Tony Clarke played bass guitar and started his career as a songwriter.

His tune "Our Song" was recorded by Malcolm Roberts (who had a hit

with it in South America) and Jack Jones. He produced his first single

with Pinkerton's Colours; that song, "Mirror, Mirror", became a #8 hit

on the UK Singles Chart. He also produced The Equals's #1 hit "Baby

Come Back".

He was assigned to work with the Moody Blues starting in 1966, after

"Go Now". He worked with them on the single "Fly Me High", and he

produced what became their 1967 symphonic rock album Days of Future

Passed. He worked with them closely over the course of their next six

albums, helping them develop a complex sound which, among other

things, involved copious use of the mellotron. When the Moody Blues

set up their own label, Threshold Records, Clarke attempted to have

them sign King Crimson, though the deal never came to fruition.

Aside from the Moody Blues, Clarke also worked with Providence and on

the album Blue Jays, by Moody Blues members Justin Hayward and John

Lodge. He produced The Four Tops for a UK-only release in 1972, which

was comprised entirely of songs written by the Moody Blues. After the

Moody Blues went on hiatus in the middle of the 1970s, he produced

their 1978 comeback album Octave; however, he elected not to continue

working with them after this album. Subsequently he produced for

Clannad, Rick Wakeman, and Nicky Hopkins, among others.