Gus Dudgeon

Angus Boyd Gus Dudgeon 30 September 1942 21 July 2002 was an English record producer who oversaw many of Elton Johns most acclaimed recordings including his commercial breakthrough Your Song Their collaboration led to seven US No 1 albums and established John as one of the most successful singles artists of the 1970s Dudgeon also produced Chris Reas first hit the US chart topping Fool If You Think Its Over and David Bowies Space Oddity and steered many other artists to chart success including Joan Armatrading and Elkie Brooks The Guinness Book of Records cites Dudgeon as being the first person to use sampling in music production He was a founding member of the Music Producers Guild