Matt Aitken

This article is about the British songwriter. For the special effects artist, see Matt Aitken (special effects artist).

Matthew James Aitken (born 25 August 1956 in Coventry, England), is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.

It has been claimed by Aitken's collaborator, Pete Waterman that Aitken was a noted perfectionist, particularly when it came to his guitar solos.[1]

He began his musical career as a musician and was a member of many different bands before teaming up with Mike Stock to write and produce music for other artists. They both later teamed up with Pete Waterman, and they went from small independent labels to the major RCA, producing a myriad of hits.[2]

After the partnership split up in the early 1990s,[3] Aitken went into a period of retirement, raising his daughters Isabelle and Romy, and enjoying life. He returned to the music industry[3] briefly, before seemingly retiring again.

References

  1. ↑ "Classic Tracks: Rick Astley ‘Never Gonna Give You Up&#146". Soundonsound.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31. C1 control character in |title= at position 29 (help)
  2. ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). "The Top 10 Songs Produced by Stock-Aitken-Waterman". Billboard's hottest hot 100 hits. Watson-Guptill. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-8230-7738-0. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 Alexis Petridis (3 December 2005). "Alexis Petridis meets Stock, Aitken and Waterman | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-12-31.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, February 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.