British People of Greek Descent: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Alexis Korner, Cat Stevens, Constantine P. Cavafy

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General Books, 2010 - 300 Seiten
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Alexis Korner, George Michael, Constantine P. Cavafy, Marina and the Diamonds, Greeks in the United Kingdom, Lesley Abdela, Dappy, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Marco Pallis, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Mick Karn, Gordon Haskell, Alec Issigonis, Basil Markesinis, Andrew Charalambous, Ralli Brothers, Adam Christodoulou, Thanos Papalexis, Eddie Kulukundis, Riki Christodoulou, Stephanie Leonidas, Peter Calvocoressi, Kristian Leontiou, Holly Samos, Janet Paraskeva, John Saville, Michael Angelis, Ion Calvocoressi, Stel Pavlou, Peter Polycarpou, Panayis Athanase Vagliano, Nick Bouras, Tarki Micallef, Yannis Philippakis, Menelas N. Pangalos, Gilbert Biberian, Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi, Chris Achilleos, George Melachrino, Christian and Nick Candy, George Katinakis, Konstantinos Paspatis, Eva Vortex, Sophia Kokosalaki, Alexis Petridis, Peter Paphides, Yiolanda Koppel, John Servopoulos, Barry Evangeli, List of British people with Greek ancestry, Aglaia Coronio. Excerpt: George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: ); on 25 June 1963) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! along with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper" was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide. As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Michael has sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2010. His 1987 debut solo album, Faith, has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and made several records and achievements in the United States. Michael has garnered seven number one singles in the UK, and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the "The Billboard ...

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