Rick Astley | Biography
With his rich, deep voice, Rick Astley became an overnight sensation in the late '80s with his well-crafted dance-pop.
Astley was discovered by the producer Pete Waterman in 1985 singing in the English soul band FBI.
After that, Waterman's production team -- Stock, Aitken & Waterman -- took Astley under their wing, writing and producing such impeccably crafted pop singles as "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever.
" After two hugely successful albums in the U.
S.
and the U.
K.
, Astley grew tired of being labeled Stock, Aitken & Waterman's "puppet" and severed his connections with the team; he resurfaced in 1991 with the soul-injected Free, which contained the Top Ten hit, "Cry for Help.
" ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
