Making somebody "sound great" has rarely been a problem for Ramone. He has engineered and produced some of the most popular -- and most talented -- singers in the music business. The list includes Sinatra, Simon, Joel, Tony Bennett, James Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Ray Charles.
He's up for two Grammys for his work on Charles' swan song, "Genius Loves Company," for which he produced five cuts. He's also nominated for his work on "The Boy from Oz," and he'll be receiving a special technical award. Overall, including the technical award, he has won 10 Grammys.
If Ramone is best known these days for his work with vocalists, he has actually ranged all over the musical spectrum in his career, engineering and/or producing records for jazzmen John Coltrane, Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan; folkies Peter, Paul & Mary; soft music duo the Carpenters; hard rocker Alice Cooper; and the Broadway casts of "Promises, Promises" and "Chicago" (both of which, incidentally, featured Jerry Orbach).
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