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RICK ASTLEY |
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SHOT TO FAME IN 1987. |
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ARGUABLY THE MOST GIFTED
SINGER FROM STOCK, AITKEN AND WATERMAN'S SCHOOL OF POP, BUT WHERE
IS HE NOW?
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BORN RICHARD PAUL ASTLEY
IN 1966, HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE SMALL TOWN OF NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
IN LANCASHIRE. |
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LEFT SCHOOL AT 16, AND LATER
DROVE A DELIVERY VAN FOR HIS FAMILY'S GARDEN CENTRE BUSINESS. |
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FORMED A BAND CALLED GIVE
WAY WITH FRIENDS AND LATER JOINED A BAND CALLED FBI WHO RELEASED
A SINGLE CALLED "CAR JAM". |
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PETE WATERMAN HEARD RICK
SINGING IN 1985 IN WARRINGTON AND INVITED HIM TO WORK AT HIS
STUDIO. THIS INVOLVED VARIOUS JOBS INCLUDING MAKING THE TEA. |
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RELEASED THE SINGLE "NEVER
GONNA GIVE YOU UP" IN THE SUMMER OF 1987 WHICH WENT TO
NUMBER ONE IN THE UK AND WAS THE BIGGEST SELLING SINGLE OF THE
YEAR. |
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HE THEN RELEASED THE SINGLE
"WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY FOLLOWED BY AN ALBUM OF THE
SAME NAME. |
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HE ALSO HAD HIT SINGLES
WITH "WHEN I FALL IN LOVE", "TOGETHER FOREVER",
"SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME" AND A SECOND ALBUM "HOLD
ME IN YOUR ARMS". |
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AFTER SAYING HE WANTED TO
BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS SINGER/SONGWRITER, HE SPLIT FROM HIS
PRODUCERS, STOCK, AITKEN AND WATERMAN AND WENT ON TO RELEASE
A THIRD ALBUM CALLED "FREE". |
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HIS SINGLE "NEVER KNEW LOVE" PEAKED AT NUMBER 70 IN
1991. |
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IN 1993, HE RELEASED THE
ALBUM "BODY AND SOUL" WHICH ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF
SINGLES, FLOPPED IN THE UK, BUT WAS FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA. |
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HE THEN DISAPPEARED FROM
THE PUBLIC EYE IN THE 1990S AMIDST RUMOURS THAT HE COULDN'T
HANDLE THE FAME. |
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AFTER LIVING IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, RICK SETTLED DOWN IN RICHMOND IN SURREY
WITH HIS DANISH GIRLFRIEND LENE BAUSAGER. THEY NOW HAVE A DAUGHTER
CALLED EMILIE. |
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RECORDED DEMOS IN HIS STUDIO
IN FULHAM. |
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AFTER BEING OUT OF THE PUBLIC
EYE FOR 8 YEARS, IN 2002 HE RELEASED THE ALBUM "KEEP IT
ON" AND A GREATEST HITS ALBUM SHORTLY AFTER. |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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BEFORE HE WAS FAMOUS, RICK
SANG AS A BACKING SINGER ON THE FERRY AID CHARITY SINGLE "LET
IT BE". |
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ELTON JOHN PLAYS PIANO ON
TWO TRACKS ON RICK'S THIRD ALBUM "FREE". |
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U B M I T D E T A I L S |
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