Best Known As: Music Producer

Gist:  Steve Lillywhite (born 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning English music producer.

Career Facts:  Lillywhite entered the music industry in 1972, when he worked as a tape operator for Polygram. He produced a demo recording for the band Ultravox, which led to them being offered a recording contract with Island Records. Lillywhite soon joined Island as a staff producer, where he worked with many of the leading New Wave artists. Its first massive commercial success was with Siouxsie & the Banshees in August 1978 after producing their first single (Hong Kong garden, featuring an original hook played by a metallophone).