George micheals biography

A topical one-off &#;special&#; local history article by Philip Grant.

As part of Brent&#;s London Borough of Culture , and &#;Brent Biennial&#;, a 9-metre high mural by the artist Dawn Mellor is due to be unveiled in Kingsbury Road on Saturday 19 September. It will celebrate the life of the singer George Michael, who lived and went to school in the area. Many people may not know much about his early life, and this seems a good time to share what I know about his Kingsbury connections. As George said himself, in a line from a song he wrote about growing up &#;Round Here&#;: &#;So come with me, let me show you where I've lived.&#;

 1. Three images of work in progress on the George Michael mural, and its location, 13 September

It was not just people from the Caribbean (&#;the Windrush Generation&#;) who came to live and work in this country following the British Nationality Act, Britain&#;s labour shortage in the post-war years meant that anyone with the newly created status of &#;citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies&#; could do the same. In , young Kyriacos Panayiotou and his cousin left their village in Cyprus, and came to London for a better life. He worked as a waiter in a restaurant, and through a shared love of dancing, married Lesley in Some people thought it was wrong for an English girl to marry a Greek Cypriot, but love is stronger than prejudice.

2. Holmstall Parade, Edgware Road,

Kyriacos and Lesley already had two daughters before their son, Georgios, was born at their flat in East Finchley in June Within a year they had moved to a larger home at 3a Holmstall Parade, above shops on the Edgware Road, close to Burnt Oak, in what was then still the Borough of Wembley. Kyriacos Panayiotou, commonly known as Jack Panos, worked in a Greek Restaurant in Edgware, becoming a partner in the business. Although Holmstall Parade looks similar now to what it did in the s, the Asda superstore and C

American broadcaster (–)

For the musician, see George Michael.

George Michael (March 24, &#;– December 24, ) was an American broadcaster best known nationally for The George Michael Sports Machine, his long-running sports highlights television program. Originally named George Michael's Sports Final when it began as a local show in Washington, D.C., in , it was nationally syndicated by NBC from until its final installment was aired on March 25, Michael won a Sports Emmy in for his work on The George Michael Sports Machine.

Early life and career

Michael was born George Michael Gimpel in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 24, , the son of Margaret and Earl Herman Gimpel. He grew up near Tower Grove Park in the city's south side, and graduated from St. Louis University High School. While attending Saint Louis University, he worked as a Midwestpromoter for several record labels such as Scepter and Motown. It was also during this time when he made his radio broadcasting debut on a one-hour Sunday night show at midnight on WIL, which invited individual SLU students to be the hosts every week. He earned a full-time job as a disc jockey at the station after he was judged to be the best of the group.

His first radio appointment outside of his hometown was in at WRIT in Milwaukee, where he worked the 6-to pm shift until he was reassigned to 5-to-9 morning drive time in early His next stop was at KBTR in Denver later in , working under the name "King" George Michael for the first time. He earned the nickname due to his success in "ruling" evening radio.

He became one of the original Boss Jocks at WFIL in Philadelphia when its new Top 40rock and roll format debuted on September 18, He served as music director and evening deejay for the next eight years. WFIL, which promoted itself as "Famous 56" afte

English singer-songwriter (–)

For other people named George Michael, see George Michael (disambiguation).

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June – 25 December ) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation.

Born in East Finchley, Middlesex, Michael rose to fame after forming the pop duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in He took part in Band Aid's UK number-one single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in and performed at the following year's Live Aid concert. His debut studio album, Faith (), won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Michael then went on to release a series of multimillion-selling albums, including Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (), Older (), Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (), Songs from the Last Century (), Patience (), and Twenty Five (). His most successful singles include "Careless Whisper", "A Different Corner", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", "Praying for Time", "Freedom! '90", "Jesus to a Child", "Fastlove", "Outside", "Amazing", and "An Easier Affair".

Michael came out as gay in , and was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser. His personal life, drug use, and legal troubles made headlines following an arrest for public lewdness in and multiple drug-related offences. The documentary A Different Story covered his career and personal life. His 25 Live tour spanned three tours from to In Michael fell into a coma during a bout with pneumonia, but recovered. He performed his final concert at London's Earls Court in Michael died of heart disease on Christmas Day in , at his home in Goring-on-Tha