Glyn Johns

British audio engineer, producer and musician, born 15 February 1942 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK.

As a youth, Johns sang in the local church choir and later played washtub bass in a ragtag jazz group and guitar in a band called the Presidents. In 1959 he started his career as an assistant engineer at I.B.C. Studios. By 1962 he was producing there and became involved with the earliest recordings of The Rolling Stones. In 1963 he formed a partnership with Shel Talmy, recording hit songs for acts such as the Kinks and the Who. In 1965 Johns left I.B.C. to further pursue his solo career as a singer and musician.