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Ken Scott (born April 20, 1947 in London) is an influential English record producer and recording engineer. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means

Scott's start, at the age of 16, came from the world-renowned EMI studios, where he initially worked in the tape library. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Within a very short time he had worked his way up to the position of recording engineer and found himself working with such acts as The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Procol Harum, and many more. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English Pink Floyd are The Hollies are an English Rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. Procol Harum are a British rock band formed in the 1960s which built an important foundation for what would become Progressive rock, or perhaps more

Following a move to London's famed Trident Studios, he garnered a Clio award (for "I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke"), two Grammy nominations and millions of record sales with such artists as Elton John, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and America. Trident Studios was a British recording facility, located at 17 St The Clio Awards are given to reward creative excellence in Advertising and Design. " I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony " is a pop song which originated as an advertising jingle produced by Billy Davis and sung The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Harry Edward Nilsson III ( June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American Songwriter, singer Pianist, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a Jazz-rock fusion group led by John McLaughlin, that debuted in 1971 and dissolved in 1976 and reunited briefly from 1984 to 1987 America is an English-American Folk rock band originally composed of members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek.

He went on to produce David Bowie, Supertramp, The Tubes, Dixie Dregs, Devo, Missing Persons, Kansas and Level 42, once again leading to millions of sales and still more Grammy nominations. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. See also Supertramp (ecology and Alexander Supertramp Supertramp were a British Progressive rock band The Tubes are a San Francisco -based rock band, which was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was known for its live performances that The Dixie Dregs are a Jazz fusion band formed in the 1970s Their mostly instrumental music fuses Jazz, Southern rock, bluegrass and classical Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American Missing Persons was an American band who played a blend of New Wave music and electronic Pop rock. Kansas is an American Progressive rock band which became a popular Arena rock group in the 1970s with hit singles such as " Carry On Wayward Level 42 are an English Pop rock and Jazz-funk band. The group had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s and have

More recently Scott has worked with Duran Duran, George Harrison and the George Harrison Estate. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author

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