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I Wish I Was Me - Pete Waterman, Paul Mathur

Description: ISBN 1852279001 / Author: Pete Waterman / Genre: Music / Stock, Aitken and Waterman produced a host of memorable (and not so memorable) ... more

I Wish I Was Me - Pete Waterman, Paul Mathur ... pop hits in the 1980's. Now Pete Waterman reveals all in his life story, upto and including his 1999 comeback.

Newest Review: ... that - very humble. He was born on the coldest day of the coldest winter of the century and was a breech birth - dead on ... more

... arrival, strangled by his mother's umbilical cord. However, the midwife managed to revive him with the help of a touch of Brandy, and he has since gone on to make the most of his life. Growing up in Coventry just after the war, times were extremely hard. He began working on the railways, and also worked for a time as a miner. However, music remains his true passion and so he became a DJ at places like the Lacarno Ballroom in Coventry, eventually hob-nobbing with the likes of Jimmy Saville. Waterman was heavily influe...more

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I Wish I Was Me - Pete Waterman, Paul Mathur: I Wish I Was Me - The Official Autobiography of Pete Waterma ... (767 words)
by blackjane - written on 17.09.00 (Very useful, 178 readings)
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'I Wish I Was Me' [The Official Autobiography of Pete Waterman, of 'Stock Aitken Waterman' & 'Hit Factory' fame] Details: ISBN 1-85227-900-1 (£16.99 - Hardback) I have recently purchased and read the official Biography of the music empressario, svengali and record producer Pete Waterman. Although I already knew much about the life of this man who is now in his mid-fifties (b. Jan 15th 1947), I didn't quite realise the adversity that he endured in his childhood, the length of time he has been involved in the music industry and also the extent of his success. Most people will be aware that in the ten ...

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