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482:" (UK No. 14). The act were one of only a few who were given co-writing credits with the producers, with Stock describing the creative relationship as challenging; explaining he was obliged to collaborate with them due to a deal with their management. "It's very difficult to be creative if someone's just going to mock you, or laugh at you," he said. "With Bananarama it was just awkward, all the time very awkward, and I didn't feel comfortable writing with them." In 1986, 890:" (No. 4), the partnership began to disband. The week of 13 October 1990 became the first with no SAW-produced singles in the UK Top 75 in over two years. In mid-1991, Aitken left the team due to stress and deep dissatisfaction with business and creative decisions made by Waterman. Stock stayed with Waterman to write and produce Minogue's fourth album, 192:, scoring more than 100 UK Top 40 hits (many of which were also worldwide successes) and earning an estimated Β£60 million in royalties. The trio had 13 UK No. 1 singles including three consecutive UK No. 1's and three US No. 1 singles. They also had at least one record in the UK Top 100 Singles Chart every week between March 1986 and October 1990. 396:". The song became Stock Aitken Waterman's first Top 10 hit, reaching No. 4 in the UK. This period saw a rapid refining of the core production team and their roles, with a fourth collaborator, Pete Ware, who was co-credited on the team's earliest records, leaving after Stock and Aitken objected to him taking a job touring with Dean. 415:, who mixed the track, said tensions were running so high between the band members and producers Stock and Aitken during mixing, that it almost escalated to violence. Stock has disputed the seriousness of studio tensions, alleging that Burns, Harding and Waterman have all "exaggerated" what happened in their recounting of events. 708:. Stock was informed by Minogue's manager, Terry Blamey, that she had been in London for ten days waiting to work with SAW though Waterman had not informed Stock. By the time Minogue entered the studio, she was due on a plane back to Australia later that day. In forty-minutes Stock and Aitken had written the song, " 411:", which became SAW's first UK No. 1 in March 1985. Although a massive commercial success, the trio were still in dire financial straits and the record set the scene for SAW's often fractious creative relationship with those bands and artists who demanded creative involvement in their records. Engineer 712:", recorded a backing track and Minogue's vocals. The single was released by PWL in February 1988 and climbed to the No. 1 spot in March where it stayed for five weeks, the joint longest running No. 1 of 1988. It also went to No. 1 in 25 other territories including Minogue's native country 916:" made it into the Top 20 (No. 18) in the US. Later that year, Stock ended his relationship with Waterman following a disagreement over their finances; by the end of their partnership, SAW had written and/or produced over 300 Top 75 hits and 30 platinum-selling albums. 596:, typically performed by attractive singers. Their usual method for creating the music was to write the songs themselves, although some of their early artists wrote or co-wrote their own material. Next they would record the music with extensive use of synthesizers, 734:
was released in August 1988 it sold 2.8 million copies. Minogue spent more weeks on the singles chart that year than any other artist. Minogue went on to record three more studio albums with SAW, scoring fifteen successive Top 10 UK hits including
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With demand for a follow-up single, Minogue was not keen on returning to England to work with SAW again after the rushed treatment she had received. Stock flew to Australia to meet Minogue and her parents at her
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shuffle elements into their songs. The producers' legacy has been increasingly positively reassessed, with contemporary analysts praising the quality and enduring impact of their music.
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would criticise SAW for their methods, describing that "they took our sound and just basically wheeled it off with a load of other imbeciles, and that makes me a bit sour."
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In 1985, the trio built a new studio at The Vineyard recording studio complex, The Borough, which would later be dubbed "The Hit Factory". Whilst working with the band
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also held to the top spot for three weeks, selling 1.5 million copies. Donovan went on to have numerous successful singles with SAW, including the No. 1 hit "
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Bananarama went on to make Stock, Aitken and Waterman their main producers, and would collaborate with them on some of their biggest hits, including "
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and their records are utterly and totally Thatcherite records. In which sense they are perfect pop because they are totally records of their time.
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in 1963) and fifteen Top 5 hits. During that year, SAW wrote and produced over seven albums' worth of material for artists such as
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featuring many of the acts associated with Waterman's record labels. In December 2015, SAW made a return producing a remix of the
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They'd say, 'We're just making records for people to have a good time to.' They are utterly and totally
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to record the song "The Upstroke" for Agents Aren't Aeroplanes - a front for their concept of a female
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had taken huge orders for hundreds of thousands before the song had even been written. Stock wrote "
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in 1980 when John Milton, Mark Stock and Mike wrote a song – "One Nine for a Lady Breaker" – for a
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eventually earned the right to perform the song at the contest. He finished in 25th place in the
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In 1989, SAW had their most successful year with seven UK No. 1's (a feat equalled only by
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before embarking on a UK tour. The musical is written and directed by the creator of the
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SAW started producing underground club hits, but earned worldwide success with a mix of
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got its name and title track from a minor hit the trio had produced a year earlier for
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The tendency toward interchanging artists and repertoire was well established when
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newspaper, who unflatteringly dubbed the team, "Schlock, Aimless and Waterdown".
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chart on July 1986 and reaching the Top 10 in the UK and many other countries.
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home to apologise and successfully convinced her to record a follow-up single "
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since 1979, reaching No. 3, and becoming Summer's final Top 10 hit on the US
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Following their early success, SAW's style evolved into a more mainstream
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In 2005, the three producers reunited again and released a CD+DVD album,
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The group have sold 400 million units globally, and they also received a
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Despite continued success in the early-1990s with Minogue's singles and
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Formation and Early Hits: Divine, Hazell Dean, Dead or Alive (1984–1985)
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and discos where many new records were promoted into the mainstream as
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club. A version of the track found its way to Waterman who managed
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Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and SAW
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SAW's early work was recorded and mixed at Marquee Studios in
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The Hit Factory: Bananarama, Mel and Kim, Princess (1985–1986)
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gave vocals for "More Than Words Can Say". Their prodigious,
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programmer (A Linn) and Harding was the mixer/remixer.
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Pete Burns Interview by Sveta Breakfast Radio Show 1997
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Donna Summer, Cliff Richard and later work (1989–1993)
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A Ton of Hits: The Very Best of Stock Aitken Waterman
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Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Band Aid II (1988–1989)
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all recorded the song "Who's Gonna Catch You", both
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for Songwriter of the Year, Most Performed Work for
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It achieved popularity in the 3871:British record production teams 3464:You'll Never Stop Me Loving You 3107:, New Holland Publishers, 2004. 3054: 3028: 3002: 2976: 2932: 2906: 2880: 2854: 2799: 2773: 2725: 2699: 2654: 2628: 2602: 2525:"Kylie gets lucky | Music" 2516: 2491: 2466: 2392: 2358: 2332: 2306: 2265: 2243: 2221: 2176: 2151: 2101: 2076: 2051: 1986: 1932: 1906: 1851: 1829: 1804: 1709: 1683: 1657: 1581:. 10 March 2023. Archived from 1227:You'll Never Stop Me Loving You 919: 877:You'll Never Stop Me Loving You 3443:This Time I Know It's for Real 1716:mike stock (27 October 1994). 1623: 1597: 1571: 1559: 1537: 1454: 1429: 1097:' hit (charity single for the 871:" and gave 18-year-old singer 846:This Time I Know It's for Real 394:Whatever I Do, (Wherever I Go) 13: 1: 3319:Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) 1499:www.stockaitkenwaterman.co.uk 1495:"Home: Stock Aitken Waterman" 1436:McWhirter, Norris D. (1990). 1422: 537:whose original recordings of 498:Rick Astley, Ferry Aid (1987) 2638:. 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England
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pop
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Pete Waterman
Mike Stock
Matt Aitken
Pete Waterman
Guinness World Records
Brit Award
Ivor Novello Awards
Ivor Novello Awards
Donna Summer
Too Many Broken Hearts
hi-NRG
Motown
Italo disco
Rick Astley
Bananarama
Mel and Kim
Donna Summer
Sinitta

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