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Producer Phil Ramone Dead at 79

Phil Ramone, a producer with credits that included some of the top releases from several Rock artists, has died at 79.  Ramone produced recordings that earned Album Of The Year Grammy award recognition include Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, Billy Joel's 52nd Street and Genius Loves Company, the 2005 album that paired Ray Charles with a number of artists. His most recent work included production of Rod Stewart's American Songbook series of recordings.  Ramone had the range of knowledge and the production and engineering chops to get great results for a wide range of artists and styles.  He  was as at home working on a Broadway soundtrack as he was engineering an Alice Cooper record, producing a session for BB King or making a Woody Herman recording sound top shelf.
BBC.co.uk