Video Killed the Radio Star
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1979. It was recorded concurrently by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club for their album English Garden and by British new wave/synth-pop group the Buggles, which consisted of Horn and Downes.
Italian single release
Common variant of the standard artwork
Trevor Charles Horn is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".
Horn in 1984
The Buggles: Geoff Downes (far left) and Horn (far right) on the show Caspe Street in 1980
In the 1980s, Horn incorporated samples into pop music using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser.
Hook End Recording Studios, purchased by Horn in the 1990s