Stephen Lipson
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Stephen J. Lipson is a musician (principally on guitar) and producer who has worked with numerous artists, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Whitney Houston, Grace Jones, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, and Simple Minds. He produced the first three solo albums by former Eurythmics frontwoman Annie Lennox.
Lipson started out as an engineer for The Rolling Stones, but then became a protégé of Trevor Horn at ZTT. There, he worked as an engineer, producer, guitarist, keyboardist and bassist on various projects, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones (co-writing "Slave to the Rhythm"), Act, Betsy Cook and Propaganda. In Great Britain it is very desirable to work with Trevor Horn, and the importance of this experience to Lipson's career cannot be overstated, though he has successfully distinguished himself apart from Horn.
In more recent years, he has produced artists including Geri Halliwell, Daniel Bedingfield, Gareth Gates, Rachel Stevens, S Club 7 and Will Young.
Lipson most recently produced two tracks for 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks' eponymous debut and is currently recording an album of original material along with Trevor Horn, Chris Braide and Lol Crème as The Producers.
