Shirlie Holliman will be grateful to George Michael forever.

At that time, the singer had played Cupid and coupled the musician with her present husband Martin Kemp.

The pop star died on Christmas last year (December 25, 2016), but Shirlie will remember him forever. For many years she sang as background singer for Georges music group Wham !, later she founded the group Pepsi and Shirlie with her co-background singer Helen 'Pepsi' DeMacque. Her husband, the bass player of the Spandau Ballet music group, was also a friend of the singer. When he found out in the 80s that the two weren't exactly averse to each other, he played Cupid and matched up the friends. Today, 30 years later, the couple are still married and the children Roman (24) and Harley (28) complete the family.

"I thought Martin was great, like so many girls. We met him once and he gave me his number. I've had it for weeks and George kept asking me if I finally called him. When I went to see him When he got home, he just dialed his number and gave me the phone. I was so nervous, I had never called a boy, but he just said, "I was waiting for your call." And next year we're 30 years married. "