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Wham!

Great Britain · Arts / Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1982–2005Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1982

George Michael1982

London · Arts / Popular Music

Founder Member of Wham!

Simon Napier-Bell1982

Arts / Popular Music

Simon Napier-Bell teams up with manager Jazz Summers and together they take on the management of Wham!

Andrew Ridgeley1982

London · Arts / Popular Music

Founder Member of Wham!

Jazz Summers1982

Arts / Popular Music

Simon Napier-Bell teams up with manager Jazz Summers and together they take on the management of Wham!

1985

George Michael1985

Arts / Popular Music

At the end of 1985, Wham! ends its relationship with Napier-Bell and Summers when George Michael leave Wham! for a solo career

Simon Napier-Bell1985

Arts / Popular Music

At the end of 1985, Wham! ends its relationship with Napier-Bell and Summers when George Michael leave Wham! for a solo career

Simon Napier-Bell1985

Beijing · Arts / Popular Music

Negotiates for Wham! to become the first ever Western pop artist to play in communist China, they eventually play a concert there in April 1985 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing

Jazz Summers1985

Arts / Popular Music

At the end of 1985, Wham! ends its relationship with Napier-Bell and Summers when George Michael leave Wham! for a solo career

2005

Simon Napier-Bell2005

Arts / Popular Music

Publishes, "Im Coming To Take You To Lunch", the story of how he took Wham! to China

Names involved

Andrew RidgeleyGeorge MichaelJazz SummersSimon Napier-Bell

Provenance

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