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Steve Jolley & Tony Swain

Steve Jolley & Tony Swain is credited on 2,247 releases across 406 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,247

Credits

406

Albums

6

Decades active

195

In collections

Biography

Steve Jolley (1950) and Tony Swain (January 20, 1952) were a successful pop musician, songwriting and record production duo in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-1980s. They produced several hit albums and singles for Imagination, Bananarama, Spandau Ballet and Alison Moyet.
After splitting up Swain went on to produce Kim Wilde's million-selling "Close" album. Jolley set up a record label under his surname.
Swain is now an A&R manager for Universal Records.
J&S Music is the publishing company for their joint songwriting credits.
In 2001 Steve Jolley was convicted and jailed for filming and Sexual assault on a twelve year old boy in 2001 and took pictures which were part of his extensive collection of indecent material. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1596296.stm

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Credited work

2,247 releases · 406 albums · active 1979–2025

  • Production · 2,093
  • Performance · 2,088
  • Engineering · 62
  • Other credits · 21

Studios: Red Bus Studios · Compass Point Studios · Odyssey Studios · Musicland Studios

Discography

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