Legendary Music Producer Phil Ramone who produced BILLY JOEL's "The Stranger" album, which became Columbia Record's biggest selling album, has died at age 79. Phil Ramone, a Grammy Award winning producer, has collaborated with dozens of musicians including, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Paul Simon and many others. Phil Ramone succumed to pneumonia after having elective heart surgery. Photographed on the back cover of BILLY JOEL's "The Stranger" album is Phil Ramone ! Clock-wise > Doug Stegmeyer, Phil Ramone, Liberty DeVito, BILLY JOEL, Richie Cannata.
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