Ken Scott is a British record producer and audio engineer born on April 20, 1947, in London, England. He began his career at Abbey Road Studios at age 16, progressing from tape-library assistant and second engineer on sessions for the Beatles album A Hard Day's Night to recording engineer on projects such as Magical Mystery Tour. Moving to Trident Studios in 1969, he co-produced David Bowie's studio albums Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, alongside producing Supertramp's breakthrough record Crime of the Century. His technical and production work encompasses collaborations with Elton John, Pink Floyd, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Missing Persons, earning a 1973 Clio Award for the advertisement song "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" as well as Grammy nominations in 1972 and 1974. Scott relocated to Los Angeles in 1976 to continue producing and managing recording artists, later publishing the autobiography Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust in 2012. He serves as a senior professor at the School of Film, Music and Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University.
