Tony Visconti

Tony Visconti is an American record producer and musician who has worked prominently with David Bowie. Born in Brooklyn, he learned ukulele as a child and guitar in his teens, later playing in New York nightclubs and touring with a version of the Crew-Cuts. He moved to London in 1968 after assisting Denny Cordell on sessions for Georgie Fame. His early production of Tyrannosaurus Rex began a long run with T. Rex, including Electric Warrior and a string of UK Top Ten singles starting with Ride a White Swan. Visconti also produced many Bowie albums from 1968 through Blackstar, among them Low, Heroes, and Scary Monsters, and won three Grammy Awards, including for Blackstar and Angelique Kidjo's Djin Djin. He served as music producer on the 2022 Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream.