Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Musical Interlude: Cry For Help (1991)

 Rick Astley made a bit of a career change with the release of 1991's "Free". The title referenced the fact that he had left the tutelage of the producing team of Stock-Aiken-Waterman, which had produced his first two CD's for RCA.

"Free", also on RCA, produced Astley's final top 10 single in the US, "Cry For Help", which peaked at #7. Swimming against the tide of the revived dance music phenomenon he was a part of just four years earlier, Astley, backed by the Andrae Crouch Choir, found himself on the adult contemporary charts with "Cry For Help":

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