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Певец и композитор Рик Эстли родился 6 февраля 1966 года в Великобритании.
Рик начинал барабанщиком в хард-роковой группе Give Way, из которой в 1984 году перешел в соул-коллектив FBI на роль ведущего вокалиста. В 1985 году на молодого певца обратил внимание один из ведущих продюсеров и композиторов 80-х годов Пит Уотерман и предоставил Эстли для работы свою студию PWL. В 1987 году Эстли и Очи Браун записали композицию "Learning То Live", а в качестве члена дуэта Rick & Lisa певец записал сингл "When You Gonna", который выпустила фирма RCA. Сильный и выразительный голос Эстли понравился руководству этой компании, и в том же году певца пригласили для участия в благотворительной акции, весь сбор от которой пошел в фонд помощи пострадавшим при аварии парома в Северном море. Его исполнение "Let It Be" высоко оценил автор песни Маккартни, также участвовавший в акции, а сингл с ее записью возглавил хит-парад Великобритании. Также на первое место чартов вышел следующий сингл Эстли "Never Gonna Give You Up" - по итогам 1987 года эта пластинка стала самой продаваемой в Англии, и на ежегодной церемонии BRITS Рик Эстли был признан лучшим начинающим артистом года.
Дебютный альбом Эстли "Whenever You Need Somebody" возглавил хит-парад страны и очень быстро преодолел миллионный тираж. Прошедшие в 1988 году гастроли певца в США носили характер фурора, причем репертуар Эстли оценили главным образом девочки-подростки и их бабушки, умиравшие от песен Синатры, чьи аранжировки послужили моделью для композиций англичанина. Два выпущенных в Америке сингла Эстли "Together Forever" и "Never Gonna Give You Up" возглавили чартсы, и таким образом Рик Эстли стал первым иностранным исполнителем 80-х годов, две первых песни которого побывали на первой строчке американского хит-парада. В том же 1988 году Эстли стал также и самым транслируемым по американскому радио певцом. 7 синглов Эстли побывали в хитах Англии и 10-в США.
Несмотря на великолепный голос - наверное, один из лучших за всю историю поп-музыки, - Рик Эстли стал мишенью для английских журналистов, рассматривавших певца лишь как марионетку в руках ловких продюсеров. Не желая более подвергаться критике, Эстли решил впредь устраивать свои дела самостоятельно и покинул продюсерскую фирму. После некоторого перерыва в 1991 году певец записал успешный альбом "Free" с участием Элтона Джона и Марка Кинга из группы Level 42. В пластинку вошел сингл "Cry For Help", который написал и продюсировал сам Эстли, - песня вошла в Тор 10 Великобритании и США и двинула диск в Тор 20. Пластинка 1993 года "Body And Soul" такого успеха не имела, вероятно, в силу того, что певец ушел от традиционной эстрады и несколько ужесточил саунд сопровождения. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Рик начинал барабанщиком в хард-роковой группе Give Way, из которой в 1984 году перешел в соул-коллектив FBI на роль ведущего вокалиста. В 1985 году на молодого певца обратил внимание один из ведущих продюсеров и композиторов 80-х годов Пит Уотерман и предоставил Эстли для работы свою студию PWL. В 1987 году Эстли и Очи Браун записали композицию "Learning То Live", а в качестве члена дуэта Rick & Lisa певец записал сингл "When You Gonna", который выпустила фирма RCA. Сильный и выразительный голос Эстли понравился руководству этой компании, и в том же году певца пригласили для участия в благотворительной акции, весь сбор от которой пошел в фонд помощи пострадавшим при аварии парома в Северном море. Его исполнение "Let It Be" высоко оценил автор песни Маккартни, также участвовавший в акции, а сингл с ее записью возглавил хит-парад Великобритании. Также на первое место чартов вышел следующий сингл Эстли "Never Gonna Give You Up" - по итогам 1987 года эта пластинка стала самой продаваемой в Англии, и на ежегодной церемонии BRITS Рик Эстли был признан лучшим начинающим артистом года.
Дебютный альбом Эстли "Whenever You Need Somebody" возглавил хит-парад страны и очень быстро преодолел миллионный тираж. Прошедшие в 1988 году гастроли певца в США носили характер фурора, причем репертуар Эстли оценили главным образом девочки-подростки и их бабушки, умиравшие от песен Синатры, чьи аранжировки послужили моделью для композиций англичанина. Два выпущенных в Америке сингла Эстли "Together Forever" и "Never Gonna Give You Up" возглавили чартсы, и таким образом Рик Эстли стал первым иностранным исполнителем 80-х годов, две первых песни которого побывали на первой строчке американского хит-парада. В том же 1988 году Эстли стал также и самым транслируемым по американскому радио певцом. 7 синглов Эстли побывали в хитах Англии и 10-в США.
Несмотря на великолепный голос - наверное, один из лучших за всю историю поп-музыки, - Рик Эстли стал мишенью для английских журналистов, рассматривавших певца лишь как марионетку в руках ловких продюсеров. Не желая более подвергаться критике, Эстли решил впредь устраивать свои дела самостоятельно и покинул продюсерскую фирму. После некоторого перерыва в 1991 году певец записал успешный альбом "Free" с участием Элтона Джона и Марка Кинга из группы Level 42. В пластинку вошел сингл "Cry For Help", который написал и продюсировал сам Эстли, - песня вошла в Тор 10 Великобритании и США и двинула диск в Тор 20. Пластинка 1993 года "Body And Soul" такого успеха не имела, вероятно, в силу того, что певец ушел от традиционной эстрады и несколько ужесточил саунд сопровождения. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. Astley currently resides in Richmond, Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie.
In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio 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'. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His brother Mark Astley helped to refute this assertion.
His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna" credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing 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 no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him.
The 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."
On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" had 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."
By the end of the decade, Astley had parted company with Stock Aitken Waterman. He achieved one more major success with the 1991 ballad "Cry For Help," which reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the U.S. It featured a gospel choir arranged by Andraé Crouch, who'd also been involved with Madonna's 1989 hit "Like A Prayer."
His next album Body & Soul was released in 1993. The album did not chart in the U.K. and managed to make The Billboard 200 peaking at a lowly #182. The two singles, The Ones You Love and Hopelessly performed very well on the adult contemporary chart, peaking at #19 and #4 respectively. Hopelessly also crossed over and peaked at #31 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Astley remained largely out of the spotlight.
In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of Whenever You Need Somebody had been sold. Total world sales of Astley's records (inclusive of singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have reached 40 million.
Almost 10 years after "Body & 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 2005 Astley released the album Portrait in which he covered many classic soul standards such as "Vincent", "Nature Boy" and "Close To You".
In early 2006, Astley withdrew unexpectedly at the eleventh hour from appearing on the BBC TV celebrity/pro duets show Just the Two of Us after committing to the series. This led to criticism from those in the entertainment industry and media. His place was filled by opera singer Russell Watson, who eventually won the competition. The BBC failed to explain that Astley's withdrawal was due to his partner Lene Bausager being nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for her produced/directed film "Cashback". Astley would have missed a crucial part of the show by attending the awards ceremony and so withdrew before the show started its run.
Based on various music charts in the UK, U.S. and Canada, Astley has charted a grand total of 14 (different) hit singles and 6 (different) hit albums as of March 2006.
During the later part of 2006 and the beginning of 2007, the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" became part of an internet meme similar to the "Duckrolling" of the 4chan game forums. A link would be submitted to the forum, in the first instances to a supposed trailer of a new game, and would redirect the user to the video. This process fondly became known as a "Rickroll", and the usage of which has developed exponentially since. As a result of the increased publicity Rick Astley's former record company (RCA) released a greatest hits album.
In 2008, he won the Best Act Ever prize at MTV EMA's. In the same year he Rick rolled America on National TV in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade..thanks to Cartoon Network Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio 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'. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His brother Mark Astley helped to refute this assertion.
His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna" credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing 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 no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him.
The 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."
On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" had 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."
By the end of the decade, Astley had parted company with Stock Aitken Waterman. He achieved one more major success with the 1991 ballad "Cry For Help," which reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the U.S. It featured a gospel choir arranged by Andraé Crouch, who'd also been involved with Madonna's 1989 hit "Like A Prayer."
His next album Body & Soul was released in 1993. The album did not chart in the U.K. and managed to make The Billboard 200 peaking at a lowly #182. The two singles, The Ones You Love and Hopelessly performed very well on the adult contemporary chart, peaking at #19 and #4 respectively. Hopelessly also crossed over and peaked at #31 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Astley remained largely out of the spotlight.
In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of Whenever You Need Somebody had been sold. Total world sales of Astley's records (inclusive of singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have reached 40 million.
Almost 10 years after "Body & 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 2005 Astley released the album Portrait in which he covered many classic soul standards such as "Vincent", "Nature Boy" and "Close To You".
In early 2006, Astley withdrew unexpectedly at the eleventh hour from appearing on the BBC TV celebrity/pro duets show Just the Two of Us after committing to the series. This led to criticism from those in the entertainment industry and media. His place was filled by opera singer Russell Watson, who eventually won the competition. The BBC failed to explain that Astley's withdrawal was due to his partner Lene Bausager being nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for her produced/directed film "Cashback". Astley would have missed a crucial part of the show by attending the awards ceremony and so withdrew before the show started its run.
Based on various music charts in the UK, U.S. and Canada, Astley has charted a grand total of 14 (different) hit singles and 6 (different) hit albums as of March 2006.
During the later part of 2006 and the beginning of 2007, the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" became part of an internet meme similar to the "Duckrolling" of the 4chan game forums. A link would be submitted to the forum, in the first instances to a supposed trailer of a new game, and would redirect the user to the video. This process fondly became known as a "Rickroll", and the usage of which has developed exponentially since. As a result of the increased publicity Rick Astley's former record company (RCA) released a greatest hits album.
In 2008, he won the Best Act Ever prize at MTV EMA's. In the same year he Rick rolled America on National TV in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade..thanks to Cartoon Network Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.