Jimmy Bowien

Jimmy Bowien (born 5 February 1933) is a record producer, songwriter and composer.

Life and career Bowien started playing the piano at the age of 5 and studied classical music to become a professional opera singer (Baritone). After graduating in Hamburg-Germany he worked with the record label Polydor writing advertising copies and created a repertoire of musical compositions. In 1959, Bowien started to discover new talents and produced records for Polydor with such artists as The Monks and Tony Sheridan, who was playing with The Beatles (aka The Beat Brothers).

Bowien is a multi-recipient of gold and platinum records and is best known for discovering new artists, composing music and producing records for Olivia Newton-John, Daliah Lavi, The Monks and Georges Moustaki. He produced such Musicals as Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable, A Chorus Line and Mozart.