Interesting to know which ones of the old PWL music remain popular today. They produced music for a wide range of artistes. The ones which I continue to play fairly frequently are:

Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
Love in the first degree - Bananarama
Venus - Bananarama
This time I know it's for real Donna Summer
Right back where we started from - Sinitta


Any other claasics which remian popular?

Rob

Stock, Aitken & Waterman! and the word classics used in the same sentence ...but then again it is April 1st

Believe it or not i have had the occasional request for Sonia - You'll never stop me from loving you !
If anyone asks for any Cliff Richard i normally sneak in Cliff's Stock Aitken Waterman Venture..... I Just Dont Have The Heart

If anyone ever asked me for Cliff I'd probably just refer them to either the nearest home for the elderly or the nearest psychiatric unit

I think your doing them a diservice, PWL had a huge influence on the club scene with the hitman and hit her, I'd come in from working the clubs and sit and watch it because you knew that next week the punters would asking for songs they'd seen on the programme the week before. 900 number I believe was premiered on there, Timerider - Cocoon was a massive song at the time, Hazell Dean, Matt Bianco, The Five Star remixes, Sybil both "The Love I Lost" and "When I'm Good And Ready" were remixed by PWL, although I do prefer the jewels and stone mix of When I'm Good and Ready. A guy called Gerald which was norman cook in another guise was also one of their finds.

They also had some great stuff on the gay scene which then filtered down to the mainstream - Hannah Jones - In The Name Of Love and Young Hearts Run Free to name just too

Its easy to disparage them, but they had a massive influence on both the pop and the club scene at the time.

Too Many Broken Hearts - Jason Donovan is another.
Was that one of theirs? Certainly sounds like it is.

I love these songs - classic cheese, and therefore extremely useful tools.

Havent got any and besides norwegians cant say stock , aitken and waterman!

I take it that you are and have always been a club DJ from your response?

Nothing wrong with Sir Cliff. Although I don't play alot of his stuff, Look for yourself at his at his track record . He is one of the most successful artistes the UK has produced, and yes he ' I just don't have the heart' was indeed popular in 1989. Somewhere I have the original single.

PWL were responsible for dance floor fillers particularly from 1984 -1991.

Your response to be honest worries me somewhat. I like anykind of music be it country, jazz, clasical. I don't mind what I play as long as the punters like it. Maybe that's my age!

Classics-yes some are. But that's my job, pleasing wide range of clients as possible.






Yes Sonia has appeared on some Hen hight/party albums. I thnk it is also on some of the mastermix albums.

I had heard that the Highways Agency had undertaken some major investment in new roads, so I guess they must have finished that new sense of humour bypass in Norfolk

Roads - what are they?

Bypasses - something to do with operations.

We have mud tracks with potholes here.

Our road system is 20 years behind the UK, rather like our music. Is Elvis is around?

none !!

Original much better.

Cliff is cool

ROADBLOCK....in it's day a great track!!

The only PWL stuff I'd pesonally give the time of day to is Dead Or Alive or Divine

Divine - You Think Your A Man.............. Classic !!!

Check out his version of Twistin' the night away

Is it a function track though? Can't think the public will remember this.

A couple i play sometimes..

Mel and Kim - Respectable
2 Unlimited - Get ready for this

Nothing wrong with a bit of SAW

Some of the stuff I played on Friday nite which still goes down well

Sonia-Never stop you
Kylie-Better the devil/Never too late
Reynolds Girls-I'd rather jack...
Cliff Richard-I just

and Roadblock(still a great song!)

SAW produced well produced popular dance music, and the Hitman and Her show was huge in N.Ireland, The North West of England(where most of the programmes were recorded) and Scotland and Wales plus it was fun:)

Here's a couple of clips thats should bring back some memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GirJX5eJ3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPsl7RXUDOQ

Nobody said it was, it was brought up by me as one of the 2 PWL /SAW acts that I would personally give the time of day to.

If I inadvertently brought your thread off topic, then I apologize most profusely.

(BTW shouldn't that be Don't think?)

Didn't he die in 1988? aka harris milstead

Yep

Roadblock - top tune from 1987. Very big on the club scene. Clever track and fooled alot of people.

At Chrissie-mas time was pestered by a very camp, very excited punter who insisted I play Gina G- Oo Ah (just a little bit) a minimum of 5 times, as well as everything in the whole S.A.W. collection.















BLINDING NIGHT!!!!

Hit Man and Her , what a great show like many othersd used to watch it after a Saturday Night gig. Remember the guy who couldn't dance ... Ghostbuster I think he was called. I still have most of the SAW stuff on 12" in the loft.

SAW original cd's are highly sought after. A pal of mine got £40 for a 1989 album.

At least it was disco friendly, unlike some of this RnB rubbish !

Couldn't agree more!

I'm surprised Mastermix haven't done a Grandmaster SAW???

(What's the odds on the next post saying they already have) :

PWL remains fairly popular in 2010

http://www.sessionmusic.co.uk/product.aspx?productid=5820

See, I knew the next post wouldn't have anything about Grandmaster

SAW music in most of its form ... is still very popular with the middle age and older clients

I do end to find that the younger DJ's and the Club DJ's will find it disstatefull, and they have a different market to work for.

As for the humble mobile DJ, this is our bread & buteer ... cheese classics.....

Years back ... i had the fortunate opertunity to work with the Hitman & her on a gig....
Manic... unplanned & definatley FUN
remember WIGGY the lead dancer... he is still dancing in the clubs !!!!

I thought the lead dancer was Clive, the black guy with the white wig.

Yes but he was more commonly known as Wiggy....for those regulars who stayed up late because college meant I didn't have to get up for the school bus anymore!!

He was also best mates with DJ & remixer Jeremy Healey & also Leeds & YORK club DJ Leafy

Clive/wiggy was an excellent laugh