Life-Defining Moment
When Michael was only six years old, he found an old gramophone in his parents’ garage and decided to write a song. It was then that he first discovered his love for music. But he didn’t realize that he wanted to be a professional singer until after he had a serious head injury two years later.
New pop sensation Wham! Pictured in concert in Aberdeen, Scotland. This was their first live appearance and was part of their Club Fantastic Tour. 9th October 1983. Photo by Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
“At the age of about eight, I had a head injury, and I know it sounds bizarre and unlikely, but it was quite a bad bang, and I had it stitched up and stuff,” Michael wrote in his memoir Bare. All of a sudden, Michael only had one interest: music. However, Michael didn’t let his parents, more specifically, his father, know about his ambitions right away.