Graham Barry Stokes, 9 February 1958, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a British music executive and musician.
He spent his early life playing in various bands as a guitarist, before landing a job at Arista Records as a post boy in 1979.
He was soon recruited by the Radio and Television Promotions Department at Arista Records and worked with bands such as The Beat and Secret Affair.
In 1989 he embarked on a recording career under the name Graham Stokes, then under the pseudonym Graystoke and finally as lead guitarist with the band Broken Wings.
[1] Stokes also wrote songs for other artists during this time including a Top 40 hit for the Irish boyband, Reel, and their debut single, "Lift Me Up".
He then went on to sign to Conehead Another Level's Dane Bowers,[9] the critically acclaimed Ella Chi,[10] London singer/songwriters The Rise,[11] Anthony Goldsbrough and Michael Gazzard, Canadian band In-Flight Safety[12] and Finnish musician and keyboardist with Sunrise Avenue; Osmo.