The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Durham, England.

Horn has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists. He won a Grammy Award for co-writing "Kiss from a Rose" with Seal. As a musician, he has had chart success with his bands Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise. He also owns a significant stake in the recording company ZTT Records, Sarm Studios and a music publishing company, Perfect Songs. The three are combined under the corporate umbrella of SPZ.

Horn was regarded for much of the 1980s as the best producer in Britain, evidenced by a note that the band China Crisis made on their 1985 album Flaunt the Imperfection (produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan)—they credited their producer as "Walter (Trevor Who?) Becker". There are many such casual references to Horn in British culture.

Horn began his professional career as a backing musician in the late 1970s for disco star Tina Charles. One of the other members of her backing band was keyboard player Geoffrey Downes. Horn and Downes formed The Buggles in 1977, in which Horn played bass, guitar and percussion as well as providing vocals. Horn, Downes and Bruce Woolley (Tina Charles' guitarist) co-wrote "Video Killed the Radio Star", which was released by The Buggles in 1979 reaching No 1 in the UK charts.

In 2003 Trevor Horn celebrated 25 years in the industry. This video set includes performances at the Prince's Trust Concert honoring him. Enjoy!

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