Rick Astley performing in his heyday (Image: Getty)
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As for his performance history, Rick has been in the business since the mid-1980s.
He signed with Stock Aitken Waterman, the songwriting trio known as the Hit Factory, at the age of 19 in 1985, and two years later he released his debut song and major hit, Never Gonna Give You Up.
In the subsequent few years of fame, his first eight singles were all Top 10 hits, with his focus on pop-inflected earworms.
After a little while, Rick moved towards his roots in the soul world, which was less successful, and at aged 28, he retired from the music industry after releasing four albums.