Steve Crosby is a British

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songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and

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. He is best known for creating the group Steps. Crosby started his career DJing at the age of 17 and, from there, he bought and ran a record shop. Crosby then moved into corporate entertainment and it was not long before he turned his hand to developing and managing bands. His best-known acts are pop sensation Steps. Crosby wrote songs for Steps such as "

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". He also co-wrote

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' " The Fast Food Song" with Mike Stock and

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. Crosby also co-wrote "

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" (which was the British entry for the

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) with

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and Mike Stock, performed by

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. Crosby also managed Italian artist

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, who had a triple platinum selling CD under his tenure. In 2008 he joined forces again with Mike Stock to create and produce ''The Go!Go!Go! Show'', which has toured the UK, played in London's West End and was the featured live music entertainment at

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during the 2011 season.

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