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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Padgham is the 124th most popular producer (down from 120th in 2024), the 6,607th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,336th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Hugh Padgham ranks 124 out of 140. Before him are Peter Safran, Graham King, 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 6,609 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul di Resta (1986), Leslie Benzies (1971), Tom Parker Bowles (1974), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (2004), Lou Macari (1949), and Kevin Muscat (1973). After him are Sam Hazeldine (1972), George Don (1798), Tim Rice-Oxley (1976), Ella Henderson (1996), Josh Kerr (1997), and Virginia Field (1917).

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Among PRODUCERS In United Kingdom

Among producers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Padgham ranks 10. Before him are Chris Blackwell (1937), Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), David Barron (1954), Peter Safran (1965), and Graham King (1961). After him are Eric Fellner (1959), Miles Millar (1967), and Mark Burnett (1960).

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