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Wonderful You (Rick Astley Song)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. "Wonderful You" is a single by the English pop-soul singer Rick Astley released in 1991 as a promo single. Richard Paul "Rick" Astley (born 6 February 1966) is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries. Astley holds the record for being the only male solo artist to have his first 8 singles reach the Top 10 in the UK and has sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.

Never Gonna Give You Up

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sung by English singer Rick Astley. The song was released as the first single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. The song won Best British Single at the 1988 Brit Awards. The music video for the song has become the basis for the "Rickrolling" Internet meme. In 2008, Rick Astley won the MTV EMA awards for "Best Act Ever" with the song "Never Gonna Give You Up", as a result of collective voting from thousands of Astley enthusiasts.

Rick Astley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In 1985, Astley 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, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio 'tea boy'.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 top 30 hit singles for him.

Together Forever (Song)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. "Together Forever" is a song recorded by Rick Astley, which ascended to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 18, 1988. It was Astley's second and final U.S. chart-topper. It reached number 2 in Britain, being denied the top spot by Neighbours star Kylie Minogue with her debut single I Should Be So Lucky. It uses a similar chord structure and melody to "Never Gonna Give You Up" (as with most songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman at the time), but different lyrics.

1. Rick Astley

Never

‘Ik had me met beroemd zijn niet erg op mijn gemak gevoeld, maar ná het beroemd zijn wist ik niet wat ik met mezelf aan moest. Oppervlakkig gezien was ik enorm opgelucht dat ik van de hele toestand af was. Het was alsof ik vrijgelaten was. Maar onder die oppervlakte voelde ik me ellendig.’ Rick Astley In zijn officiële autobiografie vertelt popster Rick Astley, de man achter de wereldhit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, in zijn eigen woorden over zijn bewogen jeugd, zijn muziekcarrière en zijn glorieuze comeback. Never is een intieme blik op de man achter de hits en geeft een waarachtig portret van een artistieke evolutie en de verbazingwekkende kracht van tevredenheid. Na een roerige jeugd tekende Rick Astley op zijn negentiende een contract bij de legendarische muziekproducer Pete Waterman, die Rick uit de schaduw van een amateuristisch jeugdbandje haalde en hem lanceerde op het internationale poppodium. Er volgden onvoorspelbare, bizarre avonturen die Rick een kijkje in de keuken van de muziekindustrie gaven. Van platina verkopende albums tot wereldwijde tournees: de wereld lag aan Ricks voeten. En toen, plotseling, op wat het toppunt van roem leek, werd alles anders. Op zijn zevenentwintigste trok Rick zich terug uit de popindustrie. De jonge man achter de hits en de glitter en glamour moest in het reine komen met zijn pas verworven roem, de druk van het leven onderweg, en ook met zijn verscheurde jeugd tussen gescheiden ouders. Een time-out bood Rick ruimte voor de broodnodige reflectie en hielp onbewust de weg vrij te maken voor zijn triomfantelijke terugkeer in de muziek.  

1. Rick Astley

Never

The official autobiography from singer, songwriter and musician Rick Astley.