Rick Astley

Rick Astley (b. February 6, 1966 in Warrington, United Kingdom) was one of figures to rise up in the dance/pop-driven late '80s. He started as a studio-tea-boy in 1985 at the PWL Studios and released his first own single in 1987, Never Gonna Give You Up.

In 2007, Rick Astley became the subject of a viral internet meme in which millions of internet users were tricked into watching Rick Astley's video [url=https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ]Never Gonna Give You Up[/url] by posting it under the name of other popular video titles. The practice is now known as [url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rickroll]rickrolling[/url].

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