{"name":"Wham!","title":"Wham!","id":1689,"slug":"wham","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1689/?format=json","bio_short":"Wham! (often written WHAM!) was a pop band formed in 1981. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with another band.  <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/George+Michael\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">George Michael</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Ridgeley\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Andrew Ridgeley</a> met at Bushey Meads School in Watford, England. At first, they performed in a short-lived rock and roll band called The Executive. They then changed their name and signed with Innervision Records. Soon after a legal victory over Innervision, the duo was signed to CBS, Columbia Records in the United States and Canada and Epic Records for the rest of the world. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/Wham.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":1860,"title":"Careless Whisper","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/careless-whisper/"},{"id":9902,"title":"Last Christmas","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/last-christmas/"},{"id":28136,"title":"Wake me up before you go-go","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/wake-me-up-before-you-go-go/"}]}