Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael
George Michael was pop's greatest survivor. He has been UK radio's most-played artist over the last 35 years and the superstar behind the legendary 1980s Faith album and tour. He was a musician with international credibility—and a disaster magnet whose serial scandals never seemed to dent his professional reputation. This searching biography throws a light on Georgios Panayiotou, the Anglo-Greek London boy who had to hide his homosexuality when he was half of the pop phenomenon Wham! before becoming a global superstar and publicly claiming his identity. In Careless Whispers, author Robert Steele details every step of the conflicted superstar's career and digs deep into his closely guarded private life. Drawing on firsthand accounts from Michael's ex-manager and the journalist who was part of his social circle in the 1980s, Careless Whispers examines in detail the life, work, and tragic final act of a much-loved icon.
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Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael
George Michael was pop's greatest survivor. He has been UK radio's most-played artist over the last 35 years and the superstar behind the legendary 1980s Faith album and tour. He was a musician with international credibility—and a disaster magnet whose serial scandals never seemed to dent his professional reputation. This searching biography throws a light on Georgios Panayiotou, the Anglo-Greek London boy who had to hide his homosexuality when he was half of the pop phenomenon Wham! before becoming a global superstar and publicly claiming his identity. In Careless Whispers, author Robert Steele details every step of the conflicted superstar's career and digs deep into his closely guarded private life. Drawing on firsthand accounts from Michael's ex-manager and the journalist who was part of his social circle in the 1980s, Careless Whispers examines in detail the life, work, and tragic final act of a much-loved icon.
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Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael

Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael

by Robert Steele
Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael

Careless Whispers: The Life and Career of George Michael

by Robert Steele

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George Michael was pop's greatest survivor. He has been UK radio's most-played artist over the last 35 years and the superstar behind the legendary 1980s Faith album and tour. He was a musician with international credibility—and a disaster magnet whose serial scandals never seemed to dent his professional reputation. This searching biography throws a light on Georgios Panayiotou, the Anglo-Greek London boy who had to hide his homosexuality when he was half of the pop phenomenon Wham! before becoming a global superstar and publicly claiming his identity. In Careless Whispers, author Robert Steele details every step of the conflicted superstar's career and digs deep into his closely guarded private life. Drawing on firsthand accounts from Michael's ex-manager and the journalist who was part of his social circle in the 1980s, Careless Whispers examines in detail the life, work, and tragic final act of a much-loved icon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781913172626
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Publication date: 01/20/2022
Pages: 448
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

As a writer and editor in the independent publishing industry, Robert Steele has worked in the genres of popular culture and cinema. As a writer on pop culture, he has provided new chapters for the updates of books including Rock 'n' Roll Babylon by Gary Herman and Marc Bolan: Born to Boogie by Chris Welch and Simon Napier-Bell, as well as producing biographies of teen movie idols such as Orlando Bloom.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Round Here 1

Chapter 2 Hello Yellow Brick Road 15

Chapter 3 Feet Will Find Their Rhythm 27

Chapter 4 Executive Business 35

Chapter 5 Wham! 49

Chapter 6 Bad Boys Stick Together 61

Chapter 7 I Gave You My Heart 79

Chapter 8 The Mighty Wei Ming 93

Chapter 9 A Different Corner 111

Chapter 10 White Boy Soul Man 127

Chapter 11 With Extreme Prejudice 147

Chapter 12 Heaven Sent And Heaven Stole 165

Chapter 13 'Professional Slavery' 183

Chapter 14 Working For The Dream 201

Chapter 15 Waltz Away Dreaming 219

Chapter 16 Outside/Outed 231

Chapter 17 Songs From A Lifetime 247

Chapter 18 25-Year Itch 277

Chapter 19 A Quiet Life? 299

Chapter 20 Wham! 311

Chapter 21 Unfinished Symphony 337

Chapter 22 Olympian Heights/Personal Lows 359

Chapter 23 Last Christmas 379

Chapter 24 You Have Been Loved 403

Acknowledgements 421

Discography 425

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