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"A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman" discussed on Today: Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Bananarama

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Dance Aid - Give Give Give (1986)

Spagna - Easy lady/Call me @ Festival Show - Castelfranco (2014)

She wasn't a S.A.W. production but she's my favourite italian singer and here you can see Ivana Spagna performing live in 2014 and 2013 two of her most famous songs, EASY LADY and CALL ME.



Ivana Spagna - "Easy lady / Call me" (17/06/2013)


Sunday, August 16, 2015

Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

An evergreen Stock, Aitken & Waterman production.






Judas Priest - You Are Everything - Demo

A demo version of JUDAS PRIEST's cover version of the song "You Are Everything" by THE STYLISTICS, recorded in 1987 as a collaboration with S/A/W, the English songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike StockMatt Aitken and Pete Waterman, well known for their U.K. pop hits with BANANARAMARick Astley and Kylie Minogue, has surfaced on YouTube and can be streamed below.

Tipton told Super Channel 88 in 1988: "We went in [with StockAitken and Waterman], we did four days in Paris, we got four days in between Christmas and going back into the studio. It was a mutual thing, an experiment to just see what would come of it. We weren't chasing hit singles; we'd actually finished our album anyway and we had only got mixes left to do."
He continued: "I think what a lot of people don't realize about them is there's far more to them than 'hit' producers. I mean, Mike Stock's a great guitar player and we work really well together.

Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/judas-priest-audio-snippet-of-never-released-collaboration-with-pop-production-team-stock-aitken-and-waterman/#Br5sq7mwuIDbfgZh.99



Monday, August 3, 2015

Shayne Ward And Mike Stock Talk Pop

Shayne Ward And Mike Stock Talk Pop, PledgeMusic And The Making Of New Album ‘Closer’: Idolator Interview





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Interview: Pete Waterman

The British songwriter-producer of 80s hit factory Stock Aitken Waterman and candid Pop Idol judge, shares his story and advice erhaps best known as one-third of the phenomenally successful Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) songwriting and production team, Pete Waterman has sold in excess of 500 million records around the world over five decades. Born in Stoke Heath, Coventry in 1947, Pete’s musical career began as a DJ entertaining crowds across the UK with a blend of rhythm and blues and soul music, before taking up work as an A&R working with Philadelphia soul artists, which included introducing the Three Degrees to the UK. http://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-pete-waterman/23957