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By Giorgina Ramazzotti. The singer was a guest on Michael Aspel's show when he revealed his real Greek Cypriot name. He's known all over the world by his English name, George Michael, but his family and friends knew him buy his Greek name and its nickname 'Yog'.
'Yog' is a shortened version of his Greek name 'Georgios' which has a much softer 'Y' sounding G at the beginning and a much harder 'G' sounding G in the middle. This name was used when Andrew was introduced to George, and why he still refers to him as 'Yog'.
According to Rate Your Music, the artist decided to use the name “Michael” because he liked the way it sounded. The singer reportedly knew several people with that last name, including an...
Describing his emotions as feeling like he was “picked on by the gods,” the music legend opens up about the pain he felt from Christmas 1991 through December 1996. “From the day I found out ...
Grammy Award-winning singer George Michael was one of the leading pop stars of the 1980s and 1990s. His 1987 album 'Faith' won a Grammy for best album of the year. ... Name: Michael ; Birth Year ...
Here are the main facts about the legendary singer that every fan should know: 1. What was George Michael's real name? George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, London. His father, Kyriacos Panayiotou (nicknamed 'Jack'), was a Greek Cypriot restaurateur, who moved to England in the 1950s.
On the cusp of fame, he decided to legally change his name to the more accessible George Michael. The band's first album Fantastic reached No. 1 in the UK in 1983 and produced a series of top 10 singles including " Young Guns ", " Wham Rap! ", and " Club Tropicana ".
