Roy Thomas Baker

Roy Thomas Baker
Baker at the Whitfield Street Studios in 2005
Background information
Also known as	RTB
Born	(1946-11-10) 10 November 1946 (age 70) Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Rock pop new wave power pop hard rock glam rock glam metal alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter arranger governer
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Decca Trident EMI Parlophone Elektra Hollywood RTB Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Queen The Cars The Darkness Journey The Smashing Pumpkins
Website	RoyThomasBaker.com

Roy Thomas Baker (born 10 November 1946) is an English record producer, songwriter, arranger, and Recording Academy governor, who has produced pop and rock records since the 1970s.

Baker began his career at Decca Records in England at the age of 14. Encouraged by music producer Gus Dudgeon he soon moved to Trident Studios, where he worked with Dudgeon, Tony Visconti, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Frank Zappa as well as recording artists like The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Gasolin', Nazareth, Santana, The Mothers of Invention, Be Bop Deluxe, Free and T.Rex.

After co-founding Neptune (Trident's record company), Baker met a band that would eventually be known as Queen. He began a working relationship that lasted for five albums (Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and Jazz) and a number of awards – including Grammy Awards and The Guinness World Records for the best single, "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Following his successes with Queen and other artists Baker signed a multi album production deal with CBS Music (Columbia Records, Sony Music, Epic Records, etc.). He then proceeded to move to the US and set up The RTB Audio Visual Productions' Offices in New York and Los Angeles. At this time under his new CBS deal RTB produced Journey, Starcastle, Reggie Knighton (The Grass Roots), Ian Hunter and Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones).