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Pete Waterman

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Pete Waterman.


Pete Waterman OBE is the most successful British producer-songwriter in pop history, an author, DJ, Pop Idol judge and television presenter.

A senior statesman of the music industry with over forty years' experience, Pete has sold in excess of 500 million records around the world and been instrumental in the development of dozens of internationally successful acts. Inspired by meeting the Beatles as a teenager, he worked as a DJ and A&R consultant throughout the 1970s, finally establishing PWL, his own world-famous production company and record label, in the mid-80s.

As one-third of the phenomenally successful Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting and production team, Pete scored an unrivalled run of global hits in the 80s and 90s, launching many new acts and collaborating with established music legends including Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, Donna Summer and the Three Degrees.

Beyond music, Pete has a lifelong passion for the railways. His first job was as a fireman (stoker) on British Railways and today he is the proud owner of significant collections of commercial and historic locomotives (at one time including the legendary ‘Flying Scotsman') and rolling stock, the largest O-gauge model railway in Europe and Just Like The Real Thing, his own model railway company. Since founding the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1993, Pete has continued to contribute massively to the preservation and development of this historic and essential industry.

Pete presents on Smooth Radio every Friday from 8pm.

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