Julian Gingell known as Jules, is a British

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 songwriter

Songwriter

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 and record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, best known for his partnership with fellow writer and producer Barry Stone under the name Jewels and Stone.

Gingell moved to London

London

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 to work with Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

, just as the record-producing trio began to establish their reputation for releasing 1980s pop music

Pop music

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, from artists

Musician

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 such as Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

, Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan

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 and Rick Astley

Rick Astley

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.

After the three founding members of Stock Aitken Waterman's partnership fell apart, Gingell spent some time working for Mike Stock and Matt Aitken

Matt Aitken

Matthew James Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....

, who had continued as a duo.

In 1999, he set up his own production business with long-time friend and co-producer Barry Stone. They called the company Jewels and Stone (Jewels as in Jules, an abbreviation of Julian, and Stone from Barry Stone's surname

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).

As well as remix

Remix

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ing hits

Hit record

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 such as Sophie Ellis Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor

Murder on the Dancefloor

"Murder on the Dancefloor" is a song written by Gregg Alexander and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's first album Read My Lips. After the release of "Take Me Home" in August 2001, Ellis-Bextor released her best-selling single to date in December 2001...

", Boyzone

Boyzone

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's "No Matter What

No Matter What (Boyzone song)

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and popularized by the group Boyzone. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the only Boyzone hit to become popular in the U.S. Jewels & Stone did a remix for the...

" and S Club 7's "Don't Stop Movin'

Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)

"Don't Stop Movin" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on 23 April 2001.S Club 7 recorded the song in early 2001 after they finished making their second album, 7, with their regular songwriter, Simon Ellis, and Shep Solomon, who had worked on hits in the 90s by Eternal, Michelle Gayle etc...

", Jewels and Stone are credited with writing and producing the Adam Rickitt

Adam Rickitt

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 hit "I Breathe Again", which reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in 1999, the S Club Juniors (later S Club 8

S Club 8

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) single "Automatic High

Automatic High

"Automatic High" is a song by British pop group S Club Juniors, released as their second single from their debut album Together.Released on 22 July 2002, the song peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second single to reach the position...

", which reached number 2 in the same chart

Record chart

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 and Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens

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' "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)

I Said Never Again (but Here We Are)

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".

The pair also collaborated with Hear’Say

Hear’Say

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 and Five

Five (band)

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. Their most internationally recognised achievement was composing the theme music

Theme music

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 for the British TV

Television

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 talent show

Talent show

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, Pop Idol

Pop Idol

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with Cathy Dennis

Cathy Dennis

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. The same music was used as the theme to its U.S.

United States

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 equivalent, American Idol

American Idol

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, and other versions of the same show around the world. They were honoured at the 26th Annual Film & Television Music Awards by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for this music.