George Michael Bedinger: a Kentucky Pioneer

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

George Michael Bedinger: a Kentucky Pioneer Gc 929.2 B3901d 1914129 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY GC 3 1833 01203 7666 929.2 B3901D Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/georgemichaelbedOOdand George Michael Bedinger: A Kentucky Pioneer By Danske Dandrid^e ^GgOCb THE MICHIE COMPANY, PRINTERS Charlottesville, Virginia 1909 1914129 „ .-^i." .*• ~-.' -•-I ...;.!-• V' • v^^^i-':--^"^:- "••'*>• .;:ii/^'-u'-^^-k T ftu Major George Michael Bedinge Copyright 1909 BY DanskE Dandridge TO ALI. THE DDSCKNDANTS OF THE PATRIOT, GEOKCE MlCHAEt< BEDINGER, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. CONTENTS ^^^'^ CHAPTER . Introduction ^ I. Birth of George; Michmsl Be:dingi<r— Family History 3 II. Early Days in Mecklenburg ... 7 III. The Beginning oe the Revolution . 11 IV. Major G. M. Bedinger in the Revolu- 99 TION -- V. First Visit to Kentucky 35 VI. Life at Boonesboro' 46 VII. Bowman's Campaign 54 VIII. Major BivDinger RivTurns to Civiliza- tion 67 IX. The End of the Revolution ... 78 X. More Adventures in Kentucky . 88 XL The Second Green River Expedition 98 102 XII. The Third Trip to GrEEn RivER . XIII. A Terrible Experience 113 XIV. Home Again 126 XV. The Attack at Sandy Creek . .133 XVI. Major Bj'Dinger in St. Clair's Cam- paign 138 XVII. Early Days in Kentucky 161 WtJlT ai sit IV CONTRNTS XVIII. Letters from Home — Life in Ken- tucky 169 XIX. Family Happenings—Michaee Bedin- GER in Congress 179 XX. The Meeting at Stinson's Spring . 188 XXI. Old Age and Retirement 193 Appendix A. , 216 Appendix B. .228 Major George Michael Bedinger A Kentucky Pioneer INTRODUCTION Thy spirit, Independence, let me share. Lord of the Lion heart and Eagle eye; Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. AMONG the papers left by George Michael Bedin- ger of Kentucky, I have fotind this scrap of verse, written, I believe, by his younger brother Daniel. It may be taken as the motto of his adventurous life, and his constant inspiration. This dearly loved brother, Daniel, died in 1818, many years before the death of "Michael," as his family always called Major Bedinger. Daniel was a poet, and he accumulated and absorbed great store of books, wrote much for the periodicals of the day, and lived in ease and prosperity in the town of Norfolk, Virginia, then the home of some of the most cultured gentlemen of the day. Michael, on the contrary, was a frontiersman, an explorer, and a brave soldier, as well as a statesman and a patriot. The bond of affection between him and his brothers was an unusually strong one. Henry, the eldest of the family, was a man of af- fairs, an active, enterprising, and withal a dignified gentleman, honored and respected by all who knew him, watching carefully over the interests of the younger members of the family, of whom he was the acknowledged head. All three of these brothers had 2 GEORGE MICHAEL BEDINGER fought in the Revolution, and were among the bravest of the brave. Two of them were members of the Society of the Cincinnati, and all were officers. I have written this simple account of the life of Michael lledinj^er to endeavor to draw closer the bond which unites the descendants of these brothers; and also because his example must be an inspiration to all who read it. Such were his fidelity to duty, his noble unselfishness of character, and his courage and tender- ness, that no one, I hope and believe, can help derivmg benefit from an acquaintance with him. Therefore, I have endeavored to produce the living man, just as he was, as I have failed to discover an act of his life that one of his descendants could wish to conceal. I desire to express most heartfelt thanks to all who have so kindly aided me in my task. To Mrs. Frances Gibson and her daughter, Miss Zan Gibson, of Charles Town, W. Va. ; to Mrs. Asa Lewis and her brother, of Asheville, N. C. ; to Mr. Henry B. Davenport, of Clay County, W. Va. ; to Miss Olivia Bedinger, of Bakers- field, California; to Miss Virginia Lucas; Mr. Henry B. Swearingen; Mrs. Woodford; Miss Franklin, of Chillicothe, Ohio; and to Miss Lucy Bittinger of Sewickley, Pa., I desire particularly to give expression to my gratitude for their valuable aid in furnishing nie with letters, pai)ers, and information. I am also largely indebted to the labors of the late Dr. Lyman Draper, of Wisconsin, whose manuscripts in the His- torical Library at Madison have been of great value; and to I'ro lessor Reuben C. Thwaites; and to the assistants in the Congressional Library, I also desire to return cordial thanks for all their kind assislnncc. Slicflicrdstnu'u, JV. Va., December 1 1, i(^o8. CHAPTER I Birth of George Michael Bedinger—Family History GEORGE Michael Bedinger was born of German parents on the 10th of December, 1756. His parents, at the time of his birth, lived on their planta- tion in what is now York County, Pennsylvania. He was the third child of Henry Bedinger, and his wife, Magdalene von Schlegel. The oldest son, Henry, was born in 1753. Next came Elizabeth, born in 1755. There were seven other children : Christian and Chris- tina, probably twins, born between the years 1756 and 1760, both of whom died in infancy; Daniel, born in 1761; Jacob, born in 1766; Sarah, born in 1768, and Solomon, the youngest, born in 1770. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, married Abel Mor- gan, a son of Richard ap Morgan, a gentleman whose family came from Wales to America in the seven- teenth century. Richard Morgan, who belonged to an ancient family of Welsh gentlemen, was one of the first settlers in the neighborhood of Mecklenburg, now called Shepherdstown, a village on the banks of the Potomac, in JefTerson County, West Virginia. Abel Morgan, the husband of Elizabeth, was a physi- cian, and during the Revolution he acted as surgeon to the 8th Pennsylvania. His name is on the list of pris- oners confined on the prison ship Jersey, ofif the Long Island coast. He died early, very probably from the effects of this confinement, and left his widow with five children to rear to maturity. Anna-Maria, called Mary in her father's will, mar- ried Colonel Abraham Morgan, a grandson of Richard 4 GEORGE MICHAEIv BEDINGER ap Morgan. He died in Kentucky, leaving many de- scendants in that State, and some in Mississippi and Tennessee. Sarah, the youngest daughter, married Benoni Swearingen, a friend and comrade-in-arms of the Bedinger brothers. Adam Biidinger, the grandfather of George Michael, emigrated from Alsace to America, possibly by the advice of his friend. Dr. Muhlenberg, a noted Luth- eran divine of the day. Adam, with his wife, and several children, sailed from Rotterdam, in the good ship Samuel, in the summer of 1737, and landed at Philadelphia on the thirtieth of August of that year. Henry, the third son of Adam and his wife, Anna Margarethe Hansknecht, was born in the village of Dorschel or Durstle, as it is variously spelt on maps of Alsace, in the year 1729. Adam appears to have been a man of substance. He took up a large and fertile tract of land on the Cone- wago, in York County, Pennsylvania, and prospered greatly thereon. He married three times and had, in all, ten children. He belonged to a very old family which has givei) the name of Biidingen to two villages in Alsace, and one in Hesse-Cassel. At least one branch of this family was noble. In German works on genealogy we read that "Ludwig of the elder line of the house of Isenberg, who died in 1360, received by his marriage with Hedwig, heiress of the last Dynast, i. e.. Ruler or Chief of Biidingen, the succession into the 'immediate' estates of Biidingen in the Wesseren, which was raised in 1442 to a County." This branch of the Isenberg family is still called Isenberg-Biidingen. Henry Bedinger, the elder brother of George Michael, had an old family seal in his pos- GEORGE MICHAEL BEDINGER 5 session; and his only living grandchild, Mrs. Frances Gibson, of Charles Town, West Virginia, remembers having often played with it when she was a child. This seal bore the arms of Biidingen, a griffin rampant, and, for a crest, the helmet of a knight. The present family of Isenberg-Biidingen quarters this coat of arms with that of the Isenbergs, as any one interested in such matters can find in the pages of the Deutsche Adds Lexicon. The old seal remained in the posses- sion of the family for many years, until the death of Henry Bedinger Davenport, when, on the breaking up of his establishment, it was lost, stolen, or destroyed. The sons of Adam, after their marriages, he estab- lished on plantations near his own. Many reports of the fertility of the Valley of the Shenandoah had reached I'ennsylvania in the latter half of the eighteenth century, and it Is not impossible that settlers emigrated to this part of Virginia even before Governor Spottswood made his memorable ex- cursion to the summit of the Blue Ridge in 1714. The only records th^ first settlers in the Valley have left behind them are found on nearly illegible tomb- stones. By the middle of the century, however, crowds of emigrants from the west eastward, instead of from the east, westward, were, for a time, the order of the day, and the beautiful Valley of Virginia was largely settled by German emigrants from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland.
Recommended publications
  • George Michael Bedinger : a Kentucky Pioneer
    George Michael Bedinger : A Kentucky Pioneer By Danske Dandridge THE MICHIE COMPANY, PRINTERS Charlottesville, Virginia 1909 COPYRIGHT 1909 BY DANSKE DANDRIDGE Major George Michael Bedinger TO ALL THE DESCENDANTS OF THE PA'!'RIOT, GEORGE MICHAEL BEDINGER, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 I. BIRTH oF GEORGE l\IICHAEL BEDINGER- FAMILY HISTORY . 3 II. EARLY DAYS IN l\1ECKLENBURG 7 III. THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION 11 IV. lv1AJOR G. l\I. BEDINGER IN THE REVOLU- TION . ..,,,__,?? V. FIRST VISIT To KENTUCKY . 35 VI. LIFE AT BooNESBORo' . 46 VII. BOWMAN'S CAMPAIGN . 54 VIII. lvIAJOR BEDINGER RETURNS TO CIVILIZA- TION . 67 IX. THE END OF THE REVOLUTION . 78 X. 11oRE AnvENTUREs IN KENTUCKY . 88 XI. THE SECOND GREEN RIVER EXPEDITION 98 XII. THE THIRD TRIP To GREEN RIVER . 102 XIII. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE . 113 XIV. HOME AGAIN . 126 xv. THE ATTACK AT SANDY CREEK . 133 xvr. !\1AJoR BEnrNGER IN ST. CLAIR's CAM- PAIGN . 138 XVII. EARLY DAYS IN KENTUCKY . 161 IV CONTENTS XVIII. LETTERS FROM HOME - LIFE IN KEN­ TUCKY . 169 XIX. FAMILY HAPPENINGS-MICHAEL BEDIN- GER IN CONGRESS . 179 xx. THE MEETING AT STINSON'S SPRING . 188 XXL OLD AGE AND RETIREMENT . 193 APPENDIX A. 216 APPENDIX B. 228 Major George Michael Bedinger A Kentucky Pioneer INTRODUCTION Thy spirit, Independence, let me share, Lord of the Lion heart and Eagle eye; Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky. MONG the papers left by George Michael Bedin­ A ger of Kentucky, I have found this scrap of verse, written,.
    [Show full text]
  • AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long Adele Rolling in the Deep Al Green
    AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long Adele Rolling in the Deep Al Green Let's Stay Together Alabama Dixieland Delight Alan Jackson It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Alex Claire Too Close Alice in Chains No Excuses America Lonely People Sister Golden Hair American Authors The Best Day of My Life Avicii Hey Brother Bad Company Feel Like Making Love Can't Get Enough of Your Love Bastille Pompeii Ben Harper Steal My Kisses Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine Lean on Me Billy Joel You May Be Right Don't Ask Me Why Just the Way You Are Only the Good Die Young Still Rock and Roll to Me Captain Jack Blake Shelton Boys 'Round Here God Gave Me You Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue The Man in Me To Make You Feel My Love You Belong to Me Knocking on Heaven's Door Don't Think Twice Bob Marley and the Wailers One Love Three Little Birds Bob Seger Old Time Rock & Roll Night Moves Turn the Page Bobby Darin Beyond the Sea Bon Jovi Dead or Alive Living on a Prayer You Give Love a Bad Name Brad Paisley She's Everything Bruce Springsteen Glory Days Bruno Mars Locked Out of Heaven Marry You Treasure Bryan Adams Summer of '69 Cat Stevens Wild World If You Want to Sing Out CCR Bad Moon Rising Down on the Corner Have You Ever Seen the Rain Looking Out My Backdoor Midnight Special Cee Lo Green Forget You Charlie Pride Kiss an Angel Good Morning Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me Christina Perri A Thousand Years Counting Crows Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Taylor Swift Me Release Date
    Taylor Swift Me Release Date Hebrides Truman entrapped no hydraulics referred absolutely after Steve antisepticizing full-faced, quite high. Unadmonished and inconceivable Gideon conciliated her copier regain or prescribing perceptually. Ascitical Tedmund never grated so abstinently or starvings any caballer laterally. Update and then bursts into her core belief to see a teenager with robin roberts that is published by swift release date on instagram clue to be She use our website you a song you love letter to get the strength of song, taylor swift me release date went well, you have permission of. Apple music video to me do so there was a new music critic hank stuever picks his same time will taylor swift me release date financial and more and join the song is called up until canceled. Swift song about two friend breakup. The date went well as taylor swift release date on the most in just want to the sky is. Check your connection and try again. Swift released a taylor swift has chosen products in! On the album is more What it Made actually Do cover only for the substantive lyrics. Luke Combs Announces Rescheduled Dates For 'outdoor You See Is them You Get' Tour. You can follow this far by editing your profile. Get unlimited access to TIME. Taylor swift is the me that only accepts a taylor swift me release date of a day, his primary talents lie. Get the latest Cleveland Cavaliers news, parenting, and device data you send me tailored email and other offers through social media or other sites and apps.
    [Show full text]
  • Nielsen Music Year-End Report Canada 2016
    NIELSEN MUSIC YEAR-END REPORT CANADA 2016 NIELSEN MUSIC YEAR-END REPORT CANADA 2016 Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company 1 Welcome to the annual Nielsen Music Year End Report for Canada, providing the definitive 2016 figures and charts for the music industry. And what a year it was! The year had barely begun when we were already saying goodbye to musical heroes gone far too soon. David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey, Leon Russell, Maurice White, Prince, George Michael ... the list goes on. And yet, despite the sadness of these losses, there is much for the industry to celebrate. Music consumption is at an all-time high. Overall consumption of album sales, song sales and audio on-demand streaming volume is up 5% over 2015, fueled by an incredible 203% increase in on-demand audio streams, enough to offset declines in sales and return a positive year for the business. 2016 also marked the highest vinyl sales total to date. It was an incredible year for Canadian artists, at home and abroad. Eight different Canadian artists had #1 albums in 2016, led by Drake whose album Views was the biggest album of the year in Canada as well as the U.S. The Tragically Hip had two albums reach the top of the chart as well, their latest release and their 2005 best of album, and their emotional farewell concert in August was something we’ll remember for a long time. Justin Bieber, Billy Talent, Céline Dion, Shawn Mendes, Leonard Cohen and The Weeknd also spent time at #1. Break out artist Alessia Cara as well as accomplished superstar Michael Buble also enjoyed successes this year.
    [Show full text]
  • Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses. 489 1775. January. 4: James Moyes
    Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses. 489 PENNSYLVANIA MARRIAGE LICENSES, 1769-1776. (Continued from page 358.) 1775. January. 4: James Moyes—Mary Tatum John Dean—Catharine Hall James Kerr—Eebecca Simpson Charles Eobinson—Ann Holster Isaiah Vanhorn—Catharine Rue 7: John Linch—Ann Enssel John Pluckrose—Ann Lock 9: James Smith—Mary Penn George Michael Immel—Catharine Sidle 11: Samuel Armstrong—Elizabeth Gibson 12: Richard Fortune—Amelia Maxwell 13: Jacob Zigler—Esther Buchwater 14: Charles Justis—Mary Morton Edward Hunter—Hannah Maris 17: Daniel Thomas—Sarah Briton 18: Samuel Church—Anne Justice David Cake—Margaret Cowger 19: Joseph Jacob Wallace—Elizabeth Lukens 23: James Coburn—Sarah Hayes Jacob Vernor—Sarah McDaniel 24: John Cockshott—Sarah Rivers Edmund McDaniel—Mary Matson Richard Davis—Ruth Marshall 25: Daniel Huff—Mary Sharp John Pogue—Rachel Gilbert John Braddock—Anna Green 27: Hughes Johnston—Jennet Irwin 28: Peters Lewis—Margaret Bell 30: Michael Clarke—Mary Butler February. 1: John Appowen—Mary Mason 2: Alexander Plunket—Mary Hoffman George Millward—Elizabeth Ireland 490 Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses. 3: John Adams—Mary Davis Daniel Eobinson—Margaret Showtissel Dean Timrnons—Mary Samuels James Delaplaine—Mary Keen 5: Jacob Vandergrift—Sarah Titus 10: Isaac Fowler—Margaret Higgins 11: Llewellyn Joe Taylor—Sarah Carpenter Eobert Grant—Sarah Tercas 14: Adam Clampffer—Mary Kerlin 17: John Hithal—Margaret Huston 20: Joseph Ashburnham—Rachel Giffin Michael Albright—Juliana Dowterman 22: Adam Garret—Christiana Hysel 23: John Coffman—Mary Gitling 25: James Hawes—Hannah Worrell Philip Meser—Elizabeth Clingman 27: Samuel Gothrop—Sarah Boast John Crann—Sarah Souder 28: Caleb Coburn—Esther Assheton Samuel Gill—Jemima Hughes Charles Finney—Elizabeth Archey John Baker—Elizabeth Schreiner March.
    [Show full text]
  • Sample Song List Murphy Knows Over 2000+ Covers. Here Is Sample List Of
    Acoustic 60’s to now 07807603836 [email protected] www.MurphyJamesMusic.com Sample Song List Murphy knows over 2000+ covers. Here is sample list of a few songs but there are many more that aren't on this list so please feel free to request anything else. If Murphy knows it, he will be sure to play it for you. 500 miles – The Proclaimers A little respect – Erasure A sky full of stars - Coldplay A thousand years – Christina Peri Africa - Toto Ain't no sunshine – Bill Withers Ain’t nobody – Chaka Khan Alcoholic – Starsailor All about you - McFly All I want is you – U2 All night long – Lionel Richie All of me – John Legend All the small things – Blink 182 Always on my mind – Elvis Presley America – Razorlight America – Neil Diamond American Pie – Don McClean Am I wrong – Nico & Vinz Angel of Harlem – U2 Angels – Robbie Williams Another brick in the wall – Pink Floyd Another day in Paradise – Phil Collins Apologize – One Republic Ashes – Embrace A sky full of stars - Coldplay A-team - Ed Sheeran Babel – Mumford & Sons Baby can I hold you – Tracy Chapman Baby I love your way – Peter Frampton Baby one more time – Britney Spears Babylon – David Gray Back for good – Take That Back to black – Amy Winehouse Bad moon rising – Credence Clearwater Revival Be mine – David Gray Be my baby – The Ronettes Beautiful noise – Neil Diamond Beautiful war – Kings of Leon Best of you – Foo Fighters Better – Tom Baxter Big love – Fleetwood Mac Big yellow taxi – Joni Mitchell Black and gold – Sam Sparro Black is the colour – Christie Moore Bloodstream
    [Show full text]
  • Bad Habit Song List
    BAD HABIT SONG LIST Artist Song 4 Non Blondes Whats Up Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette Crazy Alanis Morissette You Learn Alanis Morissette Uninvited Alanis Morissette Thank You Alanis Morissette Ironic Alanis Morissette Hand In My Pocket Alice Merton No Roots Billie Eilish Bad Guy Bobby Brown My Prerogative Britney Spears Baby One More Time Bruno Mars Uptown Funk Bruno Mars 24K Magic Bruno Mars Treasure Bruno Mars Locked Out of Heaven Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey Christina Aguilera Fighter Corey Hart Sunglasses at Night Cyndi Lauper Time After Time David Guetta Titanium Deee-Lite Groove Is In The Heart Dishwalla Counting Blue Cars DNCE Cake By the Ocean Dua Lipa One Kiss Dua Lipa New Rules Dua Lipa Break My Heart Ed Sheeran Blow BAD HABIT SONG LIST Artist Song Elle King Ex’s & Oh’s En Vogue Free Your Mind Eurythmics Sweet Dreams Fall Out Boy Beat It George Michael Faith Guns N’ Roses Sweet Child O’ Mine Hailee Steinfeld Starving Halsey Graveyard Imagine Dragons Whatever It Takes Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Jessie J Price Tag Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jewel Who Will Save Your Soul Jo Dee Messina Heads Carolina, Tails California Jonas Brothers Sucker Journey Separate Ways Justin Timberlake Can’t Stop The Feeling Justin Timberlake Say Something Katy Perry Teenage Dream Katy Perry Dark Horse Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire Lady Gaga Born This Way Lady Gaga Bad Romance Lady Gaga Just Dance Lady Gaga Poker Face Lady Gaga Yoü and I Lady Gaga Telephone BAD HABIT SONG LIST Artist Song Lady Gaga Shallow Letters to Cleo Here and Now Lizzo Truth Hurts Lorde Royals Madonna Vogue Madonna Into The Groove Madonna Holiday Madonna Border Line Madonna Lucky Star Madonna Ray of Light Meghan Trainor All About That Bass Michael Jackson Dirty Diana Michael Jackson Billie Jean Michael Jackson Human Nature Michael Jackson Black Or White Michael Jackson Bad Michael Jackson Wanna Be Startin’ Something Michael Jackson P.Y.T.
    [Show full text]
  • “A People Who Have Not the Pride to Record Their History Will Not Long
    STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE i “A people who have not the pride to record their History will not long have virtues to make History worth recording; and Introduction no people who At the rear of Old Main at Bethany College, the sun shines through are indifferent an arcade. This passageway is filled with students today, just as it was more than a hundred years ago, as shown in a c.1885 photograph. to their past During my several visits to this college, I have lingered here enjoying the light and the student activity. It reminds me that we are part of the past need hope to as well as today. People can connect to historic resources through their make their character and setting as well as the stories they tell and the memories they make. future great.” The National Register of Historic Places recognizes historic re- sources such as Old Main. In 2000, the State Historic Preservation Office Virgil A. Lewis, first published Historic West Virginia which provided brief descriptions noted historian of our state’s National Register listings. This second edition adds approx- Mason County, imately 265 new listings, including the Huntington home of Civil Rights West Virginia activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison, the New River Gorge Bridge, Camp Caesar in Webster County, Fort Mill Ridge in Hampshire County, the Ananias Pitsenbarger Farm in Pendleton County and the Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex in Fayette County. Each reveals the richness of our past and celebrates the stories and accomplishments of our citizens. I hope you enjoy and learn from Historic West Virginia.
    [Show full text]
  • George Michael Was Britain's Biggest Pop Star of the 1980S, First with The
    George Michael was Britain’s biggest pop star of the 1980s, first with the duo Wham! and then as a solo artist. The Three Crowns played a small but significant part in his story. After Wham! made their initial chart breakthrough with the single Young Guns (Go for It) in 1982, George’s songwriting gift brought them giant hits including Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Freedom, and they became leading lights of the 80s boom in British pop music, alongside Duran Duran, Culture Club and Spandau Ballet, even exporting it behind the Iron Curtain. His first solo album Faith, released in 1987, sold 25 million copies, and George sold more than 100 million albums worldwide with Wham! and under his own name. George was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London. His father, Kyriacos Panayiotou, was a Greek Cypriot restaurateur, and his mother an English dancer, Lesley Angold. In the late 1960s the family moved to Edgware, where George attended Kingsbury School, before they moved to the affluent Hertfordshire town of Radlett in the mid-1970s. Bushey Meads Comprehensive 1974 - 1981 George – a wimp Andy - cocksure In September 1975 a twelve year old George showed up at Bushey Meads School keen to impress as the new boy and was introduced to Andy Ridgeley who had already been impressing for a full year. Andy recalled their meeting as follows; “I remember at the time we were playing King of the Wall. As he was the new boy we goaded him into it. I was up there and he threw me off.
    [Show full text]
  • {DOWNLOAD} Viva Coldplay: a Biography Ebook Free Download
    VIVA COLDPLAY: A BIOGRAPHY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Martin Roach | 240 pages | 01 Nov 2010 | OMNIBUS PRESS | 9781849385466 | English | London, United Kingdom Viva Coldplay: A Biography PDF Book CBC News. In the United States, the song was released as the lead single from the then-untitled debut album. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 August Official Charts. Retrieved 7 September Archived from the original on 15 May Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Retrieved 24 April Quotes from Coldplay: Viva Co After completing their final examinations, Coldplay signed a five-album contract with Parlophone in early Archived from the original on 7 July Retrieved 10 May Retrieved 6 February Retrieved 28 September They decided to relocate in Liverpool, where they recorded some of the songs on Parachutes. The band played beneath Hope , a giant year-old skeleton of a blue whale in the museum's great hall. Home 1 Books 2. Chris Martin is lead singer, guitarist and pianist for the band Coldplay. Their performance included a duet with Barry Gibb , the last surviving member of the Bee Gees. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Sort order. Retrieved 2 October English explorer Martin Frobisher is best known for his attempts to discover a Northwest Passage and his voyages to Labrador and Frobisher Bay in Canada. In , it was unusual for a pop group to have a monthly magazine devoted exclusively to their career. Viva Coldplay: A Biography Writer Retrieved 12 December Archived from the original on 8 July Archived from the original on 24 January Together, they debuted the song live at the Brit Awards with Chris Martin also performing a tribute song to the late George Michael.
    [Show full text]
  • De Classic Album Collection
    DE CLASSIC ALBUM COLLECTION EDITIE 2013 Album 1 U2 ‐ The Joshua Tree 2 Michael Jackson ‐ Thriller 3 Dire Straits ‐ Brothers in arms 4 Bruce Springsteen ‐ Born in the USA 5 Fleetwood Mac ‐ Rumours 6 Bryan Adams ‐ Reckless 7 Pink Floyd ‐ Dark side of the moon 8 Eagles ‐ Hotel California 9 Adele ‐ 21 10 Beatles ‐ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 11 Prince ‐ Purple Rain 12 Paul Simon ‐ Graceland 13 Meat Loaf ‐ Bat out of hell 14 Coldplay ‐ A rush of blood to the head 15 U2 ‐ The unforgetable Fire 16 Queen ‐ A night at the opera 17 Madonna ‐ Like a prayer 18 Simple Minds ‐ New gold dream (81‐82‐83‐84) 19 Pink Floyd ‐ The wall 20 R.E.M. ‐ Automatic for the people 21 Rolling Stones ‐ Beggar's Banquet 22 Michael Jackson ‐ Bad 23 Police ‐ Outlandos d'Amour 24 Tina Turner ‐ Private dancer 25 Beatles ‐ Beatles (White album) 26 David Bowie ‐ Let's dance 27 Simply Red ‐ Picture Book 28 Nirvana ‐ Nevermind 29 Simon & Garfunkel ‐ Bridge over troubled water 30 Beach Boys ‐ Pet Sounds 31 George Michael ‐ Faith 32 Phil Collins ‐ Face Value 33 Bruce Springsteen ‐ Born to run 34 Fleetwood Mac ‐ Tango in the night 35 Prince ‐ Sign O'the times 36 Lou Reed ‐ Transformer 37 Simple Minds ‐ Once upon a time 38 U2 ‐ Achtung baby 39 Doors ‐ Doors 40 Clouseau ‐ Oker 41 Bruce Springsteen ‐ The River 42 Queen ‐ News of the world 43 Sting ‐ Nothing like the sun 44 Guns N Roses ‐ Appetite for destruction 45 David Bowie ‐ Heroes 46 Eurythmics ‐ Sweet dreams 47 Oasis ‐ What's the story morning glory 48 Dire Straits ‐ Love over gold 49 Stevie Wonder ‐ Songs in the key of life 50 Roxy Music ‐ Avalon 51 Lionel Richie ‐ Can't Slow Down 52 Supertramp ‐ Breakfast in America 53 Talking Heads ‐ Stop making sense (live) 54 Amy Winehouse ‐ Back to black 55 John Lennon ‐ Imagine 56 Whitney Houston ‐ Whitney 57 Elton John ‐ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 58 Bon Jovi ‐ Slippery when wet 59 Neil Young ‐ Harvest 60 R.E.M.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Download George Michael : the Biography Ebook
    GEORGE MICHAEL : THE BIOGRAPHY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Rob Jovanovic | 240 pages | 01 Apr 2009 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9780749909802 | English | London, United Kingdom George Michael : The biography PDF Book Get the item you ordered or get your money back. See all. The single went straight to number one in the UK and seven in the US. Movie Reviews. The singer, who has died at the age of 53, was not married and had no children, but he had many relationships. If I can just live further from the spotlight I think that'll be better for all really. Back to home page Return to top. This amount is subject to change until you make payment. This item does not ship to Germany. Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done. In fact, he was loitering in public loos like some pre-war homosexual. A year later on April 7, , Wham! I am looking forward to spending it with friends and family, thanks again, love The Singing Greek! In , George Michael was arrested for possession of cannabis. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! After Freddie Mercury died in , George took part in a fund-raising tribute concert at Wembley Stadium. Douglas by his Daughters. His song with Wham! He was a big fan of This Morning and, on the final episode of the series, he phoned the presenters, Richard and Judy, to thank them live on air and to wish them the best.
    [Show full text]