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| '''Richard Perry''' is one of the most successful producers in music history and over his 40 year career in music has produced albums that have resulted in album sales of over 75 million copies. He has worked with such legendary artists as ] (on two ] solo albums), Rod Stewart, ], ], ], ], Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Martha Reeves, Art Garfunkel, The Temptations, Neil Diamond, Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson. Perry was the founder of Planet Records. | |||
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| It was Perry's idea to do the Great American Songbook with Rod Stewart and thus created an entire new genre of American Music which has revitalized the music industry. The first two volumes sold over ten million units worldwide. | |||
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| '''Richard Perry''' is an American ]. Perry began as a performer in his adolescence, but shifted gears after graduating college and rose through the 1970s to become a highly successful and popular record producer with over a dozen ]s to his credit by 1982. From 1978 to 1983, he ran his own record label, ], but continued after its sale to ] as an independent producer. With hit records stretching from the 1960s to the 2000s, Perry's more successful modern releases includes albums by ] and ]. | |||
| He has successfully used that genre again with Carly Simon, and ]. | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| ===Early life and career=== | |||
| Born in ], ] in 1942, Perry came to his interest in rock music young. In 1955, at the age of 12, he attended the first of ]'s live rock shows at ].<ref name = Grandpa>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/03/arts/the-pop-life-842389.html | work = ] | date = Wednesday, May 3, 1989 | last = Holden | first = Stephen | title = Old Grandpa Who | accessdate = 2009-06-07}}</ref> He began his career in rock music as a local performer during his adolescence.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:f9fyxqwgldde~T1 | title = Richard Perry | last = Eder | first = Bruce | publisher = ] | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> After graduating from the ], he shifted into ] briefly, collaborating with ], before taking a position with ] in 1965. Although ] and ] sold the label in 1966, Perry was launched on his career as a producer, with early projects including ]'s debut '']'' and ]'s '']''. In 1967, Perry moved to ] and in 1968 produced '']'', the debut album of ] artist ].<ref name=AMG/><ref name=Bio>{{cite web | url = http://richardperrymusic.com/ | title= biography | publisher = richardperrymusic.com | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> The album was Perry's first ], reaching #7 on '']'' magazine's ] chart.<ref name=AMG/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnfpxqq5ldse~T3 | title = God Bless Tiny Tim, Billboard albums | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> | |||
| The Perry and Simon relationship goes back to the Perry produced "No Secrets" which featured the legendary song "You're So Vain". In 2005 the Perry/Simon standards collaboration "Moonlight Serenade" was released and, with that, Perry gave Simon her first top ten album in 27 years. They also did a concert on the Queen Mary 2 on the high seas which became a PBS special. | |||
| ===1970s and 1980s === | |||
| Perry was well established as a producer by 1970. His credits during the decade include albums by ], ], ], Carly Simon, ], ], ] and ]. Among his notable projects in the period was the 1978 album ], by former ] member ]. The album featured work by each of the other Beatles and peaked at #2 on the Pop Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fpxqu5ldte~T3 | title = "Ringo", Billboard albums | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> | |||
| His Art Garfunkel standards album has been universally praised. | |||
| According to ]'s Bruce Eder, the 1970s found Perry "the most renowned producer in the field of popular music"; Eder goes on to indicate that "his mere involvement with a recording project was enough to engender a mention in the music trade papers and even the popular music press, and the array of gold- and platinum-selling albums with which he was associated made his name synonymous with success."<ref name=AMG/> As early as 1973, '']'' said of Perry that "the rungs on the ladder of success seem so much closer together when Perry is your guide."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oFQQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MowDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6428,2960859&dq=richard-perry | date = November 8, 1973 | work = The Village Voice | last = Adels | first = Robert | title = Beatles to Blue Eyes | accessdate = 2009-0706}}</ref> | |||
| Perry has had albums in the top ten every decade since the 1960's. | |||
| In 1978, Perry launched his own label, Planet Records, which he ran for six years until its 1983 sale to RCA, by which point Perry had produced throughout his career at least fifteen gold records (four of which had gone platinum) and a dozen gold singles.<ref name=AMG/><ref>Perry had achieved these figures by February 2, 1982. {{cite news | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aRgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SfsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6509,526586&dq=richard-perry | date = February 2, 1982 | page = 35 | work = ] | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> Among the label's roster during his tenure were acts such as ], ], the ], ] and the ],<ref name=AMG/> whose charting album '']'' was the label's debut.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn4UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OQMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7073,5158943&dq=producer+richard-perry | last = Arar | first = Yardena | title= Pointer Sisters' rollercoaster career is at highest point | work = ] | date = May 28, 1979 | accessdate = 2009-06-07}}</ref> After leaving Planet Records, Perry continued producing some of its acts, including the Pointer Sister, as well as producing efforts by such artists as Streisand, ], ], and ]. While pursuing these projects, Perry spent the latter part of the 1980s also pulling together a passion project, 1989's '']'', which featured contemporary artists like ], ], and ] performing classic rock songs by musicians of the 1950s and early 1960s.<ref name=Grandpa/> | |||
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| ==1990s and beyond== | |||
| In the 1990s and the 2000s, Perry produced such musicians as ]. He worked with ] on 1993's ''My World'', which was a minor chart success, reaching #145 on ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wvfqxqugld6e~T3 | title = My World, Billboard albums | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> He is credited with helping to craft ]'s charting ]s albums in the "] series, including '']''.<ref name=Fox>{{cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136763,00.html | title = Rod Stewart: No. 1, at Last, From the Get-Go | date = Wednesday, October 27, 2004 | last = Friedman | first = Roger | publisher = Fox News | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> Perry and Stewart produced some demos together which Perry played for record producer and label owner ] in the summer of 2000.<ref name=Fox/> Perry would go on to co-produce the first three records in the series. In 2004, he reunited with Carly Simon, with whom he had worked earlier in his career.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142041,00.html | title = Carly Simon back with original hit producer | date= Monday, December 20, 2004 | last = Friedman | first = Roger | publisher = Fox News | accessdate = 2009-06-07}}</ref> The resultant collaboration was 2005's '']'', which reached #7 on the Billboard 200 and was also a top internet download.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fbfqxq8sldde~T3 | title = Moonlight Serenade, Billboard albums | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> In 2006, he re-entered the studio with another previous collaborator, Art Garfunkel,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,187146,00.html | title = Paris Hilton Opens Up on Career, New Album | date = Wednesday, March 08, 2006 | accessdate = 2009-06-07 | last = Friedman | first= Roger | publisher= Fox News}}</ref> receiving both producer and ] credits on 2007's '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfuxqwrldde~T2 | title = Some Enchanted Evening | publisher = Allmusic | accessdate = 2009-07-06}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:06, 6 July 2009
Richard Perry is one of the most successful producers in music history and over his 40 year career in music has produced albums that have resulted in album sales of over 75 million copies. He has worked with such legendary artists as The Beatles (on two Ringo Starr solo albums), Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, The Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Martha Reeves, Art Garfunkel, The Temptations, Neil Diamond, Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson. Perry was the founder of Planet Records.
It was Perry's idea to do the Great American Songbook with Rod Stewart and thus created an entire new genre of American Music which has revitalized the music industry. The first two volumes sold over ten million units worldwide.
He has successfully used that genre again with Carly Simon, and Art Garfunkel.
The Perry and Simon relationship goes back to the Perry produced "No Secrets" which featured the legendary song "You're So Vain". In 2005 the Perry/Simon standards collaboration "Moonlight Serenade" was released and, with that, Perry gave Simon her first top ten album in 27 years. They also did a concert on the Queen Mary 2 on the high seas which became a PBS special.
His Art Garfunkel standards album has been universally praised.
Perry has had albums in the top ten every decade since the 1960's.
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