on it, although it is played over the end credits.
		As others have mentioned no "Bad Boys," and most of all no "Careless Whispers." "Careless" was featured on Wham's album so it should be on this set.
	www.sexypopculture.com /pop-culture/asinsearch_B000058T7A

	glbtq >> arts >> Michael, George
		In sharp contrast to Wham!'s "bubblegum pop" sound, Michael's first solo album, the Motown-inspired Faith (1987), featured songs with a much more soulful sound.
		In 1982 the duo won a contract with Innervision Records and, in the summer of 1982, released the album Fantastic, which became a hit in Britain.
		Pop superstar Elton John's combination of melodic skills, dynamic charisma, and raucous performance style have make him a remarkably popular musical artist.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/michael_g.html

	The Rise and Fall of Popular Music by Donald Clarke: Chapter 18 The Heat Death of Pop Music
		Pop songs by Boy George in the UK, Blondie in the USA and countless more were slick, harmless and slightly cynical, but less portentous.
		The kids who buy pop records did not watch the chat shows, but the pop group was given the slot because the press agents and the television producers did not know what they were doing.
		When he visited New Orleans, we got a pop video featuring a skinny young woman who had nothing to do with New Orleans and whose raucous female Mick Jagger imitation was filmed close-up with a fish-eye lens so that she appeared to fellate a bulbous microphone, itself unnecessary with today’s technology.
	www.theclassicalsite.com /RiseandFall/18.htm

	In Demand Entertainment // Talent Booking - Event Production - Entertainment Marketing
		Helping considerably, of course, was the singer's noticeable growth as both singer and songwriter since his earliest days in the pop duo Wham!--which began as a nondescript pop/dance group and quickly metamorphosed into a huge international hit machine.
		Soon fascinated by the music of the U.K.'s ska revival, the pair formed their own ska group, the Executives; by 1982, the duo had signed a deal with the CBS-distributed Innervision label as Wham!, and released their first single, "Young Guns (Go For It)," which swiftly became a club hit.
		Enough of a buzz was felt in American clubs to send the duo's 1983 debut album Fantastic into the top 100, despite the comparative mainstream failure of their earlier singles.
	www.indemandtalent.com /talent/artist.php?id=453054700

	Playbill News: He's Your Man: George Michael Considering Wham! Stage Musical
		Pop star George Michael has been uttering some careless whispers about producing a new stage musical about Wham!, the blown-dry British music duo he headed in the '80s.
		If the show comes to fruition, it would create a new source of income for the duo, who have both had their share of career troubles.
		In recent seasons, London has seen several musicals which have exploited the catalogue of faded pop artists, including ABBA'a Mamma Mia, which has proved widely successful worldwide, and We Will Rock You, the Queen tuner that had lesser luck but is still spreading internationally.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/85209.html

	Andrew Ridgeley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew now stays in Cornwall, UK with girlfriend Keren Woodward, of the girl pop group Bananarama.
		Andrew is also a failed race car driver.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Ridgeley

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		British-born singer/songwriter George Michael began his career as a teenybopper idol in the seminal '80s pop duo Wham and later transitioned into one of the most successful solo artists of the late '80s and '90s.
		The duo became an instant success when their debut album, Fantastic, hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts.
		He and schoolmate Andrew Ridgeley formed Wham in 1982 after playing in various bands together.
	georgemichael.20m.com /bio.html

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		In April 1985, the duo became the first major Western pop act to perform in the People’s Republic of China.
		By the time Wham entered the studio to record its third album, Music From The Edge Of Heaven, Micheal essentially was Wham: not only did he write and produce the songs, he also played nearly all the instruments.
		From a young age, Micheal evidenced a love of American pop and RandB, although by the time he reached his teens he was also drawn to dance music, ska and glam.
	www.geocities.com /jamescavalier/Ejtis/ejtis.html

	Press 1998
		As pop duo Wham!, the pair looked set to carve out a glorious career as goofy pin-up boys whose appeal to teenaged girls was apparently not diminished at all when it was revealed that the lads posed for press photos with shuttlecocks stuffed in their trousers.
		GEORGE MICHAEL, the pop star recently charged with lewd conduct after an incident in a Los Angeles public lavatory, is getting back together with his former record company, Sony, after dragging it through one of the most damaging and expensive legal battles of musical history.
		The pop star was charged with engaging in a lewd act in a restroom at Will Rogers Memorial Park, a reputed cruising area for homosexuals.
	george.michael.szm.sk /Esection/E1998.html

	Wham!
		was a U.K. pop-dance duo formed in 1981 by George Michael (born Yorgos Panayiotou, June 26, 1963) and Andrew Ridgeley (born June 25, 1963).
		The second of those chart-toppers was "Careless Whisper", billed as "Wham...
		Few could have guessed that the transition from teenybopper idol to serious singer/songwriter would go as smoothly as it did for George Michael.
	www.classicbands.com /wham.html

	Global Suburb
		Andrew John Ridgely: The Man and his Music launched an insane number of pop-ups, but it also delivered some answers.
		Ridgely, who apparently does have musical skills, released a grungey solo album in 1990 called "Son of Albert." Its single, "Red Dress," made it to #13 on the Australian pop charts.
		-- did he contribute to it musically, or was he just there because a duo needs two people?
	blogs.salon.com /0001879/2004/04/25.html

	nbc13.com - Entertainment - George Michael To Retire From Music Industry
		Michael shot to fame as one half of the '80s pop duo "Wham." His first solo album, "Faith," was released in 1990 and spun off a number of hit singles.
		This British quartet's casual dream pop melodies and poetic lyrics have brought it international stardom.
		But his profile has slumped in the United States in the years since, thanks in part to a long-running dispute with Sony/Columbia, which was his label at the time.
	www.nbc13.com /entertainment/2915465/detail.html

	3hive: Pop Archives
		While their name is more befitting a rec league softball team than a lo-fi pop duo from Mesquite, Texas, don't go writing them off as a novelty act (unless, of course, you're into that sort of thing — in which case you should skip straight to their covers album).
		A playful, boy/girl pop duo from San Diego backed by members of area scene stars: Pinback, Black Heart Procession, Rocket From the Crypt, and Castanets.
		A mature, well-crafted, dark bit of pop by an Australian trio who, if they enjoy any kind of longevity, are gonna have to face the music when they're not so youthful.
	3hive.com /archives/pop

	Knitting Circle George Michael
		The duo became popular and well-known and also had the hit singles: Young Guns (Go For It), (November, 1982), and Bad Boys, (May, 1983).
		The duo split with a farewell concert in Wembley Stadium on 28th.
		Yesterday his setting of the Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne was dismissed by one of pop's most influential figures, George Michael, as exploitative and vile.
	myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/georgemichael.html

	Wham! (pop duo) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		was a pop duo which was formed by George Michael and his best friend
		1984 Make It Big #1 UK, #1 US Music From The Edge of Heaven #10 US The Final (compilation) #2 UK If You Were There (The Best of Wham) (compilation) #4 UK edit ]
		The success was instant and within a year they had released their classic debut single,
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wham%21_%28pop_duo%29

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