Heart failure killed George Michael, 53, on Christmas 2016. Wham’s 1985 hit “Last Christmas” will never sound the same. Michael’s songs poeticized queer desire and charted hits. Although many ’80s ...

David Austin was with George Michael since the start of his musical journey. Their mothers were best friends and the two would often record themselves covering some of their radio favorites like Elton ...

As the epic recording session for “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” began on Nov. 25, 1984, Bob Geldof — the mastermind behind the all-star charity single — realized that one A-lister was MIA: Culture ...

The track marked Michael's sixth US number one, his third as a solo artist Peter Brooker/Shutterstock; Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot Taylor Swift will incorporate the melody of George Michael's 1987 hit ...

Released in 1984, “Last Christmas” by Wham! is a seasonal staple. Upon its release, it became that very thing rather quickly, as it charted on various Billboard charts annually. To this day, it has ...

Earlier this year, Netflix released a documentary about the making of the 1985 charity single “We Are The World”—featuring the likes of Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan & ...

Legendary singer-songwriter and member of the pop duo Wham!, George Michael, is getting an unexpected writing credit almost nine years after he died in 2016, and it's thanks to none other than Taylor ...

When actor-singer-songwriter Craig Winberry would do cabaret shows, he always put some George Michael in the set. Sometimes the Michael song came with some cheek — after returning from Carnival in ...

Taylor Swift is paying tribute to a pop legend on her highly anticipated new album, The Life of a Showgirl. The singer-songwriter, 35, credited the late George Michael as a songwriter on her track ...