Rick Astley

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<img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/ra210.jpg?1256835713' alt='Rick Astley' style='float:left; margin-right: 1em;' />A bit like a festival for the Isle of Man, we are never gonna give “it” up! Richard Paul “Rick” Astley the English singer-songwriter and musician voted the “BEST ACT EVER” at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. He is best known for his 1987 hit single in 16 countries, “Never Gonna Give You Up”. As Pete Wateran said ‘people tend to forget just how big Rick was … this man outsold bands like Simply Red two to one. In 1985, Rick was playing the club circuit as a drummer with a soul band named FBI when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman, who persuaded him to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of the production team of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman, Rick was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career. His first single was the little-known “When You Gonna”, released as a collaboration with Lisa Carter, but his first solo offering 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 13 (worldwide) top 30 hit singles for him. The 1987 album ‘Whenever You Need Somebody’ also reached number one in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of Nat King Cole’s “When I Fall in Love”. In March 1988, “Never Gonna Give You Up” also topped the U.S. singles chart and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on 18 June with his second U.S. single release, “Together Forever”. In 1989 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. By the end of the 1980s, Rick had parted company with Stock, Aitken, and Waterman. He achieved another major success with the 1991 ballad “Cry for Help”, which reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US. The song was taken from his third album, “Free”, which featured a move towards soul music, leaving his synth-pop days behind. In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of “Whenever You Need Somebody” had been sold. Almost 10 years after “Body and Soul”, Rick finally returned to the music world and released “Keep It Turned On” in 2002. The album featured the single “Sleeping”, which became a minor club hit, thanks to a set of remixes from U.S. house producer Todd Terry. In March, 2005, Rick released the album Portrait in which he covered many classic standards such as “Vincent”, “Nature Boy” and “Close to You”. Based on various music charts in the UK, US and Canada, Rick has charted a grand total of 14 different hit singles and 6 different hit albums, as of March 2006. In April 2008, the album “The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley” was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart. In 2007 Rick became the subject of a viral Internet meme in which an estimated 25 million Internet users unintentionally ending up watching Rick’s video “Never Gonna Give You Up” by posting it under the name of other popular video titles. The practice is now known as Rickrolling. The phenomenon became so popular that on 1 April 2008, YouTube pranked its users by making every single featured video on the front page a Rickroll. In September 2008, Rick was nominated for the ‘Best Act Ever’ award at the MTV Europe Music Awards and won, his award being collected by Paris Hilton. So we are very pleased to present the phenomenon known as Rick Astley. <div><object width="480" height="332"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x94je&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x94je&related=0&autostart=1 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="332" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x94je_rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up_music">Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up</a> Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/djoik">djoik</a>. – <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/channel/music">See the latest featured music videos.</a></div> <a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back to previous page</a> <a href="http://www.bayfestival.im">Back to home page</a>

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Rick Astley 2009-12-16T12:26:27+00:00 <img src='http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3062/files/ra210.jpg?1256835713' alt='Rick Astley' style='float:left; margin-right: 1em;' />A bit like a festival for the Isle of Man, we are never gonna give “it” up! Richard Paul "Rick" Astley the English singer-songwriter and musician voted the “BEST ACT EVER” at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. He is best known for his 1987 hit single in 16 countries, "Never Gonna Give You Up". As Pete Wateran said ‘people tend to forget just how big Rick was … this man outsold bands like Simply Red two to one. In 1985, Rick was playing the club circuit as a drummer with a soul band named FBI when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman, who persuaded him to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of the production team of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman, Rick was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career. His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna", released as a collaboration with Lisa Carter, but his first solo offering 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 13 (worldwide) top 30 hit singles for him. The 1987 album ‘Whenever You Need Somebody’ also reached number one in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall in Love". In March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" also topped the U.S. singles chart and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on 18 June with his second U.S. single release, "Together Forever". In 1989 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. By the end of the 1980s, Rick had parted company with Stock, Aitken, and Waterman. He achieved another major success with the 1991 ballad "Cry for Help", which reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US. The song was taken from his third album, “Free”, which featured a move towards soul music, leaving his synth-pop days behind. In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of “Whenever You Need Somebody” had been sold. Almost 10 years after “Body and Soul”, Rick finally returned to the music world and released "Keep It Turned On" in 2002. The album featured the single "Sleeping", which became a minor club hit, thanks to a set of remixes from U.S. house producer Todd Terry. In March, 2005, Rick released the album Portrait in which he covered many classic standards such as "Vincent", "Nature Boy" and "Close to You". Based on various music charts in the UK, US and Canada, Rick has charted a grand total of 14 different hit singles and 6 different hit albums, as of March 2006. In April 2008, the album "The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley" was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart. In 2007 Rick became the subject of a viral Internet meme in which an estimated 25 million Internet users unintentionally ending up watching Rick’s video "Never Gonna Give You Up" by posting it under the name of other popular video titles. The practice is now known as Rickrolling. The phenomenon became so popular that on 1 April 2008, YouTube pranked its users by making every single featured video on the front page a Rickroll. In September 2008, Rick was nominated for the 'Best Act Ever' award at the MTV Europe Music Awards and won, his award being collected by Paris Hilton. So we are very pleased to present the phenomenon known as Rick Astley. <div><object width="480" height="332"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x94je&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x94je&related=0&autostart=1 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="332" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></object> <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x94je_rick-astley-never-gonna-give-you-up_music">Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up</a> Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/djoik">djoik</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/channel/music">See the latest featured music videos.</a></div> <notextile> <a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back to previous page</a> </notextile> "Back to home page":http://www.bayfestival.im