Trevor Horn
A ground-breaking producer who helped shape the lavish, orchestral synth sound
of the UK's pop scene in the 1980s, Trevor Horn created the kitsch earworm
'Video Killed the Radio Star' before working on a long list of landmark hits for
artists including Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Seal.
Born in Durham, Horn's father worked as an engineer in a dairy but played double
bass in a big band in the evenings. Horn took to the instrument at
eight-years-old and began learning to sight read music, performing with the
local Youth Orchestra and also took up playing the reco...
