Mike Stock

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Stock
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1951(1951-12-03)
Age	73
Birthplace	Margate
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Mike Stock Biography

Mike Stock is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on December 3, 1951 in Margate, England, United Kingdom. Stock was born in Margate in Kent in 1951. He grew up in Swanley in Kent. Stock attended Swanley comprehensive school and White Oak primary school. He was involved in school variety shows at Swanley school. He learned to play the guitar and piano by himself and started writing songs when he was seven years old. He was immediately inspired by The Beatles and began to be obsessed with pop music. At age 13 he formed his first band, playing bass guitar and singing. He was fascinated by Rodgers and Hammerstein’s songwriting style, as well as writers like Irving Berlin and The Beatles’ energy and freshness. This led to a love for pop music. Stock signed a publishing contract at the age of nineteen, after establishing a reputation for being a budding writer. However, no one suggested that Stock could pursue a full-time career as a musician.

Stock had already had to go through several guitarists before he was notified of Matt Aitken, a guitarist who was spotted on a cruise ship by another member. Stock reached out to Aitken in order to offer him a position in the band. Aitken, who played on cruise ships as well as in his own bands, was an excellent guitarist whose playing style could be adapted to any kind of music. Stock, Matt Aitken, and Stock moved to Abbey Wood in South London in 1982. There, they purchased a tape machine and a recording desk, and started their first record label. Stock told the band that he was leaving Mirage’s set on New Year’s Eve 1983 and would be going into the studio to continue his career as a producer and songwriter. Matt Aitken accepted to join Stock and the pair continued working exclusively in recording studios from January 1984.

In 1985 the trio built a new studio at ‘The Vineyard’ recording studio complex, The Borough that would later be dubbed ‘The Hit Factory’. Whilst working with the band Brilliant, Stock wrote a song for their backing singer Desiree Heslop called ‘Say I’m Your Number One’, which became a hit in the UK under her stage name ‘Princess’. Towards the end of 1985 the group Bananarama approached SAW to record a cover of ‘Shocking Blue’s’ Venus. The track became a huge hit in the UK and went to No. 1 in America in July 1986. Bananarama would continue to enjoy success with SAW with hits such as Love in the First Degree, I Heard a Rumour and I Want You Back. In 1986 Mel and Kim’s first single ‘Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) went to number 3 in the UK charts and their follow-up Respectable reached number 1.

In 1987 Pete Waterman formed PWL the in-house label of SAW and one of the first artists to be released on the label was Australian soap star, Kylie Minogue. Stock was informed by Kylie’s manager, Terry Blamey, that she had been in London for ten days waiting to work with SAW though Pete Waterman had not informed Stock. By the time Kylie entered the studio she was due on a plane back to Australia later that day. In 40 minutes Stock and Aitken had written the song, I Should Be So Lucky, recorded a backing track and Kylie’s vocals. I Should Be So Lucky 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 number 1 in 25 other territories including Kylie Minogue’s native Australia. With demand for a follow up single, Kylie wasn’t keen on returning to England to work with SAW again after the rushed treatment she had received. Stock flew to Australia to meet Kylie and her parents at her home to apologise and successfully convinced her to record a follow-up single Got to Be Certain which reached No. 2 in the UK charts. When her debut album Kylie was released in August 1988 it sold 2.8 million copies and she spent more weeks on the singles chart than any other artist. Kylie went on to record three more studio albums with SAW scoring 15 successive top 10 hits including; Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, Hand on Your Heart, Wouldn’t Change a Thing, Tears on My Pillow, Better the Devil You Know, Shocked among many others.

Stock had previously worked briefly with Pete Waterman back in 1980, when Mike, John Milton and Mark Stock wrote One Nine for A Lady Breaker for a CB radio station. Pete Waterman, who was then the manager of Peter Collins (a producer with successful acts such as Nik Kershaw and Musical Youth), received a version of the song. Collins produced the track and re-recorded it again. Stock performed the track under the alias Chris Britton. Stock and Aitken met Waterman in January 1984 at his Camden Town office, Stiff Records. Waterman was looking for a new partnership. In February 1984, they went to Wardour Street Soho’s Marquee Studio to record ‘The Upstroke’ for ‘Agents Aren’t Aeroplanes’. This was in preparation for their idea of a female Frankie Going To Hollywood. The record was released by Proto Records, run by Nick East and Barry Evangeli. It was also distributed by RCA. The popularity of ‘The Upstroke’ was evident in gay clubs and discos, where many new records were being discovered and promoted to the mainstream as Hi-NRG.

Mike Stock Net Worth

Mike Stock is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Stock 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michael Stock, born 3 December 1951, is an English songwriter and record producer. He is best known as a member the songwriting and production teams Stock Aitken & Waterman, which achieved great success in the 1980s & 1990s. Many of his worldwide hits include 18 No. Stock has written and/or produced many hits worldwide, including 18 No. 1 records in America. He also had over 100 top-40 hits. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Stock is one of America’s most successful songwriters. Stock Aitken and Waterman have made him the most successful producer-songwriter in British charts history. He also holds the record for most No. With 11., he has 1 records with different artists. He has written 54 hits, including seven number one singles, for the UK Singles Chart.

Stock was placed at the University of Hull in 1970 to study Drama and Theology. He also formed a band together with Anthony Minghella, a former student and Oscar-winning director. Stock met Bobbie while at Hull. He left university to pursue music and focus his efforts on his studies. They married in 1975 and shortly after sold their home in Bury, Lancashire, to relocate back south. In 1976 Stock performed his first solo gig at Aveley Working Men’s Club, Essex. He earned twenty-five pounds. Stock was performing all over the country by the late 1970s. He now lives in Blackheath (South London). Stock performed solo, with Mirage, Nightwork and in duos. He gained a strong reputation for live performances and was frequently booked at venues such as the Grosvenor House, Hilton Hotel and Dorchester in Mayfair. Stock gigged every night from 1979 to 1981 in various bands that embraced pop, dance, and old standards.

In 1983 Stock had been approached by Andy Paul, a Greek Cypriot, to write a song for Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest. ‘Anna Maria Elena’ was voted by the Cypriot public to represent their country in the competition and the re-recorded version would be Stock and Aitken’s second collaboration with Waterman. The team were then asked to produce a song for Divine and they recorded ‘You Think You’re a Man’ at the Marquee Studio which was released by Proto Records in July 1984 reaching number 16 in the UK charts. Soon after, the team recorded Hazell Dean’s ‘Whatever I Do, (Wherever I Go)’. The song became SAW’s first top 10 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK. In September 1984 they were approached by Dead or Alive to produce the song You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) which became Stock Aitken and Waterman’s first UK number 1 in March 1985.

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In 1994 Stock produced several artists for Simon Cowell including Kym Mazelle, Jocelyn Brown and Robson and Jerome. Their cover of Unchained Melody produced by Stock and Aitken became the highest selling non-charity single of the decade, remaining at No. 1 for 7 weeks in 1995 selling 2.5 million copies. Stock produced a further two No. 1 singles with Robson and Jerome and two No. 1 albums.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mike Stock celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

In 1998 Stock and Aitken teamed up with Steve Crosby who had created the group Steps, to form the band Scooch. Their first single ‘When My Baby’ reached No. 29 and their follow up, ‘More Than I Needed To Know’, was a top 5 hit in the UK in 2000 and went to No. 1 in Japan. Scooch’s album ‘Four Sure’ spawned two more top 20 singles. Stock also scored a top 20 with ‘Airhead’ by girl band [email protected], with EastEnders’ star Rita Simons that toured with Steps. In 2003 Stock formed the label Better the Devil Records and had a huge hit with the Fast Food Song selling 200,000 CD singles. Stock wrote and produced two further singles for the Fast Food Rockers including the top 10 ‘Smile Please’.