Wham!
Years Active: 80
Genres: Pop/Rock, Electronic
Styles: Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Pop, Dance, Club/Dance
Wham! sparked something of a pop revival in the mid-'80s and could arguably be held responsible for sparking off the boy band trend of the '90s. They were unashamedly pop, to the point of padding the front of their trousers for television appearances. At the heart, however, was a string of catchy singalong singles written by George Michael (born Georgios Kyrriacos Panayiotou in London to a Greek restauranting family). George met Wham!'s other half, Andrew Ridgeley, at school in the London suburb of Bushey, and in 1979 they started performing t...
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