Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Artist of the Day, January 31, 2023: Mick Haggerty, an English graphic designer, illustrator, art director, video director, and artist (#1766)

Mick Haggerty is an English graphic designer, illustrator, art director, video director and artist. Haggerty has received four Grammy Award nominations for Best Recording Package, and in 1980 was jointly awarded, with Mike Doud, the Grammy for Supertramp's Breakfast in America (1979). He also received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video (short form) in 1986 for The Daryl Hall and John Oates Video Collection.

Born in England and educated in London at the Central School of Art and the Royal College of Art, he moved to Los Angeles in 1973. During the following decades he produced images for many artists. Starting in 1980 he directed many of the first music videos for artists. His editorial illustration includes covers for Time, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and New West Magazine. He was a founding partner in various design groups, Art Attack with John Kehe (1975), Neo Plastics with C.D.Taylor (1980) and Brains with Steve Samiof (1994). He served as Art Director at Virgin Records (1992) and Warner Music (2001). Haggerty was a member of the faculty of Otis Parsons School of Design (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1983–91. His work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Notable album covers

• Electric Light Orchestra – The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach, 1974
• Electric Light Orchestra – Face the Music, (with John Kehe), 1975
• Pointer Sisters - Steppin', 1975 (1976 Grammy Award nominee)
• Hot Tuna - Yellow Fever, 1975
• Jerry Lee Lewis – Jerry Lee Lewis, 1979
• Supertramp – Breakfast in America, 1979 (1980 Grammy Award winner)
• Gamma – Gamma 2, 1980
• The Police – Ghost in the Machine 1981
• Jimi Hendrix – Kiss the Sky, 1982
• The Go-Go's – Vacation, 1982 (1983 Grammy Award nominee)
• David Bowie – Let's Dance, 1983
• David Bowie – Tonight, 1984
• Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking, 1985
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Pacific Age, 1986
• David Bowie – Never Let Me Down, 1987
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), 1987
• Public Image Ltd – 9, 1989
• Jellyfish – Bellybutton cover spread, 1990
• Keith Richards – Main Offender, 1992
• Jellyfish – Spilt Milk, 1993
• Richard Thompson – Mirror Blue, 1994
• Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute, 2002 (2003 Grammy Award nominee)

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Mick Haggerty
Fairport Convention – Rosie. 1973
John Mayall – Ten Years Are Gone. 1973
John Mayall – Ten Years Are Gone. 1973
Creative Source – Migration. 1974
Phoebe Snow – Phoebe Snow. 1974
The Move – The Best of The Move. 1974
James Montgomery Band – The James Montgomery Band. 1975
The Pointer Sisters – Steppin. 1975
The Warner Bros. Music Show. 1975
The Ventures – T.V. Themes. 1977
Balance. 1978
Jerry Lee Lewis. 1979
Supertramp – Breakfast In America. 1979
The Talking Heads -  Portrait. 1980
Yellow Magic Orchestra. 1980
 The Police - Ghost in the Machine. 1981
Go-Go's – "Totally Go-Go's!" CD. 1982
Go-Go's – Vacation. 1982
Vanity Fair cover, April 1983
David Bowie – Let's Dance. 1983 Cover
David Bowie – Let's Dance. 1983
David Bowie – Serious Moonlight. 1984
Jimi Hendrix – Kiss The Sky. 1984
Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – We Love You. 1986
David Bowie – Day-In Day-Out. 1987
The Smithereens – 11. 1989
Jellyfish - Bellybutton. 1990
Keith Richards – The Only Offender. 1992
Jellyfish – Spilt Milk. 1993
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin. 2002


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