Mercer's Location. 50 miles north of Bismarck, North Dakota on Hwy 41. 10 miles east of Turtle Lake, North Dakota on Hwy 200. 13 miles west of McClusky, North Dakota on Hwy 200. Mercer Centennial.
Michael formed the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. The band's first album Fantastic reached No. 1 in the UK in 1983 and produced a series of top 10 singles including Young Guns, Wham Rap! and Club Tropicana. Their second album, Make It Big, reached No. 1 on the charts in the US.
Walter took his band The Aces and renamed them into The Jukes. Walter had a lot of hits, f.e. My Babe written by Willie Dixon, but with the beginning of the 1960s his success faded away. 1964 and 1967 he came with the American Folk Blues Festival to Europe. After his second tour he was involved in a fight during a concert break.