The beginning of disco, guest Beach Boy appearances, and the sound of John Denver being strangled — it’s all part of Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
George Michael
43 Articles
Jason Hare
2 Min Read
Hi, everybody! This week’s CHART ATTACK! takes us back a whopping 22 years, and wow, do I feel old, considering I remember hearing just about every single one of these…
Tony Redman
3 Min Read
Big Daddy is a musical group with a rather unusual back story. IÁ¢€â„¢ll let the liner notes explain: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in 1959, Big Daddy…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Howdy to all the ‘Merican people! George W. Bush here.Á‚ Well, I’m almost outta here, and I’m not one for mushy speechifying, so I’ve had…
Jon Cummings
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I didnÁ¢€â„¢t cry for an hour and a half. I watched dozens of other people weep and shout and wail and fling themselves to the floor with happiness; I watched…
David Medsker
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Sometimes, itÁ¢€™s not whom you know, but whom you call family. The interwebs are not very forthcoming about the origins and chart history of Boogie Box High, the nom de…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
The public, by and large, did not respond well to George Michael’s first attempt at career suicide — he’s since found far more effective methods for achieving that goal, and…
DJ D
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WHAM! BAM! Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou seemed an unlikely choice to become a pop music superstar. However, after meeting schoolmate Andrew Ridgeley and forming a group called Wham!, a pop star…
Matthew Bolin
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It is an inescapable fact that while George Michael left Andrew Ridgeley far behind in his rearview mirror, and while the Faith album proved Michael was capable of being the…
Matthew Bolin
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When I was 17 years old, I had my first serious makeout session. When George Michael was 17, he wrote the song that has arguably led to more makeout and…
Matthew Bolin
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It’s Saturday night, and it’s time to get back out on the dance floor as the all Wham! weekend continues. This time around, I’ve got a batch of Wham!-related extended…
Matthew Bolin
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This part of the weekend covers…covers; both Wham! and George Michael covering other people, and a couple of acts covering Wham! and George Michael (and no, none will be the…
Matthew Bolin
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Backstory: About fifteen years ago, I was visiting my hometown outside of Los Angeles, tooling around with a couple of friends around the local colleges. I remember where we were…
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