"Wham!"
(active 1979 - 1986) U.K.
Musical group
George Michel and Andrew Ridgeley (both born 1963 - gay the first one, not the second) first started to perform together in 1979 in a ska act, The Executive. George Michael wrote a song with the line "Wham bam thank you ma'am", and this led them to adopt the name Wham! for their singing duo. The song evolved into Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do), (February, 1983).
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). At the time of the release of Club Tropicana (August, 1983) they changed their management to Simon Napier-Bell and Jazz Summers. However, by the end of 1985 the relationship ended acrimoniously, and George Michael made plans to go solo. The duo split with a farewell concert in Wembley Stadium on 28th. June, 1986 with an audience of 72000.
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