Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, two talented 18-year-old friends from England, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, burst onto the music scene with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...

LOS ANGELES — Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and ...

Longtime Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell reflected on the legacy of the 1984 Christmas song in an interview with 'The Telegraph' Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty “Last Christmas” remains Wham!’s most ...

When Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley first heard George Michael give up his heart on “Last Christmas,” he knew the beloved yule tune was something special. The magic moment happened when the holiday spirit ...

Chinese investors couldn’t buy a U.S. oil company or the maker of Maytag appliances, but now a Hong Kong group will be able to claim a real American icon: Wham-O Inc., the maker of Frisbee, Hula-Hoop, ...

The musical duo Wham! –aka George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – debuted in 1981, enjoying a commercial and critical success in that decade that neither member likely dreamed of. By the time both ...

They want this to be the last Christmas they hear this song. Tomas Mazetti, 50, and his wife, Hannah, 33, have reportedly raised more than $62,000 to buy the rights to Wham!’s “Last Christmas” — so ...