Died On This Date (January 4, 2010) Tony Clarke / Respected British Producer
themusicsover Tony Clarke
August 21, 1941 – January 4, 2010
Tony Clarke is best remembered as a successful British record producer who worked on records by the likes of the Moody Blues, the Four Tops, Clannad, and Rick Wakeman. In the early years of his music career, he worked as a session man, most prominently for Decca Records who eventually hired him as a record promoter. Tony Clarke was 68 when he passed away on January 4, 2010.
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