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Rick Astley
Born on 6 February 1966 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England, Rick Astley
will always be remembered for his 1987 smash "Never Gonna Give You Up," which
topped charts all over the world and was the best-selling single of the year,
but he is still held in the highest regard in the world of pop. Starting out
playing drums in clubs with the band FBI, he rocketed to fame after getting a
job at the studio of hit-making production team Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and
Pete Waterman. They soon put him in the studio and the result was the
dance-floor filler "Never Gonna Give You Up." Ric...
