Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A songwriting legend. He penned so many of the greatest radio hits like “Careless Whisper,” “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Last Christmas” by Wham! has made pop history, topping the Christmas chart for the first time since it was released almost four ...

George Michael secretly donated millions to charities supporting children, nurses, refugees and AIDS causes, a new book ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...

When pop icon George Michael was discovered lifeless at his Oxfordshire country residence on Christmas Day in 2016, his death was attributed to "natural causes" stemming from heart disease and a fatty ...

Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

Ridgeley returned to the Swiss mountains where they filmed the 1984 music video for new documentary 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' Daily Record/Mirrorpix/Getty Stepping back into the world of “Last ...

Michael died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Christmas Day 2016 Sean Gallup/Getty It's a bittersweet time of the year as Wham!'s "Last Christmas" reaches the top of the UK charts for the second year ...

“Last Christmas” by Wham! has made pop history, topping the Christmas chart for the first time since it was released almost four decades ago. The popular song, written by George Michael when he was a ...