Pete Waterman
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
Biography
Pete Waterman is an English record producer and songwriter. Waterman started his career in music as a DJ and developed the concept for matinee discos for children under 18. He took note that his younger audience preferred records with high beats per minute, which influenced his songwriting craft. Waterman then took an A&R job before stepping out on his own as PWL (Pete Waterman Limited). As PWL, Waterman signed producers Matt Aitken and Mike Stock and formed SAW. SAW is considered to be one of the most successful songwriting and producing partnerships of all time, scoring more than 100 UK Top 40 hits, 22 #1 hits, and selling over 40 million records. Waterman’s notable records include “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “Together Forever” for Rick Astley, and “I Should Be So Lucky” for Kylie Minogue.
Short biography only; no full biography is published for this artist.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/pete-waterman/ | high |
| Spotify playlist | 4DlzsAD3X2vzVz7hj69eQZ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 1 post
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-04 | PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES THREE NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND ACQUISITIONS, COUNT BASIE, PETE WATERMAN, & KENNY LOGGINS! THE COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED THE MUSIC CATALOG OF THE LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE, HAS ENTERED INTO A LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER PETE WATERMAN, AND WILL NOW REPRESENT THE MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG FOR GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING KENNY LOGGINS NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 4, 2018) – Primary Wave […] | title | medium | 768 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
| Embed | Type | Owner | Tracks in embed | Capture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Waterman | playlist | Primary Wave Music | 11 | complete |
An embed evidences association with this artist. It evidences no ownership, administration or licensing of any recording in it.
| # | Track | Credited artists | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley | 3:33 |
| 2 | Together Forever | Rick Astley | 3:25 |
| 3 | Take Me to Your Heart | Rick Astley | 3:29 |
| 4 | Better the Devil You Know | Kylie Minogue | 3:52 |
| 5 | Never Too Late | Kylie Minogue | 3:20 |
| 6 | Hand on Your Heart | Kylie Minogue | 3:50 |
| 7 | The Loco-motion - 7" Mix | Kylie Minogue | 3:13 |
| 8 | I Should Be so Lucky - Live at the SSE Hydro | Kylie Minogue | 2:49 |
| 9 | I Heard a Rumour | Bananarama | 3:24 |
| 10 | Love, Truth & Honesty | Bananarama, Mixed By: Dave Ford | 3:25 |
| 11 | This Time I Know It's For Real | Donna Summer | 3:38 |
No ISRC is held for any of these recordings, and none is linked to an underlying composition, because the dataset contains neither.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Waterman | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.