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Matt Aitken (born 25 August 1956 in Coventry, England), is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester
Astley, Greater Manchester

Astley is a large village and component area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated eight miles west of Manchester, just outside the larger town of Leigh, Greater Manchester, and straddles the busy East Lancashire Road, , a major thoroughfare linking Manchester with Liverpool....
, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
.

He began his musical career as a musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and had been a member of many different bands before teaming up with Mike Stock
Mike Stock

Mike Stock is a English people songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
 to write and produce music for other artists. They both later teamed up with Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an England record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast....
 and they went from small independent labels to the major RCA
RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
, producing myriad hits.

After the partnership split up in the early-1990s, Aitken went into a period of retirement, raising a family and enjoying life.






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Matt Aitken (born 25 August 1956 in Coventry, England), is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester
Astley, Greater Manchester

Astley is a large village and component area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated eight miles west of Manchester, just outside the larger town of Leigh, Greater Manchester, and straddles the busy East Lancashire Road, , a major thoroughfare linking Manchester with Liverpool....
, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
.

He began his musical career as a musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and had been a member of many different bands before teaming up with Mike Stock
Mike Stock

Mike Stock is a English people songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
 to write and produce music for other artists. They both later teamed up with Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an England record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast....
 and they went from small independent labels to the major RCA
RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
, producing myriad hits.

After the partnership split up in the early-1990s, Aitken went into a period of retirement, raising a family and enjoying life. However, he has since returned to the music business.