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Jon Astley

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Jon Astley
Born1951 (age 72–73)[1]
GenresRock
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • mastering engineer
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
LabelsAtlantic

Jon Astley (born 1951) is a British record producer and mastering engineer who has also recorded and released two studio albums as a singer-songwriter in the late 1980s. His most commercially successful song was "Jane's Getting Serious", later popularized by a Heinz ketchup television commercial starring a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc.

Record producer

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As a record producer, he is best known for his co-production work with Glyn Johns on the Who's eighth studio album Who Are You (1978), and later remastering supervision for all of the group's back catalogue reissues.

He also has produced albums for Eric Clapton, Barclay James Harvest, Corey Hart, and Deborah Harry[2] and has mastered records for the Who, ABBA, George Harrison, Tori Amos, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, the Pretty Things, Jools Holland, Tom Jones, Judas Priest, Cloven Hoof, Emmylou Harris, Ella Guru, Damien Dempsey, Tears for Fears, Led Zeppelin, Hothouse Flowers, Level 42, the Boomtown Rats, John Mayall, Marilyn Martin, Toto, Norah Jones, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Slade, Sting, Bono, Starlite Campbell Band[3] and Anathema.

Family

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Astley is the son of composer Edwin "Ted" Astley. His sister Virginia Astley is a recording artist, and his other sister Karen was formerly married to Who guitarist Pete Townshend. He is married to novelist Judy Astley.[4]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew) (1987)
  • The Compleat Angler (1988)

Singles

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Year Title Chart positions Album
US
Hot 100
US
Modern Rock
US
Mainstream Rock
1987 "Jane's Getting Serious" 77 7 Everyone Loves the Pilot (Except the Crew)
1988 "Put This Love to the Test" 74 3 The Compleat Angler

References

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  1. ^ "Classic Tracks: The Who 'Who Are You?'".
  2. ^ "Debravation - Debbie Harry | Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Starlite Campbell Band". Musicbrainz.org.
  4. ^ "Virginia Astley – News". Virginiaastley.com.
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