Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon , [ 2 ] he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time [ 3 ] and was named one of the greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone . [ 4 ]
He spoke English, German, French, Italian, Modern Greek, and Urdu, [88] and had a reading knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Welsh. [89] Among classical languages, he knew Ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic. [89] [90] [91] George L. Campbell (1912–2004), British linguist. He spoke forty-four languages and had a working ...
According to notes he made while traveling in 1788, he was able to speak French, Latin, and Italian. [4] He claimed to be able to read, as of 1817, these languages along with Greek and Spanish. [4] He also studied and wrote about the Anglo-Saxon language (Old English) [5] and studied German to some extent. [4]
Wham!’s origins go back to Bushey Meads School in Hertfordshire, England, where Michael (real name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) and Ridgeley became instant best friends at age 12.
The 1980s rock mainstay left an indelible mark on music.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
"Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!. Written and produced by George Michael, it was released on 3 December 1984 via CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side via Epic Records with "Everything She Wants" in several European countries.
The reviewer also complimented Michael's "talents for writing, singing, arranging and producing". [12] James Hunter of Rolling Stone described the song as "a distraught look at the world's astounding woundedness. Michael offers the healing passage of time as the only balm for physical and emotional hunger, poverty, hypocrisy and hatred." [13]