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Sanghera, Sathnam (12 October 2019). "Andrew Ridgeley Cheltenham Festival". "Cheltenham Literature Festival 2019" . Retrieved 20 July 2023.

Ridgeley was born in Windlesham, Surrey, England, [1] to Jennifer John (née Dunlop) (1943–2009) and Alberto Mario Zacharia (1933–2015), who later changed his surname to Ridgeley; his mother was of English and Scottish descent and his father was Jewish of Italian, Yemeni and Egyptian descent; his father's family were expelled from Egypt as a result of the Suez Crisis. [1] [2] [3] He has one sibling, Paul, born February 1964. [4] Ridgeley grew up in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and attended Bushey Meads School. [1] His mother was a schoolteacher at Bushey Heath Primary School while his father worked for Canon. [1] When George Michael started school, Ridgeley volunteered to take him under his wing. [1] Career [ edit ] Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1983. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021 . Retrieved 5 April 2022. Top Selling Albums of 1983 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 1 February 2022.Matrix / Runout (On inner mould ring (Variant 2): Made in USA - Digital Audio Disc Corp. [DADC logo]

Andrew Ridgeley and Keren Woodward have split up". RTÉ. 5 November 2017 . Retrieved 24 December 2017. David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. DALLAGLIO CYCLE SLAM 2018". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018 . Retrieved 20 December 2018. In 1984, Ridgeley underwent surgery to have his septum straightened to improve his breathing after having broken his nose as a child of nine. [10] After photos were published in British newspapers showing Ridgeley's bandaged face, Wham!'s manager, Simon Napier-Bell, fabricated a story that the bandages were the result of Ridgeley having been hit in the nose in a nightclub. After days of tabloid headlines, the true reason was revealed. [11] Ridgeley in 1985 Top-ten international albums on the Japanese Oricon Year-End Charts 1984". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007 . Retrieved 21 October 2007.Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) [1] is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham!. Davis, S. (2012). 80s Chart-Toppers: Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story. Mainstream Publishing. p.264. ISBN 978-1-78057-411-0 . Retrieved 17 June 2019.

a b "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012 . Retrieved 26 February 2012.a b Gold, Todd (23 September 1985). "Double Wham!my: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley Are Making It Big". People. Michael and Ridgeley embarked on a UK tour to promote the album in October 1983, opening at Aberdeen's Capitol Theatre, before going on to dates in Scotland, England and Wales, and ending in November at the Centre in Brighton. Whether Wham! really were the leather-clad rebellious miscreants they made themselves out to be in the video for “Bad Boys”, the album’s punchy opener, is debatable. But either way, Fantastic provided a musical and stylistic blueprint for the future of Wham!, with Michael establishing himself as an ace songwriter and producer—roles that would also set the scene for his solo career—while Ridgeley became enshrined as as pop’s latest Lothario. Jon Blistein (12 September 2022). "Lewis Capaldi Busts Out the White Speedo and Recreates Wham!'s 'Club Tropicana' Video for 'Forget Me' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 16 September 2022.