Tony Visconti

Tony Visconti
Visconti in 2007
Visconti in 2007
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Edward Visconti
Born (1944-04-24) April 24, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Producer, arranger, musician
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, guitar, piano, flute, recorder, mandolin
Years active1967–present
Member ofHoly Holy
Formerly ofHype
Spouses
  • Siegrid Berman
    (divorced)
  • (m. 1971; div. 1981)
  • (m. 1989; div. 2000)
PartnerKristeen Young
Websitetonyvisconti.com

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.

  1. ^ "Bowie producer Tony Visconti claims Adele's voice could have been "manipulated"". Fact. June 8, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ankeny was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2599. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  4. ^ "Protonic Reversal Ep184: Tony Visconti (Producer: David Bowie, T. Rex, Iggy Pop, Thin Lizzy)". protonicreversal.com. July 6, 2020. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2020.

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