How did Rick Astley go from teaboy to famous pop star in the 1980s?

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In 1985, Rick Astley was a drummer in a band called FBI. When FBI disbanded, the then 19-year-old Astley got a job as a teaboy at producer Pete Waterman’s studio in London.

Then in 1987, Astley recorded Never Gonna Give You Up, a dance pop number produced by the famed Stock, Aitken Waterman trio.