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Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. Astley currently resides in Richmond, Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie.
In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio ‘tea boy’. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not “one of the brothers.” Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His brother Mark Astley helped to refute this assertion.
His first single was the little-known “When You Gonna” credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing was “Never Gonna Give You Up,” released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year’s highest-selling single. It was the first of no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him.
In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio ‘tea boy’. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not “one of the brothers.” Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His brother Mark Astley helped to refute this assertion.
His first single was the little-known “When You Gonna” credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing was “Never Gonna Give You Up,” released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year’s highest-selling single. It was the first of no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him.
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Cry for Help
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She Wants To Dance With Me
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Take Me To Your Heart
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My Arms Keep Missing You
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Hold Me in Your Arms
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It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
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Hopelessly
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Move Right Out
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thalitalt wrote:
Tiago Leifert é filho do Rick Astley.
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lax_laxity wrote:
"Never Gonna Give You Up" - позитив блин
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tabasco4RR wrote:
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D [7]
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fdlipe wrote:
NEVER GONNA (L)
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HeyImLost wrote:
never gonna give never gonna give give you up
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MetulHead wrote:
rick roll'd... in 2009 =|
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astonat wrote:
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D [6]
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Sprycha wrote:
Satan, Blood, Fire, Death !! \m/
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econsurbe wrote:
Brutal death metal singer is brutal
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redgrave9 wrote:
Definitely true brutal death metal./
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Amokk89 wrote:
I found this artist in "brutal death metal" and I have to say this is really brutal
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BeelzbossMike wrote:
Dude I love you.
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NFMiguel wrote:
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D [5]
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MastodonFarm wrote:
NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
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boutboulman wrote:
Can't wait to RickRoll everybody listening to my radio show tonight!! I really think this track defines the last decade....
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realRemox wrote:
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D [4]
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born2bextrem wrote:
itunes just rickroll'd me. :>
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Ieremi wrote:
YOU JUST GOT RICK ROLL'D [3]
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x_screaming_x wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN75im_us4k
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lolspud wrote:
Fuck you, Mikorn. Rick was a tool anyway.
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You’ve Been RickRolled!
29 Jul 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/rickastley
"You've been Rickrolled!" was a punch-line that Internet users around the world actually began seeing in 2007, when – instead of being connected to the Web link they had clicked on – they were connect. …
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29 Jul 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/rickastley
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