Richard Perry, Hitmaker, Dies at 82
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•Richard Perry, record producer behind You’re So Vain, other hits, dies at 82
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Richard Perry was a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds.
His successes included Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain and Rod Stewart’s The Great American Songbook series.
Perry was widely known as a “musician's producer,” treating artists like peers rather than vehicles for his own tastes.
In the ’70s , Perry helped facilitate a near-Beatles reunion.
Perry 's post-1970s work included such hit singles as The Pointer Sisters’ Neutron Dance and DeBarge’s Rhythm of the Night .
He helped make pop history the year before as producer of You’re So Vain, which he called the nearest he came to a perfect record.
Perry was a New York City native born into a musical family; his parents, Mark and Sylvia Perry , co-founded Peripole Music .
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