cuervo72
11-09-2007, 03:10 PM
Round of 32, from the Entertainment Bracket.
The Matchup:
Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio 'tea boy'. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna" credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing was "Never Gonna Give You Up," released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year's highest-selling single. It was the first of no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him. The album Whenever You Need Somebody also reached Number One in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall In Love." On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" had also topped the U.S. singles chart and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on 18 June with his second U.S. single release "Together Forever." Total world sales of Astley's records (inclusive of singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have reached 40 million. In 2007, an Internet phenomenon known as "Rickrolling" began to spread rapidly. Its origins can be traced to 4chan, where there existed previously a fad called "duckrolling": claiming a link has something interesting or amusing in its target thread (on 4chan) but which turns out to be a thread with an initial "duckroll" image; thus, the user has been duped, or "duckrolled", much like a snipe hunt on the Internet. The person who gets "duckrolled" is supposed to post a link to a Duckroll post themself. "Rickrolling" consists of the same thing, but routed to Astley's video of "Never Gonna Give You Up".
RND 1 - DEF LAKE 19-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61826)
VS
Ricky Martin
Enrique José Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martín, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold almost 48 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles, including Livin' La Vida Loca and She Bangs. Released his first solo album, the Spanish-language Ricky Martin, in 1991, which included the single "Fuego Contra Fuego". The hit release earned gold records in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, and the United States, and he performed a string of sold-out concert dates across South America. His self-titled English album debut became one of the top-selling albums of 1999, and was certified 7 times platinum, selling over 17 million copies worldwide.
RND 1 - DEF FANTE 8-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61823)
Voting will be open for two days.
The Matchup:
Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a singer with a soul band named FBI, when he was seen by the record producer Pete Waterman and persuaded to come to London to work at the PWL recording studio. Under the tutelage of production trio Stock Aitken Waterman, Astley was taught about the recording process and groomed for his future career, supposedly starting off as the recording studio 'tea boy'. During much of his career prior to the proliferation of music videos, many listeners assumed he was black. In one instance, the comedic entertainer, Sinbad, discussed him with a talk-show host, expressing his surprise that Astley was not "one of the brothers." Even after his visual appearance, it was still popular belief that he was miming for a black American singer. His first single was the little-known "When You Gonna" credited to Rick & Lisa, but his first solo outing was "Never Gonna Give You Up," released in 1987. It became an immediate success, spending five weeks at the top of the British charts and becoming the year's highest-selling single. It was the first of no fewer than 13 (world-wide) Top 30 hit singles for him. The album Whenever You Need Somebody also reached Number One in the UK, and the hit singles continued, including the title track and a cover of Nat King Cole's "When I Fall In Love." On 12 March 1988, "Never Gonna Give You Up" had also topped the U.S. singles chart and was followed by a second U.S. #1 on 18 June with his second U.S. single release "Together Forever." Total world sales of Astley's records (inclusive of singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have reached 40 million. In 2007, an Internet phenomenon known as "Rickrolling" began to spread rapidly. Its origins can be traced to 4chan, where there existed previously a fad called "duckrolling": claiming a link has something interesting or amusing in its target thread (on 4chan) but which turns out to be a thread with an initial "duckroll" image; thus, the user has been duped, or "duckrolled", much like a snipe hunt on the Internet. The person who gets "duckrolled" is supposed to post a link to a Duckroll post themself. "Rickrolling" consists of the same thing, but routed to Astley's video of "Never Gonna Give You Up".
RND 1 - DEF LAKE 19-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61826)
VS
Ricky Martin
Enrique José Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martín, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold almost 48 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles, including Livin' La Vida Loca and She Bangs. Released his first solo album, the Spanish-language Ricky Martin, in 1991, which included the single "Fuego Contra Fuego". The hit release earned gold records in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, and the United States, and he performed a string of sold-out concert dates across South America. His self-titled English album debut became one of the top-selling albums of 1999, and was certified 7 times platinum, selling over 17 million copies worldwide.
RND 1 - DEF FANTE 8-7 (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61823)
Voting will be open for two days.