June 25, 1963

Posted on June 25, 1963April 8, 2017 by admin

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou is born in East Finchley, London, to a Greek Cypriot father (Kyriacos Panayiotou) and an English mother (Lesley Angold). His two older sisters are Yioda and Melanie. Read More

August 28, 1976

Posted on August 28, 1976July 22, 2018 by admin

George attends Bushey Meads School, where he meets future band mate Andrew Ridgeley. Read More

1979

Posted on January 1, 1979April 6, 2017 by admin

The Executive is formed, consisting of George, Andrew, Andrew’s brother Paul, David Austin and Andrew Leaver. The band had only a couple unreleased demo songs. Within months it was reduced to the first four members, and disbanded within a year. Read More

July 24, 1984

Posted on July 24, 1984April 6, 2017 by admin

George’s first solo single, Careless Whisper, is released. The song is credited as “Wham! featuring George Michael” in North America. It hits #1 on charts worldwide. Read More

November 24, 1984

Posted on November 24, 1984April 6, 2017 by admin

George participates in the recording of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. The all-star Band Aid charity recording raises £8 million to fight the famine in Ethiopia, and the song reaches #1 in the charts. Read More