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After playing double bass in big bands and producing little-known artists, Horn has a breakthrough hit when formed a band called the Buggles and released " Video Killed the Radio Star". In 1980 Horn and fellow Buggles member Geoff Downes were invited to join the rock group Yes. Horn became the lead vocalist, replacing Jon Anderson. He recorded one album with the band, Drama, on which he also plays bass on one track. However, he left after seven months, at the beginning of 1981, to concentrate on his production work. An important reason was the disastrous tour with Yes. Horn did work with Yes again, (co-)producing their next two studio albums.
After finishing a second Buggles album, Horn concentrated on producing, although he is known to perform on albums he produces. He is most associated with acts like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ABC, Grace Jones, SealSeal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist. Born Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel in Paddington, England, his parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. A childhood bout of lupus left him w and PropagandaPropaganda were a synthpop group formed in Germany in the early 1980s by Andreas Thein and Ralf Dorper, later adding third member Michael Mertens. Following a limited-release single in Germany, they were spotted by Trevor Horn and signed to his ZTT label., but has also produced Dollar , Tina Turner1991 album Simply the Best Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is an American singer, Buddhist and occasional actress probably best known for her scorching performances with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and for her remarkable solo co, Lisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield (born April 11, 1966) is a British singer from Rochdale, England, the former frontwoman for the Blue Zone. She became a major international star for Affection from 1990, and she continued recording disco-influenced pop throughout the 1990s, Tom JonesTom Jones (born June 7, 1940) is a Welsh pop singer with a large and powerful voice. He was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, Wales. He married and had a child at the age of sixteen, long before becoming a pop idol. Despite frequent and much publi, Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942), much better known simply as Paul McCartney is a British musician, composer and producer. He was born at Walton Hospital, located in northern Liverpool near his teenage home, where his mother had worked a, Pet Shop BoysPet Shop Boys (often used without the definite article "the") are a highly influential UK electronic music act. Founded in the early 1980s, the duo ( Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe) enjoyed immense critical and commercial success, starting with their first sing, Mike OldfieldMichael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock, ethnic and classical music. Oldfield's parents were Maureen and Raymond Oldfield. His sister Sally and brot, Marc Almond, Charlotte Church and t.A.T.u. He has also performed as part of the concept band The Art of Noise.
He co-founded record label ZTT in 1983 and received a Grammy in 1996 for Seal's second album.