NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon, died Saturday of complications stemming from heart surgery,
Record producer and recording engineer Phil Ramone has died of an aortic aneurysm he sustained last month. He was 72. Born in South Africa, he was a child prodigy who came to America to study violin at Julliard in the late
Grammy-winning producer Ramone worked with the likes of Burt Bacharach, Bono, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder.
Phil Ramone, the man behind some of the best American music ever made, died on Mar. 30 at the age of 79. Though his son — who confirmed Phil's passing — did not state a cause of death, Phil had been admitted to a Manhattan hospital in late February
According to Billboard, Grammy Award winning producer and engineer Phil Ramone died Saturday. He was 72. A native of South Africa, Ramone worked with coun.
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