by Ramone, Phil
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We are especially grateful for the participation of Greg Brunswick, whose exceptional research skills added immeasurably to the final manuscript.
Special thanks to the family members who have always been there: Andi, Kelly, and Rick Freedman, Doreen Kerner, Rick, Elizabeth, and Seth Kerner, Joseph Ichiuji, Sue Ichiuji, Stacy and Julie Ichiuji, Doug and Melissa Ichiuji, Kim and Neil Uppal.
Most of all, we owe our love and gratitude to BJ, Karen, Matt, Simon, Ann, and Maxwell Ramone, and Barbara, Kate, and Alex Granata. Your love, patience, and understanding have truly made this endeavor possible!
Photo Research: Helen Ashford (Michael Ochs Archive), Hugh Brown, Richie Cannata, Alan Dahl, Sam Emerson, Larry Franke, Charles L. Granata, Dina Greenberg (WireImage), KEG Productions, Inc., Ananda Kritsky, Glen Korman and Che Williams (Sony/BMG Photo Archive), Nancy Munoz, Lisa Perez, Clarke Rigsby, and Jan Press Photomedia.
Lyric permissions: Neil Gilles
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
RECORDING ENGINEER
All titles are for albums unless otherwise noted(*) indicates Coproducer or Producer credit in addition to engineering
1958
David “Fathead” Newman: It’s Mister Fathead (Atlantic)
1959
Billy Taylor: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside)
1960
Buck Clayton: Goin’ to Kansas City (Riverside)
1961
John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane (Atlantic)
1962
Michel Legrand: Plays Richard Rodgers (Philips)
Quincy Jones: Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury)
Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova (Mercury) David “Fathead” Newman: Fathead Comes On (Atlantic)
1963
Kai Winding: Mondo Cane #2 (Verve)
Quincy Jones: Plays Hip Hits (Mercury)
Gil Evans: The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve)
Stan Getz & Luiz Bonta: Jazz Samba Encore! (Verve)
Count Basie: Lil’ Ol’ Groovemaker…Basie! (Verve)
Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (Verve)
Lesley Gore: I’ll Cry If I Want To (Mercury)
Stan Getz/João Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto (Verve)
Stan Getz: Reflections (Verve)
1964
Quincy Jones: The Pawnbroker (Soundtrack) (Mercury)
Quincy Jones: Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Mercury)
Neal Hefti: Li’l Darlin’ (20th Century)
Wes Montgomery: Movin’ Wes (Verve)
Lesley Gore: “You Don’t Own Me” (single) (Mercury)
Quincy Jones: Golden Boy (Mercury)
1965
Oscar Peterson Trio: With Respect to Nat (Limelight)
Quincy Jones: Quincy’s Got a Brand New Bag (Mercury)
Lesley Gore: “Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows” (single) (Mercury)
Broadway Cast Album: I Had a Ball (Decca)
1966
Joe Williams: Presenting Joe Williams and the Thad Jones–Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra (Solid State)
Jimmy McGriff: Tribute to Count Basie (Delta)
Manny Albam: Brass on Fire (Solid State)
Manny Albam: The Soul of the City (Solid State)*
Jimmy McGriff: The Big Band: A Tribute to Basie (Solid State)*
Jimmy McGriff: Cherry (Solid State)
Jimmy McGriff: A Bag Full of Soul (Solid State)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Presenting Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
(Solid State)
1967
Neil Diamond: Just for You (Bang)
Neil Diamond: “Solitary Man”/ “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” (Bang)
Dionne Warwick: “Alfie”/ “The Beginning of Loneliness” (Scepter)
Nelson Riddle: Music for Wives & Lovers (Solid State)
Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the World We Knew (Reprise)
Peter, Paul and Mary: Album 1700 (Warner Bros.)
Peter, Paul and Mary: “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (Warner Bros.)
Janis Ian: The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink (Verve Forecast)
Film Soundtrack: Casino Royale (Colgem)*
1968
Luiz Bonfá: Bonfa (Dot)
David “Fathead” Newman: Bigger & Better (Atlantic) Jimmy Smith: Stay Loose…Jimmy Smith Sings Again (Verve)
Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park (TV broadcast) (Columbia)
Dionne Warwick: “(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls”/“I Say A Little Prayer” (Scepter)
Dionne Warwick: “Let Me Be Lonely” (Scepter)
Dionne Warwick: “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” (Scepter)
The 5th Dimension: Stoned Soul Picnic (Soul City)
Peter, Paul and Mary: Late Again (Warner Bros.)
Dionne Warwick: Promises, Promises (Scepter)
Film Soundtrack: You Are What You Eat (Columbia)*
1969
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog (A&M)
The Winter Consort: Road (A&M)
Broadway Cast Album: Promises, Promises (United Artists)*
B.B. King: Live & Well (ABC)
Film Soundtrack: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A&M)
Burt Bacharach: Make It Easy on Yourself (A&M)
Peter, Paul & Mary: Peter, Paul & Mommy (Warner Bros.)*
Film Soundtrack: Midnight Cowboy (United Artists)*
Film Soundtrack: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (United Artists)*
Louis Armstrong: “We Have All the Time in the World” (single) (Capitol)*
1970
Gordon Lightfoot: Sit Down Young Stranger (Reprise)
B.J. Thomas: “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (single)(Scepter)
1971
Paul McCartney: Ram (Apple)
Quincy Jones: Smackwater Jack (A&M)*
Elton John: 11-17-70 (MCA)
Burt Bacharach: Burt Bacharach (A&M)
1972
Broadway Cast Album: Pippin (Motown)
James Taylor: One Man Dog (Warner Bros.)
Liza Minnelli: Liza with a “Z” (Columbia)
The Band: Rock of Ages (Capitol)
Paul Simon: Paul Simon (Columbia)
1973
Alice Cooper: Muscle of Love (Warner Bros.)
Chuck Mangione: Land of Make Believe (Phonogram/Mercury)
Chicago: Chicago VI (Columbia)
Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (Columbia)*
1974
Aretha Franklin: Let Me Into Your Life (Atlantic)
Duane Allman : An Anthology, Volume II (Capricorn)*
Paul Simon: In Concert Live Rhymin’ (Warner Bros.)
Phoebe Snow: Phoebe Snow (Shelter/Capitol)*
Bob Dylan and the Band: Before the Flood (Asylum)
Burt Bacharach: Greatest Hits (A&M)*
1975
Broadway Cast Album: The Wiz (Atlantic)
Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (Atlantic)
Stephanie Mills: For the First Time (Motown)*
Broadway Cast Album: Chicago (Arista)*
Simon & Garfunkel: “My Little Town” (single) (Columbia)*
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (Columbia)
Judy Collins: Judith (Elektra)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros.)*
1976
Barbra Streisand: A Star Is Born (Columbia)*
Barbra Streisand: “Evergreen” (single) (Columbia)*
Starland Vocal Band: Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)*
Starland Vocal Band: “Afternoon Delight” (single) (Windsong)*
Paul Anka: “The Times of Your Life”/“Water Runs Deep” (single)(United Artists)
Da
vid Sanborn: David Sanborn (Warner Bros.)*
1977
Paul Simon: Greatest Hits, Etc. (Columbia)*
1988
B.B. King: The Electric B.B. “His Best” (MCA)
1989
Gloria Estefan: “Here We Are”/“Cut Both Ways” (remixed) (Epic)
1991
Gloria Estefan: Into the Light (remixed) (Epic)
PRODUCER
1966
Harry Belafonte: Calypso in Brass (RCA Victor)
1977
Jimmy Carter: The Presidential Inaugural Album (Columbia)
Phoebe Snow: Never Letting Go (Columbia)
Kenny Loggins: Celebrate Me Home (Columbia)
Burt Bacharach: Futures (A&M)
Billy Joel: The Stranger (Columbia)
1978
Phoebe Snow: Against the Grain (Columbia)
Chicago: Hot Streets (Columbia)
Billy Joel: 52nd Street (Columbia)
1979
Chicago: Chicago XIII (Columbia)
1980
Paul Simon: One-Trick Pony (Warner Bros.)
Billy Joel: Glass Houses (Columbia)
1981
Paul Simon: On the Concert Stage (video)
Billy Joel: Songs in the Attic (Columbia)
1982
Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (Warner Bros.)
Karen Kamon: “Da Doo Ron Ron”/“You Can Do Better Than That” (single) (Columbia)
Broadway Cast Album: Little Shop of Horrors (Geffen)
Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain (Columbia)
1983
Barbra Streisand: Yentl (Columbia)
Barbra Streisand: “The Way He Makes Me Feel” (single) (Columbia)
Michael Sembello: Bossa Nova Hotel (Warner Bros.)
Billy Joel: An Innocent Man (Columbia)
Film Soundtrack: Flashdance (Casablanca)
Michael Sembello: “Maniac” (single) (Casablanca)
1984
Karen Kamon: Heart of You (CBS/Sony)
Film Soundtrack: Ghostbusters (Arista)
Julian Lennon: Valotte (Atlantic)
Karen Kamon: Voices (Atlantic)
1985
Paul McCartney: “Spies Like Us” (Capitol/Parlophone)
Film Soundtrack: White Nights (Atlantic)
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume 1 and Volume II (Columbia)
1986
Julian Lennon: The Secret Value of Daydreaming (Atlantic)
Eddie Rabbitt: Rabbitt Trax (RCA)
Paul McCartney: “Only Love Remains” (single) (EMI)
Marilyn Martin: “Night Moves” (single) (Atlantic)
Billy Joel: The Bridge (Columbia)
1987
Paul McCartney: “Once Upon a Long Ago”/“Back on My Feet” (single) (EMI)
Broadway Cast Album: Starlight Express (MCA)
1988
Barbra Streisand: “Till I Loved You”/“All I Ask of You” (single) (Columbia)
Paul McCartney: “Figure of Eight” (single) (Parlophone)
1989
Film Soundtrack: Goya—A Life in Song (Columbia)
Cyndi Lauper: “A Night to Remember”/“I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend” (Columbia)
Karen Carpenter: Lovelines (A&M)
Paul McCartney: “P.S. I Love You”/“Love Me Do” (single) (EMI)
1990
Paul Simon: The Rhythm of the Saints (Warner Bros.)
1991
Billy Joel: Leningrad (video) (CBS/Sony Music Video)
1992
Sinéad O’Connor: “I Believe in You” (A&M)
Ringo Starr: Time Takes Time (Private Music)
Sinéad O’Connor: Am I Not Your Girl? (Chrysalis)
Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall (Sony Music)
1993
Gloria Estefan: Christmas Through Your Eyes (Epic)
Frank Sinatra: Duets (Capitol)
André Previn: What Headphones? (Angel)
1994
Sylvia McNair and André Previn: Sure Thing—
The Jerome Kern Songbook (Polygram)
Frank Sinatra: Duets II ( Capitol)
Diane Schuur & B.B. King: Heart to Heart (GRP)
Barry Manilow: Singin’ with the Big Bands (Arista)
Broadway Cast Album: Passion (Angel)
1995
Frank Sinatra: Sinatra 80th Live in Concert (Capitol)
1996
Pavarotti & Friends: For War Child (Decca/London)
Film Soundtrack: Jingle All the Way (TVT)
Brian Setzer Orchestra: “Honky Tonk” (Interscope)
André Previn: Ballads (Angel)
Broadway Cast Album: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Angel)
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Guitar Slinger (Interscope)
Gerry Mulligan: Legacy (N2K Encoded Music)
Johnny Mathis: All About Love (Columbia)
Natalie Cole: Stardust (Elektra)
Broadway Cast Album: Company (Angel)
Broadway Cast Album: Big: The Musical (Universal)
Patricia Kaas: Café Noir (Sony Music)
1997
Paul McCartney: “Love Come Tumbling Down”/ “Beautiful Night” (EMI)
Paul McCartney: “Atlantic Ocean”/“Love Mix”/“Same Love” (EMI)
Tony Bennett/Billie Holiday: “God Bless the Child” (Columbia)
Clint Eastwood: Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (Warner Bros.)
Patricia Kaas: Dans Ma Chair (Sony Music)
Dave Grusin: Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story (N2K Encoded Music)
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume III (Columbia)
T. S. Monk: T. S. Monk on Monk (N2K Encoded Music)
1998
The Three Tenors: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (single) (Polygram)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: “Hollywood Nocturne” (Interscope)
Aretha Franklin: “Here We Go Again”/“In the Morning”/ “Nessun Dorma” (Arista)
Pavarotti & Friends: For the Children of Liberia (Decca/London)
Barry Manilow: Manilow Sings Sinatra (Arista)
1999
Elton John: Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (Disney/Hollywood)
Luciano Pavarotti & Friends: For Guatemala & Kosovo
(Decca/London)
Natalie Cole: Snowfall on the Sahara (Elektra)
Michael Bolton: Timeless/The Classics Vol. 2 (Columbia)
George Michael: Songs from the Last Century (Virgin)
2000
Pavarotti & Friends: For Cambodia and Tibet (Decca/London)
Diane Schuur: Friends for Schuur (Concord Jazz)
Liza Minnelli: Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace (Angel)
Broadway Cast Album: The Wild Party (Decca Broadway)
2001
Elton John: One Night Only/The Greatest Hits (Universal)
Pavarotti & Friends: For Afghanistan (Decca/London)
Various: An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (TV broadcast/ DVD, Image Entertainment)
Tony Bennett: Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (Columbia/RPM)
Diane Schuur: Swingin’ for Schuur (Concord Jazz)
Michael Amante: Michael Amante (Medalist)
Broadway Cast Album: Seussical: The Musical (Decca Broadway)
2002
Elton John and Alessandro Safina “Your Song” (single) (Mercury)
Rod Stewart: It Had to Be You…The Great American Songbook (J Records)
Liza Minnelli: Liza’s Back (J Records)
Bono: “That’s Life” (Mercury)
Various: Party at the Palace/The Queen’s Jubilee Concert (BBC/Opus Arts)
2003
Chicago: Chicago XXV—Christmas (Warner Bros.)
Michael Amante: Tell Her I Love Her (Medalist/RCA)
Rod Stewart: As Time Goes By…The Great American Songbook Volume II (J Records)
Peter Cincotti: Peter Cincotti (Concord)
Broadway Cast Album: The B
oy from Oz (Decca/Broadway)
2004
Film Soundtrack: Beyond the Sea (Rhino)
Ray Charles: Genius Loves Company (Concord)
Peter Cincotti: On the Moon (Concord)
Olivia Newton-John: Indigo: Women of Song (Universal—Australia issue only)
Barry Manilow: Scores: Songs from Copacabana and Harmony (Concord)
Tony Bennett: The Art of Romance (Columbia)
Clay Aiken: Merry Christmas with Love (RCA)
Elton John: Dream Ticket (DVD—Live from NYC & London) (Universal)
2005
Ray Charles: Genius & Friends (Warner Bros./Rhino)
London Cast: Billy Elliot (Universal International)
2006
Tony Bennett: Duets: An American Classic (Columbia/RPM)
Gladys Knight: Before Me (Verve)
Billy Joel: “All My Life” (single) (Columbia)
2007
Various Artists: We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song (Verve)
AWARDS, HONORS, AND DEGREES
Grammy Awards
1964
Stan Getz/Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto (Best Engineered Recording)
1969
Broadway Cast: Promises, Promises (Best Score)