The death of acclaimed producer Phil Ramone last week reverberated throughout the music industry, including with renowned singer and Malibu resident Barbra Streisand.
Ramone, 79, died Saturday, March 30, after having been hospitalized in New York since February with an aortic aneurysm, Billboard reported.
Streisand, who worked with Ramone on soundtracks for films such as “A Star is Born” and “Yentl,” said the producer left behind an everlasting musical legacy.
“We first worked together in 1967 when I did a free concert in Central Park. His brilliance at capturing sound was immediately evident. Later we worked together on the film “A Star Is Born” where Phil was able to record me singing live, including ‘Evergreen,'” Streisand said in a statement. “…Phil had impeccable musical taste, great ears and the most gentle way of bringing out the best in all the artists he worked with. The monumental recordings he produced will endure for all time.”
Ramone, who won 14 Grammy Awards, worked on classic albums with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and many others in his 50-year career. Due to all his success, he came to be known as the “Pope of Pop” and is also credited with being the first to use a fiber optics system to record from different studios on Frank Sinatra’s final two albums, “Duets” and “Duets II.”