Tony Visconti
American record producer and musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944)[3] is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of many hits in collaboration with Marc Bolan. Visconti's lengthiest involvement was with David Bowie: intermittently from the production and arrangement of Bowie's 1968 single "In the Heat of the Morning" / "London Bye Ta-Ta" to his final album Blackstar in 2016, Visconti produced and occasionally performed on many of Bowie's albums.[4] Visconti's work on Blackstar was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and his production of Angelique Kidjo's Djin Djin received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
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Birth name | Anthony Edward Visconti |
Born | (1944-04-24) April 24, 1944 (age 80) New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Producer, arranger, musician |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, guitar, piano, flute, recorder, mandolin |
Years active | 1967–present |
Member of | Holy Holy |
Formerly of | Hype |
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Website | tonyvisconti |