# Music producer Phil Ramone is dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-producer-phil-ramone-is-dead/654374 "2013-03-30T20:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-producer-phil-ramone-is-dead/654374/1 "2013-03-30T20:48:51Z")
[Story](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/arts/music/phil-ramone-record-producer-and-winner-of-14-grammys-dies-at-79.html?hp). He was the sound behind successes by Paul Simon and Billy Joel, among others. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-producer-phil-ramone-is-dead/654374/2 "2013-03-31T02:40:30Z")
What a great talent. He really knew what it was all about. From the link - We ply our craft deep into the night, behind locked doors. And with few exceptions, the fruit of our labor is seldom launched with the glitzy fanfare of a Hollywood premiere.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-producer-phil-ramone-is-dead/654374/3 "2013-03-31T14:38:53Z")
Did some great work - would be nice to hear his stories, like we did with his peer Tom Dowd, in the documentary made about him…