The master, left, with Paul Simon at the 1976 Grammys, where they won album of the year for ‘Still Crazy After All These Years,’ Ramone’s first of three trophies in that category. Photo: The ...

NEW YORK 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 ...

Phil Ramone, the veteran record producer whose work with such top-tier talent as Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon made him one of the most revered figures in the music business, died ...

Phil Ramone, one of the most important recording engineers and producers in the music business, who was responsible for creating the sound for such diverse artists as Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin ...

Phil Ramone, the instinctive music producer whose mixing mastery for Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Billy Joel helped fashion some of the most sumptuous ...

Phil Ramone, one of music's most decorated producers, a man who worked with Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, and more, passed away on Mar. 30. Phil Ramone Dead — Legendary Music Producer Of Billy Joel ...

Phil Ramone was not a member of the Ramones. He was also not Phil Spector. He was something in between, a musician who handled the controls for many legendary recordings beginning in the 1960s ...

Billy Joel and Phil Ramone attend the 41st Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at The New York Marriott Marquis. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

The list of music stars who enlisted producer and engineer Phil Ramone read like a who's who of 20th century pop icons, from Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett to Paul Simon and Billy Joel.

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 ...