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Rick Astley: I’ve sung Never Gonna Give You Up a million times, but I don’t ever go ‘oh this s--t again’

Musician Rick Astley got his big break after Pete Waterman saw him singing at a working men’s club in Warrington and signed him on the spot. His first hit Never Gonna Give You Up went to No 1 around ...
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Rick Astley Says 'Rickrolling' Helped Him Reconnect with 'Never Gonna Give You Up' After Years of Not Singing Song

Astley recently released his new album, "Are We There Yet?" Samir Hussein/WireImage Rick Astley has embraced his hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" after years of avoiding it — all thanks to an ...
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The Story Behind Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” Making Him an Internet and Cultural Phenomenon

Rick Astley burst onto the pop scene 1987 seemingly out of nowhere when his debut single, the feel-good, earnest dance anthem “Never Gonna Give You Up,” grabbed the No. 1 spot in 25 countries, ...
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On This Day in 1987, Rick Astley Was at No. 1 with a Song That Would Become a Global Sensation Two Decades Later

On this day in 1987, Rick Astley started a five-week run atop the official UK Singles Chart with his debut single, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The song became an international hit, topping charts ...
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It’s Rick Astley’s World and We’re All Just Rickrolling In It

Rick Astley’s spent this early-October afternoon enjoying the unusually warm weather, doing “bits and bobs,” playing with his new guitar pedal — “geeky-boring” stuff — casually denying that he’s one ...