Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a British songwriting and record producing trio who had great success during the late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions. The trio consisted of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. On January 15, 1984, shortly after meeting Aitken and Stock, Waterman asked them to work with him and his recently formed production company, Pete Waterman Limited (PWL). The three were considered by many to be the most successful UK songwriting partnership of all time, scoring over 200 top 40 UK hits in the mid 1980s to early 1990s. SAW's successful formula, was to make a distinctive style of catchy (some would say annoying) bubblegum synth pop, with attractive singers. Their most successful artist was Kylie Minogue, a young actress from Melbourne, Australia who was well known for her role in the soap opera, "Neighbours". Her first 13 singles reached the UK top 10 and her debut "I Should Be So Lucky" spent 5 weeks at number one. The album "Kylie" was the highest selling album of 1988, and 5th highest selling album of the decade. They were also responsible for the 1987's highest selling single - Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" In 1988 they wrote and produced the highest selling album of the year - Jason Donovan's "Ten Good Reasons". Jason was Kylie's costar in "Neighbours" and his success for a time equalled hers. Another of SAW's most successful hit singles was the 1989 number one single Ferry 'cross the Mersey (Along with The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney and Gerry Marsden.) Pete Waterman's career as a record producer preceded his collaborations with Stock and Aitken, and continued after the demise of the trio as an entity. List of some of the acts who have performed songs written or produced by SAW Kylie Minogue Rick Astley Jason Donovan Bananarama Dead Or Alive Deborah Harry Cliff Richard Samantha Fox Donna Summer Mel and Kim Roland Rat Sonia Taco Ockerse External links Stock Aitken Waterman & PWL | cafe80s http://mitglied.lycos.de/thehitfactory/English-Home/english-home.html http://members.chello.at/mobius/main.html Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman