Born: Warrington, England, 1966
Influenced by: Spandau Ballet, Wham!, Duran Duran, Haircut 100, Madonna
Genre: Pop
Biography: With his rich, deep voice, Rick Astley became an overnight sensation in the late '80s with his well-crafted dance-pop. ...
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Nov 12 2008 5:00AM
by James Sullivan
Filed under: Wacked News
Spinner: 100 million Rick Astley fans can't be wrong, can they? Dismantling a field of ho-hum competitors for the honor of Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards -- the Beatles, U2, blah, blah, blah -- the 42-year-old office-radio soul man behind the ... Read more
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02/20/09
Jonas Bros. Turn to Rick Astley, Not Themselves, When in the Shower Marisa Tomei and Dia...
Popeater
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08/11/08
Barack Obama Is the New Rick Astley
Popeater
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07/05/09
Together forever (at least for now) with Rick Astley Little did many of us know it in th...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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06/30/09
Singer Rick Astley is latest celeb death hoax Rick Astley rose to fame riding the riffs ...
New York Daily News - New York NY
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04/07/09
4Chan: The Rude, Raunchy Underbelly of the Internet The most powerful people on the Inte...
FOX News Channel
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02/20/09
Jonas Bros. Turn to Rick Astley, Not Themselves, When in the Shower Marisa Tomei and Dia...
Popeater
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02/02/09
Rick Astley: The Musical Astley has revealed that he has finishing writing a musical bas...
Sputnikmusic
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11/07/08
Rick Astley Gets 'Best Act Ever' Award Forgotten 1980s pop star Rick Astley stunned reve...
Starpulse
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11/07/08
Obama, Rick Astley Preside Over MTV Europe Awards The MTV Europe Awards took place at Li...
Stereogum
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10/05/08
Rick Astley nominated for Best Act Ever Rick Astley is a shock nominee for Best Act Ever...
The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ
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10/02/08
Rick Astley Up For Award After Internet Phenomenon The singer's Never Gonna Give You Up ...
Starpulse
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08/11/08
Barack Obama Is the New Rick Astley
Popeater
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06/30/09
Rick Astley Not Dead! Eighties pop star Rick Astley is fighting off sick rumors he has b...
Starpulse News Blog
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02/20/09
Jonas Bros. Turn to Rick Astley, Not Themselves, When in the Shower Marisa Tomei and Dia...
Popeater
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02/07/09
Rick Astley Says Daughter is Conflicted About His Career When 1980s superstar Rick Astle...
Celebrity Baby Blog
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12/29/08
No. 14: The Internet Is Never Gonna Give Rick Astley Up [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)] Oh, su...
Idolator
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12/24/08
Video: You've got your Rick Astley in my Gears There's this little known internet meme t...
Xbox 360 Fanboy
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12/23/08
Rick Astley Ruined The Internet Forever By Having A Sense Of Humor It's been fun to see ...
Blogcritics.org Music
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12/01/08
News Ticker: Rick Astley, Jay-Z, Paris Hilton and Weezer Check out Jay-Z's new "Brooklyn...
Rock and Roll Daily
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11/17/08
Rick Astley Gives Perez A Shout Out!!!!!!! CLICK HERE to check out what the Never Gonna ...
Perez Hilton
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11/07/08
Rick Astley Gets 'Best Act Ever' Award Forgotten 1980s pop star Rick Astley stunned reve...
Starpulse News Blog
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11/07/08
MTV Europe declares Rick Astley the Best Act EVER! And yet despite having beat out fello...
Popwatch - EW.com
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11/06/08
The Race is Over: Rick Astley Wins 'Best Act Ever' Rickrolling's apotheosis came on Thur...
Listening Post
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10/10/08
MTV Europe Music Awards Get Rickrolled, Tokio Hotel Fans Get PISSSSED! Move over ye few ...
MTV Buzzworthy Blog
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10/09/08
Rick Astley's MTV Award Hacked, With Pleasure He's deserving of the award because of wha...
Listening Post
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10/03/08
Duffy Covers Rick Astley Ok, not really… someone just sped up the original track and pla...
The Modern Age
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10/02/08
Rick Astley Up For Award After Internet Phenomenon The singer's Never Gonna Give You Up ...
Starpulse News Blog
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08/11/08
Barack Obama Is the New Rick Astley
Popeater
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06/09/08
Ashley Tisdale's cover of Rick Astley's "Never ... [If They Got Married, She'd Be Ashley Astley!]
Idolator
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04/09/08
Shea Stadium Fans Disagree With The Internet [Rick Astley] As you might have seen by now...
Deadspin
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04/08/08
Attention Mets Fans: Prepare To Get Rick-Rolled Thank you, oh nerds of the internet, for...
Best Week Ever
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04/03/08
Muppets Mashup: Beaker Sings Rick Astley I think ya kinda ruined that this is a Rick Rol...
MilkandCookies.com
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04/02/08
Muppets Mashup: Beaker Sings Rick Astley Headline Tag: Tech Geeks Rating: The Making Of ...
MilkandCookies.com
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03/31/08
Rick Astley's Video Link Prank Sparks Online Phenomenon British singer Rick Astley is he...
Starpulse News Blog
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03/27/08
Rick Astley Update: Rickrollin’ Really Needs to Become RickRossRollin’ 0 Comments | ...
MTV Buzzworthy Blog
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03/27/08
Rick Astley Addresses the Rickroll Phenomenon If you've never been misdirected to the vi...
Listening Post
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03/25/08
Rick Astley, "Family Guy" Fan [Comebacks] The Manchester Evening News has a charming pro...
Idolator
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03/17/08
What Rick Astley would never do (in pie chart form) There are several things that 80s po...
What The Blog? - Orlando Sentinel
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03/06/08
Times dining critic Frank Bruni gets Rickrolled ... [Rick Astley] Times dining critic Fr...
Idolator
