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Being the part of the British new Romantic Movement which emerged in the late 1970s and was popularized in the early 1980s, George Alan O'Dowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham, London) is a rock singer-songwriter. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, since he was heavily influenced by Rhythm and Blues and reggae. Boy George is also known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearances in the 80s and early 90s. George grew up in a large, working-class Irish family, which originated in Thurles, in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

Boy George's hermaphrodite style caught the attention of music executive Malcolm McLaren, of Sex Pistols fame, who arranged for O'Dowd to perform with the group Bow Wow Wow, featuring Annabella Lwin, at various shows. He was christened Lieutenant Lush and he nearly stole the spotlight from Lwin. O'Dowd gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. Early recordings with Culture Club showed that O'Dowd's vocals had an emotional quality which was reminiscent of American soul music of the 1960s and 1970s. His later solo work has also touched on glam rock influences and was particularly influenced by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

He and Marilyn (singer) were regulars at 'The Blitz' (regulars being labelled as Blitz Kids), a highly stylised nightclub in London run by Steve Strange of the musical group Visage, and a place which spawned many early 1980s pop stars such as Spandau Ballet. Essentially the new romantics based their image on the coolness of David Bowie and high fashion but the music of David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Marc Bolan and post punk New Wave brought vigor in their career.

Boy George's association with Bow Wow Wow ended soon afterwards, and he started his own group with bassist Mikey Craig. The group was to be called In Praise Of Lemmings, but the name was later abandoned. Jon Moss then joined the group and became George's lover. The final member to join the band was Roy Hay, who was selected after the group's association with another guitarist, 'Suede', proved unsatisfactory. The group abandoned another name, Sex Gang Children, and settled on the name Culture Club after assessing that the group consisted of an Irish singer, a Jamaican-Briton on bass, a Jewish drummer, and an Englishman on guitar.

The band signed with Virgin Records in the UK and with Epic Records in America, and released its debut album Kissing To Be Clever in 1982. The album's third single, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?enjoyed massive success. It reached #1 in sixteen countries (#2 U.S.), and the group became a staple on American radio and the new MTV network. This single was followed by Time (Clock Of The Heart), which reached #2, and I'll Tumble 4 Ya, which reached #9. This gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group since the Beatles to amass at least three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from a debut album. Their next album, Colour By Numbers was also a success. The single Church Of The Poison Mind (featuring Helen Terry) became a Top 10 hit, and Karma Chameleon became a #1 single in numerous countries around the world, including the U.S., where it stayed at #1 for four weeks, and the UK, where it was the best-selling single of the year, spending six weeks at #1. It stands as the group's biggest hit. Miss Me Blind and It's A Miracle were Top 5 and Top 20 hits respectively, and Victims was another Top 3 UK hit.

Despite UK success, George never really managed to duplicate that success in the US, especially because he was not able to go to America due to the previous year's drug charges, though he did score a moderate hit with the song Live My Life (#40 US) from the Hiding Out soundtrack. His second US album High Hat comprised of songs from two of his solo British albums released after Sold. The R&B song Don't Take My Mind On A Trip, produced by Teddy Riley, became the only hit from High Hat, reaching top 5 on the R&B chart. Still battling his heroin addiction and subsequent dependence on prescription narcotics, George started recording his first solo album. In 1987, Sold was released and George enjoyed several hit singles including Everything I Own (UK#1), Keep Me In Mind (UK#29), To be Reborn (UK#13) as well as the title song (UK#24).

His following release was a song to protest against the governing UK Conservative Party's legal restrictions on anyone working for a local authority promoting homosexuality. Boy George remains a figure in the public eye. Although he has not reached the same level of success as a solo artist, he has a second career as a notable music DJ. He started DJing in the early 90's and came to the attention of legendary rave/house promoters Fantazia who asked him to mix 1 of the discs on the 2 volume in their new compilation series Fantazia The House Collection 2. This compilation was a success in the UK, going gold. The album was also sold to Sony for European-wide release. London mega club Ministry of Sound hired him to compile one of their first CDs, and it promptly sold 100,000 copies. He then completed some compilations for them, five of them being the Annual I to V.

In 1998, Boy George began writing a weekly column in The Daily Express and hosted a weekly radio show on the Galaxy Radio Network. During 2003, he presented a weekly show on London radio station for six months. He wrote the foreword for a book called Practical Feng Shui by Simon G. Brown (published in 1998). In March 2005 he was the guest host for an episode of The Friday Night Project. On 20 October 2006 it was announced that he will write some tracks for Kylie Minogue. Boy George now also has his own fashion line since some years called B-Rude. B-Rude has been present in some fashion shows in cities like London, New-York and Moscow

In 2002/2003 he starred in the London musical Taboo, based on his life although George didn't play himself, opting instead to take on the persona of Australian-born performance artist Leigh Bowery. Taboo was a great success in London's West End, though a Rosie O'Donnell-produced run in New York was short-lived (100 performances only against the two-year run in England, and several nominations for best musical soundtrack)