Music History #1 - George Michael

Since I like music and history, I decided to blend it to blog about some music history. You may or may not know who is George Michael. If you have heard about him, I believe you probably grew up in the 1980s because that's when he was super super famous. Or maybe you have heard through his umpteen arrests. George Michael, whose orginal name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, was born in 1963. Ok ok, who is George Michael. Here you go.

George Michael - a picture taken somewhere in the 1980s

He shot to stardom when he formed a band called Wham! with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. George Michael was the poster boy of the 80s just like Justine Timberlake or Justin Bieber today. Wham! was a huge and successful band of the 1980s.

Under Wham!, they produced several hits such as Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, Everything She Wants, Careless Whisper, and Last Christmas.

Andrew Ridgeley (left) and George Michael (right)

George Michael disbanded Wham! in 1987 and went solo. He did the right thing and he found success with his first solo album - Faith. However, his success went downhill from his second solo album onwards and he is no longer famous in the 1990s.

He gained fame again for the wrong reason in 1998 when he was caught by an undercover policeman for 'engaging in a lewd act' in a public toilet.

And since after that, George Michael has been arrested for I don't know how many times for all sort of reasons. Here is George Michael again today.

The old George Michael today

You might want to listen to this song - Careless Whisper. Probably you have heard it before because it was a very popular song in the 1980s.