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Pepsi & Shirlie were an English pop duo group formed in London in 1985 by two backing singers for Wham! They released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991, and their debut single "Heartache" reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
Sony Music, the owners of CBS Records, released a greatest hits compilation in 1997 called The Best of Wham!: If You Were There.... Sony released another compilation in 2023 called The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven. On 21 November 2009, there was a Wham!-themed night on television's The X Factor in the UK.
Shirley Holliman was the fourth child of five, born to Arthur and Margaret Holliman and raised on a council estate in Bushey, near Watford, Hertfordshire. [1] Holliman intended to train as a horse riding instructor, [2] but after she developed hay fever at the age of 18 and with nothing else to do, her then-boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George ...
DeMacque became one of two singers/dancers for the group Wham! in 1983. She replaced Dee C. Lee, (who left to join The Style Council) and performed alongside Shirlie Holliman, [2] first appearing in the music video for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". When their work with Wham! ended, Holliman and DeMacque formed their own act, named Pepsi ...
After the break-up of the short-lived group The Executive (of which Ridgeley, his brother Paul, and Michael were members), [8] Michael and Ridgeley formed the duo Wham! in 1981. Michael was the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and played keyboards, while Ridgeley co-wrote songs, played guitar, and performed backing vocals. [9]
They were flanked by backing singers Dee C Lee and Shirlie Holliman. The original recording does not feature the voices of Lee or Holliman but that of American backing singer Lynda Hayes. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Young Guns (Go for It)" 1982 Tim Pope "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" Chris Gabrin "Bad Boys" 1983 Mike Brady "Club Tropicana" Duncan Gibbins "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" 1984 Andy Morahan "Everything She Wants" "Freedom" Lindsay Anderson, Andy Morahan [53]
"Last Christmas" was covered by American singer Ariana Grande, and serves as the lead single from Grande's Christmas Kisses. It was released on 19 November 2013 in the iTunes Store. [246] Grande's cover draws primarily from pop music, contemporary R&B and soul and also includes newly written lyrics in place of some of the originals.