Legendary music producer, Roy Thomas Baker, renowned for his work with Queen and others, has died aged 78.
Baker's death was confirmed by his publicist, who released a statement saying that the producer died at his home in Lake Havasu City, AZ earlier this month (April 12), with a cause of death yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.
Starting his career with Decca Records in the 1960s, Roy Thomas Baker began working with renowned producers Gus Dungeon and Tony Visconti on recordings from the likes of Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, Moody Blues, Dr John Ginger Baker's Air Force, Moody Blues, Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, T Rex and more.
Following this, Baker became an in-house engineer at Central London's Trident studio, which saw him strike up a beautiful relationship with Queen, as he worked on the band's debut album. He also produced Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera (which included the classic Bohemian Rhapsody), A Day At The Races and Jazz.
Following huge success with Queen, Baker went onto work with Columbia Records in New York , producing Journey, Ronnie Wood, and Ian Hunter. He then received a senior A&R role at Elektra Records, working on albums by Dokken, Motley Crue, Lindsay Buckingham, Joe Lynn Turner and The Cars.
Roy Thomas Baker later went on to produce recordings for Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Devo, T'Pau, Guns N'Roses, The Darkness, The Stranglers, and Smashing Pumpkins.
