# Mick Haggerty

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| alma_mater    = [Central School of Art](/source/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design)<br>[Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art)
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| notable_works =  ''[Breakfast in America](/source/Breakfast_in_America)''<br>''[Face the Music](/source/Face_the_Music_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album))''
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'''Mick Haggerty''' is an English graphic designer, illustrator, art director, [music video director](/source/music_video_director) and [artist](/source/artist). Haggerty has received four [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) nominations for [Best Recording Package](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Recording_Package) for the album [Worship and Tribute](/source/Worship_and_Tribute) and in 1980 was jointly awarded, with Mike Doud, the Grammy for [Supertramp](/source/Supertramp)'s ''[Breakfast in America](/source/Breakfast_in_America)'' (1979). He also received a Grammy nomination for [Best Music Video (short form)](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Music_Video) in [1986](/source/28th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) for ''The Daryl Hall and John Oates Video Collection''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/mick-haggerty/3100|title=Mick Haggerty|date=June 4, 2019|website=Grammy.com}}</ref>

== Background ==
Born in England and educated in London at the [Central School of Art](/source/Central_School_of_Art_and_Design) and the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art), he moved to Los Angeles in 1973. During the following decades he produced images for many artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C499|title=Mick Haggerty|website=Mvdbase.com}}</ref> Starting in 1980 he directed many of the first music videos for artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/672101|title=Mick Haggerty|website=Discogs}}</ref> His editorial illustration includes covers for ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))'', ''[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))'', ''[New York Magazine](/source/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](/source/Virgin_Records) (1992) and [Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music_Group) (2001). Haggerty was a member of the faculty of Otis [Parsons](/source/Parsons_School_of_Design) School of Design (now [Otis College of Art and Design](/source/Otis_College_of_Art_and_Design)) from 1983–91. His work is included in the collection of the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art) in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/188773|title=Mick Haggerty, Jeff Ayeroff. Album cover for The Police, Ghost in the Machine. 1981 &#124; MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>

== Album and single covers ==
* [Tony Cole](/source/Tony_Cole_(musician)) - ''Magnificently Mad'', 1973
* [Bang!](/source/Bang_(American_band)) - ''Music'' , 1973 
* [John Mayell](/source/John_Mayall) - ''[Ten Years Are Gone](/source/Ten_Years_Are_Gone)'', 1973
* [Thunderclap Newman](/source/Thunderclap_Newman) - ''[Hollywood Dream](/source/Hollywood_Dream)'', 1973
* [The Ikettes](/source/The_Ikettes) - ''(G)Old and New'', 1974
* [Creative Source](/source/Creative_Source) - [''Migration''](/source/Migration_(Creative_Source_album)), 1974
* ''The Warner Bros. Music Show'', 1974 
* [Phoebe Snow](/source/Phoebe_Snow) - ''[Phoebe Snow](/source/Phoebe_Snow_(album)),'' 1974
* [Electric Light Orchestra](/source/Electric_Light_Orchestra) – ''[The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach](/source/The_Night_the_Light_Went_On_in_Long_Beach)'', 1974
* [Elvin Bishop](/source/Elvin_Bishop) - ''Struttin' My Stuff'', 1975
* The Waters - Waters, 1975
* [Blackfoot](/source/Blackfoot_(band)) - [''No Reservations''](/source/No_Reservations_(Blackfoot_album)), 1975 
* [Electric Light Orchestra](/source/Electric_Light_Orchestra) – ''[Face the Music](/source/Face_the_Music_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album))'', (with John Kehe), 1975
* [Pointer Sisters](/source/Pointer_Sisters) - ''[Steppin'](/source/Steppin')'', 1975 ([1976 Grammy Award](/source/18th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) nominee)
* [Hot Tuna](/source/Hot_Tuna) - ''[Yellow Fever](/source/Yellow_Fever_(album))'', 1975
* [Lee Ritenour](/source/Lee_Ritenour) - ''[First Course](/source/First_Course)'', 1976
* [Bobby Whitlock](/source/Bobby_Whitlock) - ''Rock Your Sox Off, 1976''
* The James Montgomery Band - ''The James Montgomery Band'', 1976
* [Del Reeves](/source/Del_Reeves) and [Billie Jo Spears](/source/Billie_Jo_Spears) - ''By Request'', 1976
* [Dave Mason](/source/Dave_Mason) - ''[Let it Flow](/source/Let_It_Flow_(Dave_Mason_album))'', 1977
* [Cidny Bullens](/source/Cidny_Bullens) - ''[Desire Wire](/source/Desire_Wire)'', 1978
* [Kinsman Dazz](/source/Dazz_Band) - ''Kinsman Dazz'', 1978
* [The Beach Boys](/source/The_Beach_Boys) - ''[L.A. (Light Album)](/source/L.A._(Light_Album))'', 1979
* [Jerry Lee Lewis](/source/Jerry_Lee_Lewis) – ''[Jerry Lee Lewis](/source/Jerry_Lee_Lewis_(Elektra_album))'', 1979
* [Styx](/source/Styx_(band)) – ''[Cornerstone](/source/Cornerstone_(Styx_album))'', 1979
* [Supertramp](/source/Supertramp) – ''[Breakfast in America](/source/Breakfast_in_America)'', 1979 ([1980 Grammy Award](/source/22nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards) winner)
* [Nick Glider](/source/Nick_Gilder) - [''Frequency''](/source/Frequency_(Nick_Gilder_album)), 1979 
* [Gamma](/source/Gamma_(band)) - ''[Gamma 1](/source/Gamma_1)'', 1979 
* [Gamma](/source/Gamma_(band)) – ''[Gamma 2](/source/Gamma_2)'', 1980
* Mayday - ''Mayday'', 1981
* [The Police](/source/The_Police) – ''[Ghost in the Machine](/source/Ghost_in_the_Machine_(album))'' 1981
* Paul Collins' Beat - ''The Kids are the Same'', 1982
* [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth_(band)) - ''[2XS](/source/2XS)'', 1982
* [Daryl Hall and John Oates](/source/Hall_%26_Oates) - [H2O](/source/H2O_(Hall_%26_Oates_album)), 1982
* [Jimi Hendrix](/source/Jimi_Hendrix) – ''[Kiss the Sky](/source/Kiss_the_Sky_(Jimi_Hendrix_album))'', 1982
* [The Go-Go's](/source/The_Go-Go's) – ''[Vacation](/source/Vacation_(The_Go-Go's_album))'', 1982 ([1983 Grammy Award](/source/25th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) nominee)
* [Daryl Hall and John Oates](/source/Hall_%26_Oates) - ''Jingle Bell Rock (From Daryll)'', 1983
* [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) – ''[Let's Dance](/source/Let's_Dance_(David_Bowie_album))'', 1983
* [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) – ''[Tonight](/source/Tonight_(David_Bowie_album))'', 1984
* [John Fogerty](/source/John_Fogerty) - ''[The Old Man Down The Road](/source/The_Old_Man_Down_the_Road)'', 1984
* [Daryl Hall and John Oates](/source/Hall_%26_Oates) - ''Big Bam Boom,'' 
* [Simple Minds](/source/Simple_Minds) – ''Alive and Kicking'', 1985
* [Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark](/source/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark) – ''[The Pacific Age](/source/The_Pacific_Age)'', 1986
* [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie) – ''[Never Let Me Down](/source/Never_Let_Me_Down)'', 1987
* [Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers](/source/Tom_Petty_and_The_Heartbreakers) – ''[Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)](/source/Let_Me_Up_(I've_Had_Enough))'', 1987
* [Public Image Ltd](/source/Public_Image_Ltd) – ''[9](/source/9_(Public_Image_Ltd_album))'', 1989
* [Jellyfish](/source/Jellyfish_(band)) – ''[Bellybutton](/source/Bellybutton_(album))'' cover spread, 1990
* [Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards) – ''[Main Offender](/source/Main_Offender)'', 1992
* [Jellyfish](/source/Jellyfish_(band)) – ''[Spilt Milk](/source/Spilt_Milk_(Jellyfish_album))'', 1993
* [Richard Thompson](/source/Richard_Thompson_(musician)) – ''[Mirror Blue](/source/Mirror_Blue)'', 1994
* [Glassjaw](/source/Glassjaw) - ''[Worship and Tribute](/source/Worship_and_Tribute)'', 2002 ([2003 Grammy Award](/source/45th_Annual_Grammy_Awards) nominee)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://albumcoverhalloffame.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/achof-featured-artist-portfolio-grammy-winner-mick-haggerty/|title=ACHOF Featured Album Cover Artist Portfolio – Mick Haggerty|website=Albumcoverhalloffame.wordpress.com|date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://mickhaggerty.com/}}

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