The first ever recording of the famous Wham! hit Careless Whisper involved a broom shoved down the back of a sofa, the record's producer has revealed. Written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, ...

George Michael often wrote songs while commuting to his DJ gig at the Bel Air Restaurant in London. On his way to work one day, Michael, then 17, started writing a song inspired by a real-life account ...

"I'm not planning on going solo." George Michael sang those words on "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," the song that made Wham! pop stars in the US. And then Michael immediately went solo. Kind of.

It has unbelievably been 35 years since Wham! – made up of British musicians George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – recorded the U.S. No. 1 song of 1985, Careless Whisper, a tribute to heartache and ...