George Michael: A Life

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This author however, has somehow managed to paint a sordid picture not only of Michael but of those closest to him. That verse from the popular song sums up Georgios Kyriakos Panagiotou, the artist's known to the world as George Michael, troubled personality. When "I Want Your Sex" reached the US charts, American Top 40 host Casey Kasem refused to say the song's title, referring to it only as "the new single by George Michael.

Acclaimed music biographer James Gavin traces Michael's metamorphosis from the shy and awkward Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou into the swaggering, dominant half of the leading British pop duo of the 1980s Wham! On 7 September 2017, a new version reworked by Nile Rodgers was released as a single from Listen Without Prejudice / MTV Unplugged (2017). He was also the largest funder of Highgate's annual Fair in the Square for those ten years, donating anonymously as "a local resident".The only place George seemed to feel safe and contented was alone inside his car driving around in big cities.

But if you, like me, are a lifelong fan who is curious about all the complexities of George and how/why his life took the path that it did (and ended so many years before it should have), then you will learn a lot about the man and his choices. in China – Foreign Skies Movie Reviews Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Rotten Tomatoes. Twenty Five is Michael's second greatest hits album, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his music career. a b Queen's Greatest Hits 3 Archived 27 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine h2g2, BBC, 22 March 2005. But, the author went further by including many small details which brought new light on familiar subjects.George Michael's life and career brought him international fame, and his sudden and unexpected death shocked the world. The period of 36 years taken to reach number one was a UK chart record, which would be surpassed by Kate Bush with " Running Up That Hill" in June 2022 which took 37 years.