Título: Mike Stock (musician)
Seção: Biography
Background: Michael Stock (born 3 December 1951) is an English songwriter, record producer and musician, best known for being a member of the songwriting and production team Stock Aitken and Waterman that achieved success in the 1980s and 1990s. He has written or produced numerous worldwide hits including 18 No. 1 records in America and the UK, and over a hundred top-40 hits. Stock is one of the most successful songwriters of all time as recognised by the Guinness Book of Records. As part of Stock Aitken and Waterman, he is acknowledged as the most successful producer-songwriter in British chart history and holds the record for the most No. 1 records with different acts, with 11.

Conteúdo: Stock was born in Margate, Kent, England in 1951 and grew up in Swanley, Kent. He attended White Oak primary school and Swanley comprehensive school. At Swanley school he was involved in several school variety productions. He was self-taught in playing the piano and guitar and began writing songs at the age of seven. Inspired by The Beatles he soon became fixated with pop music and put together his first band at age 13, playing bass guitar and singing. Fascinated by the popular songwriting styles of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and writers such as Irving Berlin and the energy and freshness of The Beatles, he established a deep love of pop music. Stock signed a publishing contract when he was nineteen after earning a reputation as a budding songwriter, although no one had suggested a full-time career in the music world was a possibility.  In 1970 Stock earned a placement at the University of Hull to study Drama and Theology and formed a band with a fellow student, the later acclaimed Oscar-winning director, Anthony Minghella. Whilst at Hull, Stock met his wife Bobbie and left university when she graduated to concentrate his efforts in making it in music. In 1975 they married and soon after, sold their house in Bury, Lancashire to move back south  Stock played his first paid, solo gig at Aveley Working Men's Club in Essex in 1976, earning twenty five pounds. By the late 1970s Stock, now living in Blackheath, South London, was performing up and down the country. Performing solo, in 

user: Where did Mike Stock grow up?

assistant: Stock was born in Margate, Kent, England in 1951 and grew up in Swanley, Kent.

user: Where did he go to school?

assistant: He attended White Oak primary school and Swanley comprehensive school.

user: What did he do after attending Swanley?

assistant: he soon became fixated with pop music and put together his first band at age 13,

user: What was his first band called?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did he play any instruments?

assistant: playing bass guitar and singing.

user: Did he go to university?

assistant: In 1970 Stock earned a placement at the University of Hull to study Drama and Theology

user: Did he earn a degree?

assistant: Stock met his wife Bobbie and left university when she graduated to concentrate his efforts in making it in music.

user: Is there anything interesting about him?

assistant: Stock informed the band he would be leaving and was going into the studio to pursue his career as a songwriter and producer.