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Hugh Padgham

1955 - Today

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Hugh Charles Padgham (born 15 February 1955) is an English record producer and audio engineer. He has won four Grammy Awards, for Producer of the Year and Album of the Year for 1985, Record of the Year for 1990, and Engineer of the Year for 1993. Padgham's co-productions include hits by Phil Collins, XTC, Genesis, the Human League, Sting, and the Police. He pioneered (with Peter Gabriel and producer Steve Lillywhite) the "gated reverb" drum sound used most famously in Collins' song "In the Air Tonight". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Padgham is the 120th most popular producer (down from 119th in 2019), the 6,569th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,337th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Hugh Padgham ranks 120 out of 140. Before him are Peter Chernin, Peter Safran, Jane Rosenthal, Yash Johar, Deborah Snyder, and Kevin Clash. After him are Jason Blum, Eric Fellner, Glen Morgan, Miles Millar, Irv Gotti, and Dede Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Hugh Padgham ranks 670. Before him are David Dhawan, Prakash Padukone, Pete Shelley, Cedric Maxwell, Gulshan Grover, and Jay McInerney. After him are Wilhelm Molterer, Stoyanka Kurbatova, Vladimiro Schettina, Evans Paul, Richard Burr, and René Valenzuela.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Padgham ranks 6,571 out of 8,785. Before him are Elyes Gabel (1983), Paul di Resta (1986), Leslie Benzies (1971), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (2004), Lou Macari (1949), and Kevin Muscat (1973). After him are George Don (1798), Tim Rice-Oxley (1976), Ella Henderson (1996), Josh Kerr (1997), Virginia Field (1917), and Mark Hudson (1982).

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Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Padgham ranks 9. Before him are David Heyman (1961), Chris Blackwell (1937), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), David Barron (1954), and Peter Safran (1965). After him are Eric Fellner (1959), and Miles Millar (1967).

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