Tony Visconti

Tony Visconti is an American record producer, musician and singer, born April 24, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1960s, he was a well-known lounge guitarist, as well as on the New York nightclub scene.

In 1966 he became in-house producer for his publisher, [l936220]. In 1968 he met and was invited by British producer [a271150] to come to London and assist him in producing [a58693]. Moving to London was a big change in careers. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of mainly British performers. He had his first hit with [r7837391] in 1970. His lengthiest involvement was with [a10263]: Intermittently from the production and arrangement of Bowie's 1968 single "In the Heat of the Morning" / "London Bye Ta-Ta" to the 2016 release "Blackstar", Visconti produced and occasionally performed on many of Bowie's albums.

He was married to [a=Siegrid Visconti]. After divorcing her, he married [a=Mary Hopkin] from 1971 until they divorced in 1981; the pair has two children, [a=Jessica Lee Morgan] and [a=Morgan Visconti]. In 1989, he married his third wife, [a=May Pang]; they had two children before they divorced in 2000. Currently living together with his girlfriend [a=Kristeen Young].