Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
Wham!Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||
Eligible since: 2008First Recording: 1982Previously Considered? No what's this? |
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Essential Albums (?) | Wikipedia | YouTube | |
Make It Big (1984) | ☆ | ☊ |
Essential Songs (?) | Wikipedia | YouTube | |
Last Christmas (1984) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1984) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Freedom (1984) | ☆ | ☊ |
Wham! @ Wikipedia
Will Wham! be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? "Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction." |
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18 comments so far (post your own)Like Joy Division/New Order, The Small Faces/Faces, The (Young) Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic, he should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just once for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael. That's how Joel Whitburn has him listed in the Billboard books. George Michael was a great songwriter. The songs he wrote as a member of Wham! are classics. Songs like Bad Boys, Young Guns (Go For It), Wham Rap, I'm Your Man, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whispers, Everything She Wants, Freedom, Last Christmas. If the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts George Michael solo, they are leaving out all that great material he produced with Wham!, which is where his career started. The right thing to do would be to nominate and induct him for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael, not so much for Andrew Ridgeley's sake, but for George Michael's sake. George Michael's solo career was equally successful to his career with Wham! Wham! and George Michael each had a classic number one album. Wham! had 1984's Make It Big, and George Michael had 1987's Faith. I wouldn't induct George Michael twice. I can see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating and inducting him under Wham!/George Michael for his entire body of work. The case is made. It will happen! WHAM! produced 3 studio albums with original material, while George Michael produced 4 studio albums with original material. So they are pretty much even. A joint induction as Wham!/George Michael is the right thing to do. Posted by Roy on Friday, 05/31/2013 @ 10:13am |
"Joy Divison/New Order" Posted by GFW on Friday, 05/31/2013 @ 12:23pm |
This isn't like Rufus with Chaka Khan because there were only two people in WHAM!. If they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Wham!/George Michael, only one other person will have George Michael's name on his trophy, and that would be Andrew Ridgeley. Guitarist Deon Estus was considered a sideman, not a member of Wham!, and the female back-up singers as well were not full members of Wham!. Only George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were on the WHAM! album covers. Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 07/10/2013 @ 15:56pm |
WHAM! Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 07/30/2013 @ 19:30pm |
“Last Election” Posted by Andrew on Sunday, 08/25/2013 @ 22:18pm |
George Michael was WHAM!. They'll be inducted as WHAM!/George Michael. Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 08/13/2014 @ 09:12am |
Whom do you think was a better duo, Wham or Go West? Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 10/29/2014 @ 17:26pm |
RIP George Michael Posted by Roy on Sunday, 12/25/2016 @ 22:14pm |
Like Joy Division/New Order, The Small Faces/Faces, The (Young) Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic, he should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just once for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael. That's how Joel Whitburn has him listed in the Billboard books. George Michael was a great songwriter. The songs he wrote as a member of Wham! are classics. Songs like Bad Boys, Young Guns (Go For It), Wham Rap, I'm Your Man, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whispers, Everything She Wants, Freedom, Last Christmas. If the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts George Michael solo, they are leaving out all that great material he produced with Wham!, which is where his career started. The right thing to do would be to nominate and induct him for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael, not so much for Andrew Ridgeley's sake, but for George Michael's sake. George Michael's solo career was equally successful to his career with Wham! Wham! and George Michael each had a classic number one album. Wham! had 1984's Make It Big, and George Michael had 1987's Faith. I wouldn't induct George Michael twice. I can see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating and inducting him under Wham!/George Michael for his entire body of work. The case is made. It will happen! WHAM! produced 3 studio albums with original material, while George Michael produced 4 studio albums with original material. So they are pretty much even. A joint induction as Wham!/George Michael is the right thing to do. Posted by Roy on Monday, 12/26/2016 @ 08:58am |
Should be nominated and inducted as WHAM!/George Michael. Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 01/10/2017 @ 04:45am |
ABBA > CHIC > BOSTON > WHAM! Posted by Roy on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 00:59am |
I already told Steven Van Zandt and that guy from the Roots (I forgot his name) on twitter that George Michael should be nominated and inducted as WHAM!/George Michael. Posted by Roy on Monday, 03/12/2018 @ 08:20am |
QUEEN > ABBA > CHIC > WHAM! Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 01/9/2019 @ 09:29am |
In the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael died in bed at his home in Goring-on-Thames, aged 53. He was found by his Australian partner, Fadi Fawaz. Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 04/8/2020 @ 02:34am |
Imagine if they only induct him as George Michael, but they also perform WHAM! songs at the induction ceremony. Just like when they inducted Linda Ronstadt and they performed one song from Stone Poneys. Please induct him as WHAM!/George Michael. Posted by Roy on Monday, 07/6/2020 @ 11:47am |
I would be fine with that. But knowing the nom com it would likely be just George Michael alone. Posted by Greg on Monday, 07/6/2020 @ 21:20pm |
They might nominate him as George Michael / WHAM!, instead of Wham! / George Michael, to keep it alphabetical. Posted by Roy on Saturday, 08/13/2022 @ 12:10pm |
So I guess we could still see a WHAM! induction, and second induction for George Michael. Posted by Roy on Saturday, 11/4/2023 @ 09:16am |
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