{"id":2854,"date":"2024-06-01T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T22:55:52","slug":"yours-only-george-27th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/01\/yours-only-george-27th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Yours Only George Celebrates 27th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 1, 2024, Yours Only George is celebrating its 27th anniversary. Shannon and I started this site in 1997 back when AOL gave free space for web sites. We later moved it to a webhost and bought the domain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\">www.yogworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had our first fan club in 1986 and came up with the name &#8220;Yours Only George&#8221; in the early 1990s.  The name not only represented fans dedicated to George Michael, but also spelled out &#8220;YOG,&#8221; George Michael&#8217;s nickname.  The name &#8220;Yog&#8221; was originally given to George Michael by Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am forever thankful to Shannon for her friendship and support. There is no better friend in this world than Shannon. This site would not be here without her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past five months, I have been going page by page to update the site.  Considering that it is two sites in one and it has about 500 pages, there is a lot to work on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am posting my Top 5 Favorite things about the site from the last 27 years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/links\/index.htm\">George Michael Links section<\/a> is really the beginning of the entire Yours Only George web site. Back in the mid 1990s, I had gone to a seminar, and the gist was that links were a key to success. It was only later that we became known for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/\">George Michael news<\/a>. At one point, I think there were at least 400 links. I recently deleted any that were no longer available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bCJ1wv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/george-michael-the-biography-651x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/george-michael-the-biography-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/george-michael-the-biography-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/george-michael-the-biography-768x1208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/george-michael-the-biography.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amazon Ad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember being shocked when I saw the Yours Only George website listed as a source for a few George Michael biographies. The first one is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bCJ1wv\">George Michael: The Biography<\/a> (Amazon Ad) by Rob Jovanovic. The second one is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3X4Cx4R\">George Michael: A Life<\/a> (Amazon Ad) by James Gavin. I was also recently approached to write a George Michael book. Maybe some day I will!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When George Michael died, one tabloid picked up on the fact that Andrew Ridgeley called George Michael &#8220;Yog&#8221; in his Twitter post about George Michael dying. The writer <strong>wrongly <\/strong>said Andrew&#8217;s nickname of Yog stood for &#8220;Yours Only George.&#8221; The nickname &#8220;Yog&#8221; derives from the Greek pronunciation of George&#8217;s given name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. 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