An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits

The longtime record producer and engineer, who died Saturday, worked with the industry's biggest names (including JFK), helping good artists sound great and the great ones even better.That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party," recorded Marilyn Monroe seducing President John F. Kennedy in son...

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