Jimmy Iovine

James Iovine ( ; born March 11, 1953 ) is an American entrepreneur, former record executive, and media proprietor. He co-founded Interscope Records in 1990, and served as chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M, an umbrella music unit formed by Universal Music Group, from 1999 to 2014.

Iovine has been involved in the production of at least 250 albums. In 2006, Iovine and Interscope signee Dr. Dre co-founded Beats Electronics. Two years later, the brand launched its first set of headphones. In late 2013, they began development for Beats Music, and released it in 2014, which went on to become the framework for Apple Music. The company was purchased by Apple Inc. for $3 billion in May 2014. At the same time, Iovine vacated his positions as chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, ending his twenty-five year relationship with his label.

On August 21, 2018, after initial denial, Iovine parted ways with Apple and effectively retired from the media business. He is credited or named in institutional education centers such as the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, which was inaugurated in 2013, and the Iovine and Young Center, a magnet high school which opened in Los Angeles in August 2022.

Early life and training Iovine was born on March 11, 1953, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, to an Italian working-class family. worked on the docks as a longshoreman. He has an older sister, born in 1946. The family lived in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. His father died in 1985.

Iovine attended a Catholic school in Brooklyn, graduating from the now-closed Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School and went on to attend New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. At age 19, he dropped out of college. He was introduced to music production after he met a songwriter who helped him find a job as a recording studio cleaner, and he soon began working as an engineer.

Career Music career

1970s–1980s: Music production and engineering In the early 1970s, Iovine became a recording engineer, working with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, among others. By 1973, Iovine was a part of the staff, working for the now-demolished New York City faction of the Record Plant, where he worked on Springsteen's Born to Run and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell. He came to prominence through his work on Patti Smith's album Easter (1978), which included her Top 40 hit "Because the Night". He later collaborated with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Damn the Torpedoes and U2 on Rattle and Hum. Iovine produced Bella Donna (the first solo album by former Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks), Making Movies for Dire Straits, The Distance for Bob Seger and Get Close for The Pretenders.

Iovine served as sound engineer for the Voyager Golden Records, a pair of phonograph records that were launched aboard the Voyager space probes in 1977. His father's death and love for Christmas inspired Iovine to record and oversee A Very Special Christmas in 1985. The compilation was not released until 1987 under Interscope's future sister label A&M Records. Iovine chose to not profit off the album and instead used the money from album sales to help fund Special Olympics programs. Following the release of the first album, ten more were produced. The initiative has raised over $145 million and helped more than 110 local Special Olympics programs. He was responsible for supervising the music used in the 1984 romance film Sixteen Candles, Streets of Fire and the 1988 comedy film Scrooged.

1989–2014: Interscope Records In 1989, Iovine and Ted Field, founder of film production label Interscope Communications, co-founded Interscope Records. A year later, the label secured a distribution deal with Atlantic Records and garnered success with artists including No Doubt, 4 Non Blondes and Gerardo. Atlantic owned a 50% stock in the label. Iovine and Field signed Tupac Shakur to a recording contract as one of the first hip-hop acts under Interscope in 1991. A year later, Interscope became notable for providing distribution, initial funding and financial oversight for the highly successful Death Row Records. Death Row, founded by Suge Knight, operated as a subsidiary of Interscope, beginning with the December 14, 1992 release of label artist and producer Dr. Dre's solo debut album The Chronic. With singles consisting of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and "Let Me Ride", both of which featuring labelmate Snoop Dogg, The Chronic sold over five million copies in the United States and became Dr. Dre's best-selling album in his career. Iovine and Dr. Dre formed a friendship following the release of The Chronic. Over 19 million records sold from Death Row, the label was largely responsible for Interscope's multi-platinum success throughout the 1990s. However, Snoop Dogg accumulated more success on Death Row and Interscope with his November 1993 debut Doggystyle. It opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales in 1990s hip hop. In November 1995, Interscope released Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt, which sold over 16 million copies worldwide as its single, "Don't Speak" made number one on Billboard's Radio Songs chart.

In September 1995, after internal conflict with Atlantic Records over controversy concerning the label's support of gangsta rap, the label and its former parent company at the time, Time Warner made the decision to sell off its share in Interscope to Iovine and Field. In January 1996, Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of the music division of MCA Inc., convinced Iovine and Field to bring Interscope to the company in exchange for acquiring 50% of the label's shares for $200 million. As a result, Interscope was placed in the same company portfolio of labels alongside future sister label Geffen Records, MCA Records, Universal Records and DreamWorks Records. By then, MCA was sold off by Matsushita Electric (also a parent company of Panasonic) to Canadian distillery and mass media conglomerate Seagram. With Interscope now under the MCA and Seagram shade, the label managed to gain more success with Tupac Shakur's double album All Eyez on Me, which opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 566,000 copies sold in its first week. The album became another success for the rap division of the label and Death Row Records, where artist Dr. Dre felt uncomfortable due to founder and former CEO Suge Knight's consistent spending, violent behavior and gang affiliation. As a result, Dr. Dre departed from Death Row and re-signed with Interscope through a new label deal, creating his own imprint called Aftermath Entertainment. The label's foundation proved to be challenging, when on November 26, 1996, upon release, the compilation Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath, was given a lukewarm response as was The Firm's The Album, despite the latter, released on October 21, 1997, almost a year after Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. Iovine, as stated on the 2017 HBO documentary, The Defiant Ones, was pressured by Doug Morris to either give Dr. Dre time to control his music and artists or drop him from his label. Iovine responded, "We could that, but then, you would save my salary as well because I'm going with him." Interscope had further success with Tupac Shakur's posthumous record The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory as well as Snoop Dogg's Tha Doggfather and Bush's Razorblade Suitcase.

Iovine offered to sign hip hop entrepreneur Master P and his imprint, No Limit Records, but he rejected the offer. Iovine allegedly threatened him and his management team that if they would not consider the Interscope deal, they would never "find another deal in the industry nor in this town". In December 1996, MCA Music Entertainment was renamed Universal Music Group with Interscope and various other labels now being a part of the newly rebranded UMG.

Following Death Row founder Suge Knight's probation violation and prison sentence in 1997, Iovine and Interscope ended their business relationship with Death Row; the final album released under the Death Row/Interscope deal was the soundtrack to the Tupac Shakur action film, Gridlock'd, which managed to reach the Billboard 200's number one position.

In March 1998, Iovine invited Dr. Dre to his house to listen to the Slim Shady EP, released in 1997 by an underground rapper, who was participating a tournament of rap battles at the time, by the name of Eminem. The tape eventually landed in the hands of Interscope A&Rs Dean Geistlinger and D.J. Mormile, who later turned it in to label co-founder Ted Field, who also sent it to Iovine for review. Upon suggestion from Iovine, he urged Dr. Dre to find Eminem and have him join the Interscope family through Dre's label, Aftermath. Eminem has found success with both labels despite controversy involving his lyrical themes.

On December 10, 1998, Seagram acquired PolyGram, and it merged with the Universal Music Group. After the PolyGram and MCA merger of Universal Music Group, Interscope became sister labels to new entries A&M Records, Def Jam Recordings, Island Records, Mercury Records and Motown. In 1998, Interscope, Geffen and A&M were put together under the umbrella label as Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA).

In February 2001, Ted Field parted ways with IGA, leading Iovine to take full control of the labels. In June 2002, Iovine negotiated Eminem and Dr. Dre's joint venture agreement involving then-upcoming hip hop artist and fellow New Yorker 50 Cent. On February 9, 2003, he released his debut studio album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', to acclaim.

Between 1999 and 2003, Iovine merged A&M, DGC, MCA and DreamWorks into Interscope Geffen A&M. Because A&M co-founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss filed suit against Iovine, Interscope, and UMG for breach of contract involving the label's operations, A&M Records operated as a one-off subsidiary of Interscope Records. The two plaintiffs were given a $200 million out of court settlement. At the end of 2003, Iovine made over $45 million in revenue generated from music sales from his label.

For the next four years, Iovine, Interscope and Geffen saw extended success from other artists including D12, AFI, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Gwen Stefani (as a solo artist), The Game, Robin Thicke, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, The Pussycat Dolls and others. Iovine discovered Lady Gaga in 2007 who was sent to work with singer-songwriter Akon, who in exchange for his mentorship of Gaga, asked Iovine to sign her to Vincent Herbert's Streamline Records and Interscope.

In 2014, Universal Music Group reported that Iovine was departing from Interscope Records, ending his twenty-five year tenure with the label and vacating his fifteen-year dual position as chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (now Interscope Capitol Labels Group, as of 2024). It was confirmed that the Fueled by Ramen co-founder John Janick was hired as Iovine's replacement. Janick was hired to become Interscope's president and COO in 2012. The final artist Iovine signed to his label was J. Cole. On May 28, 2014, Iovine effectively vacated his CEO and chairman positions, while departing from Interscope. The news of his departure from the label occurred following the sale of his and Dr. Dre's headphone company, Beats Electronics, to Apple Inc.

Business career

Beats Electronics In 2006, Iovine worked with Dr. Dre to create Beats Electronics. It was originally a conversation between the two where Iovine exclaimed to Dr. Dre, "fuck sneakers, we need to do speakers." The first set of headphones were produced in 2007 and were launched in 2008. The company had captured 20 percent market share of the headphones industry by 2012. In January 2013, Iovine announced the expansion of Beats into the online digital music world with Daisy, a new service slated to launch in late 2013. Former Topspin Media executive Ian Rogers and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor were said to be involved. In January 2014, Beats Music was developed and opened to the public after being announced on December 8, 2013. On May 28, 2014, Apple Inc. announced the acquisition of Beats Electronics. The acquisition gave Dr. Dre and Iovine a share of over $3.24 billion, becoming the largest acquisition deal in the history of Apple's timeline. Iovine was hired to assume an undisclosed position at Apple where he helped in the creation of Apple Music, which was launched in the summer of 2015 as replacement for Beats Music. On June 26, 2018, Iovine and Dr. Dre were ordered to pay $25 million to former partner and creative designer, Steven Lamar, who sued the two co-founders for $100 million in unpaid royalties for designing the early Beats headphone models. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 after news broke out of Apple's acquisition of the headphone brand a year prior. He was the creative consultant for Apple Music until August 2018. Citing high usage of music technology and little direction to where Apple Music could be headed to, Iovine quietly left the company and effectively retired from the media industry.

In August 2023, it was announced that the Iovine and Young Center was partnering with Atlanta Public Schools to open a new learning center at Frederick Douglass High School in August 2024. The goal of the center is to prepare students for their future academics and careers.

In August 2024, Iovine and Dr. Dre announced they would partner with Inglewood Unified School District to open a new high school to help revive a district that had been forced to close schools due to declining enrollment. Regarding the partnership, Iovine stated, “We wanted to start in the inner city, because Dre and especially me, I owe a lot to the inner city of Los Angeles and we intend to pay it back.”

Film and documentary productions In 2002, Iovine and former Shady Records president Paul Rosenberg co-produced 8 Mile, which opened at number one in the box office and went on to gross more than $240 million worldwide. The film also garnered an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its theme song, "Lose Yourself", making Eminem the first rapper to win this award. Additionally, Iovine executive produced the 2005 crime drama Get Rich or Die Tryin' , named after the 2003 debut album of its leading star, 50 Cent. He also produced the 2009 documentary More than a Game, which centered on the life and career of basketball athlete LeBron James; his label Interscope released a soundtrack for the documentary.

Television career In 2005, Iovine made a guest appearance as himself in the Family Guy fourth season episode "Don't Make Me Over".

From 2011 to 2013, Iovine was a mentor on Fox's American Idol. Iovine's protégés—Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, and Candice Glover—released their music through Interscope. Iovine departed from the show in mid-2013; he was replaced by Randy Jackson.

In July 2017, HBO ran a four-part documentary about Jimmy Iovine's relationship with Dr. Dre and other musicians titled The Defiant Ones.

Voice roles Iovine and Dr. Dre had provided their voices and motion capture performances in two downloadable content updates for Grand Theft Auto Online (2013); the first was 2020's Cayo Perico Heist and the second was 2021's The Contract, the latter of which the player helps to unlock unreleased music by Dr. Dre in between missions or after completing them.

Philanthropy In May 2013, Iovine and Dr. Dre donated $70 million to the University of Southern California to create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. The first class of the academy began in September 2014 with 31 students. On October 2, 2019, the USC opened the Iovine and Young Hall.

In April 2020, Iovine and Dr. Dre donated to the city of Compton to provide support for medical supplies, free COVID-19 testing, and 145,000 meals for residents of the city. In May 2020, Iovine and Dr. Dre partnered with restaurant chain Everytable to provide 30 days of drive-thru meals to Compton residents.

Honors and recognitions In 2011, Iovine was honored by The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Grammy Awards. "This year we pay tribute to an industry leader, Jimmy Iovine, who has made an indelible impact as a recording engineer, producer, founder of Interscope Records, and now, entrepreneur focused on audio quality," Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the governing body of the Grammy Awards, said in presenting the award.

On May 17, 2013, Iovine received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the University of Southern California and gave the 2013 USC commencement address.

In 2022, Iovine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Ahmet Ertegun Award category.

Personal life New York rock radio DJ Carol Miller and Iovine had a two-year relationship in the late 1970s. Miller says "Jimmy had a wonderful, close-knit Italian Catholic family from Brooklyn and Staten Island who could not have been nicer to me. It was I, the Jewish girl from Queens, who always felt silently out of place." She says her father was not very nice to Iovine and was against the relationship due to the differences in their religions. According to Miller, the relationship ended in 1980, when Iovine began spending most of his time in California working with singer Stevie Nicks.

While producing her album Bella Donna, Iovine entered into a relationship with Nicks. The two eventually broke up in 1982. Nicks wrote the song, "Straight Back", included in the Fleetwood Mac album, Mirage, about him. According to Nicks, Iovine was an inspiration for one of her signature songs, "Edge of Seventeen". The song also became the backbone for the guitar sample used on Destiny's Child's hit single, "Bootylicious" (2001). Nicks has said that Iovine's despondence from the death of his good friend John Lennon overwhelmed her, and eventually led to the end of their relationship. However, the strong emotion of the time led to the creation of "Edge of Seventeen".

Iovine was married to writer, lawyer, and model Vicki Iovine since 1985 before divorcing in 2006. It was finalized in 2009; the couple have four children.

In 2014, he started dating Liberty Ross, the sister of music composers Atticus and Leopold Ross. They were married in front of their Malibu beach house on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2016, with friends and family in attendance.

On November 22, 2023, Iovine was accused of sexual harassment by an unnamed woman. On February 15, 2024, the accuser dropped the sexual abuse case with prejudice. Documents obtained by Billboard also revealed that while a summons notice was filed in November 2023, no official lawsuit had been filed against Iovine after the claim was made.

Selected discography

Discography Complete discography Year Album Artist Role 2014 The New Classic Iggy Azalea Producer 2012 5 Classic Albums Tom Petty Producer 2012 Horses/Easter Patti Smith Mixing, Producer 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen... B. B. King Producer 2012 Strange Euphoria Heart Engineer, Producer 2012 Jasmine Night Dreams Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer Mixing Assistant 2011 A Very Special Christmas, Volume 1–2 Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2011 Born This Way: The Collection Lady Gaga Executive Producer 2011 In Touch/Midnight Rider Tommy James Remix Engineer 2011 Outside Society: Looking Back 1975–2007 Patti Smith Producer 2011 The Essential Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixer 2011 The Classic Albums Collection: 1974–1983 Kansas Assistant Engineer 2011 Ultimate Hits:Rock and Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Mixing, Producer 2010 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems Various Artists Producer 2010 Greatest Hits Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 2010 Double Play Kirk Franklin Executive Producer 2010 Nothing N.E.R.D. Composer, Executive Producer 2010 The Promise Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2010 The Collection: 1973–1984 Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2010 Ultimate '80s Movie Hits Various Artists Producer 2009 Essential '80s: Classic Eighties Various Artists Producer 2009 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2009 Rare Cuts The D.I.s Executive Producer 2009 Sex Therapy Robin Thicke Executive Producer 2009 The Best of 1980–2000 U2 Producer 2009 The Best of Alison Moyet Alison Moyet Producer 2009 Ultimate Blues: Decca Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2008 A Very Special Christmas:Playlist Plus Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2008 Bat Out of Hell/Hits Out of Hell Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixing, Producer 2008 Doll Domination 2.0 The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2008 The Great Big Scottish Songbook Various Artists Producer 2008 Four Christmases Various Artists Producer 2008 Incredible Clique Girlz Executive Producer 2008 Lo Essential de Rock 101 Various Artists Producer 2008 Seventies Power Ballads Various Artists Producer 2008 The Block New Kids on the Block Executive Producer 2008 Themes, Volumes 1–5 Simple Minds Producer 2008 World's Best Dad Gift Set Various Artists Producer 2007 101 '80s Hits Various Artists Producer 2007 A Very Special Christmas:20th Anniversary Collection Various Artists Executive Producer 2007 Across the Universe (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer 2007 CBGB Forever Various Artists Producer 2007 Crystal Visions:The Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 2007 Four Decades of Folk Rock Various Artists Producer 2007 Insomniac Enrique Iglesias Producer 2007 Now That's What I Call the 80's Various Artists Producer 2007 T-shirt/Final Exam Loudon Wainwright III Ensemble, Mixing 2007 World's Best Dad (2007) Various Artists Producer 2006 Anthology, Volumes 1–2 Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 2006 Arista Columbia Records 1980–1991 Willie Nile Producer 2006 I Don't Need A Man The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2006 Pirate Radio Pretenders Producer 2006 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani A&R 2006 18 Singles U2 Audio Production, Producer 2005 All Woman: Platinum Collection Various Artists Producer 2005 Boxed Eurythmics Producer 2005 Cast of Characters:The Rupert Holmes Songbook Rupert Holmes Assistant Engineer 2005 Don't Cha The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 Great Songs of Indifference:The Anthology 1986–2001 Bob Geldof Producer 2005 Instigator Kaci Brown A&R 2005 PCD The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 Private Investigations:The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler Dire Straits Producer 2005 Stickwitu (Urban Mix) The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 The Very Best of Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Producer 2005 Very Best of Natural Woman Various Artists Producer 2005 The Ultimate Collection B. B. King Producer 2004 20th Century Masters: The Best of the '80s Various Artists Producer 2004 Anthology: Sound + Vision B. B. King Producer 2004 Carved in Stone: Live at Red Rocks, Volume II Various Artists Producer 2004 I Don't Want to Go Home/This Time It's for Real Southside Johnny Engineer, Mastering, Mixing 2004 Left of the Dial:Dispatches from the '80s Underground Various Artists Producer 2004 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani A&R 2004 Shall We Dance? Various Artists Executive Producer 2004 Shark Tale (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer 2003 20th Century Masters -The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Lone Justice Producer 2003 7 Enrique Iglesias Executive Producer 2003 30 Best Irish Hits, Volume 2 Various Artists Producer 2003 Damn the Torpedoes/Southern Accents/Hard Promises Tom Petty Producer 2003 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Mixing, Producer 2003 Jett Rock:Greatest Hits of Joan Jett& the Blackhearts Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Producer 2003 Long Time Coming Jonny Lang A&R 2003 Rodney Rooney Rodney Rooney Engineer, Producer 2003 School of Rock Original Soundtrack Various Artists Producer 2003 Songbirds (WEA International) Various Artists Producer 2003 The Complete Atlantic Sessions Mark Farner Mixing, Producer 2003 The Essential Alison Moyet Alison Moyet Producer 2003 The Essential Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2003 Who Will I Run To/Kiss Me Like That Kiley Dean Executive Producer 2002 Grammy Nominees 2002 Various Artists Executive Producer 2002 Greatest Hits (Universal Japan) B. B. King Producer 2002 Greetings from Asbury Park/The Wild, The Innocent/Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2002 Land (1975–2002) Patti Smith Producer 2002 Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com Various Artists Executive Producer 2002 Meat Loaf and Friends (2002 Version) Meat Loaf Producer 2002 The Best of Simple Minds Simple Minds Producer 2002 The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Producer 2002 America: A Tribute to Heroes Various Artists Producer 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary,Volume 2 (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 2001 Collection Tracy Chapman Producer 2001 The Very Best of Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.) Rod Stewart Producer 2001 Ultimate Collection Graham Parker Producer 2001 Anthology B.B. King Producer 2001 Anthology: Through the Years Tom Petty Producer 2001 Greatest Hits Pretenders Pretenders Producer 2000 Lucky Numbers Soundtrack: Various Artists Producer 2000 Ultimate Collection Maria McKee Producer 1999 18 Tracks Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1999 200 Cigarettes Original Soundtrack Various Artists Producer 1999 Damn the Torpedoes/Southern Accents/Into the Great Wide Open Tom Petty Producer 1999 Dead Ringer/Midnight at the Lost and Found/Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf Producer 1999 Girls Night Out (Telstar TV) Girls Night Out Producer 1999 His Definitive Greatest Hits B. B. King Producer 1999 Master Hits: Graham Parker Graham Parker Producer 1999 This World Is Not My Home Lone Justice Producer 1999 Voodoo Dollies: The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1998 Armageddon: The Album Various Artists Producer 1998 Atlantic Records 50 Years:The Gold Anniversary Various Artists Producer 1998 Enchanted: The Words of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 1998 First Generation:Virgin 25 Years Various Artists Producer 1998 My Hometown Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Producer 1998 Sultans of Swing:The Very Best of Dire Straits Dire Straits Producer 1998 The Nu Nation Project Kirk Franklin Executive Producer 1998 The Very Best of Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixing 1998 Tracks Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 1997 80s Hits Back, Volume 3 Various Artists Producer 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute Various Artists Producer 1997 Fit to Be Tied:Greatest Hits by Joan Jett& the Blackhearts Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Producer 1997 Home Alone Christmas Various Artists Producer 1997 One Step Up/Two Steps Back:The Songs of Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1997 Sounds of the Season Various Artists Engineer, Producer 1997 The Very Best of Mother's Finest:Not Yer Mother's Funk Mother's Finest Producer 1996 Greatest Rock Hits of the '80s Various Artists Producer 1996 It Takes Two (Columbia) Various Artists Producer 1996 Mellow Classics Various Artists Producer 1996 No Holding Back Graham Parker Producer 1996 The Patti Smith Masters:The Collective Works Patti Smith Mixing, Producer 1996 This Is the '80s Various Artists Producer 1996 XXI Dwight Twilley Mixing 1995 Airport: The Motors' Greatest Hits The Motors Producer 1995 Best Rock Ballads in the World...Ever Various Artists Producer 1995 Christmas of Hope Various Artists Engineer, Producer 1995 Geffen Vintage '80s, Volume 1 Various Artists Producer 1995 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing 1995 Exhale (Shoop Shoop) Whitney Houston Producer 1995 Playback Tom Petty Producer 1995 The Best Rock Album in the World...Ever! Various Artists Producer 1995 Singles (US/UK) Alison Moyet Producer 1994 Angel of Harlem U2 Producer 1994 Flashback Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 1994 Greatest Hits Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Producer 1994 Keep the Fire Burnin Dan Hartman Producer 1994 Reality Bites (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1994 Sedated in the Eighties Various Artists Producer 1994 The Air Up There(Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture) Various Artists Executive Producer 1994 The Lead and How to Swing It Tom Jones Executive Producer 1993 Dead Ringer/Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf Audio Production 1993 Greatest Hits: Tom Petty Tom Petty Producer 1993 Passion Is No Ordinary Word:The Graham Parker Anthology 1976–1991 Graham Parker Producer 1993 Now: 1986 (1993) Various Artists Producer 1993 Robin Zander Robin Zander Producer 1992 Classic Rock Box:WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Box Various Artists Producer 1992 A Very Special Christmas, Volume 2 Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1992 Glittering Prize 1981–1992 Simple Minds Producer 1992 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston Producer 1992 King of the Blues(Box) B. B. King Producer 1992 Matters of the Heart Tracy Chapman Producer 1992 Rock the First, Volume 5 Various Artists Producer 1991 Classic Rock: 1966–1988 Various Artists Producer 1991 Greatest Hits Eurythmics Producer 1991 Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 1990 Dream A Little Dream Various Artists Producer 1989 A Very Special Christmas Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1989 Angel Eurythmics Producer 1989 Don't Ask Me Why Eurythmics Producer 1989 Roadhouse (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1989 Soundtrack Smashes: The '80s Various Artists Producer 1989 Storyteller:The Complete Anthology 1964–1990 Rod Stewart Producer 1989 Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1989 The Continuing Story of Radar Love Golden Earring Producer 1989 The King and Queen of America The Eurythmics Producer 1989 These Here Are Crazy Times Boom Crash Opera Producer 1989 We Too Are One Eurythmics Audio Production, Producer 1988 Desire U2 Producer 1988 Dream of Life Patti Smith Producer 1988 Easy Pieces Easy Pieces Example 1988 Folkways: A Vision Shared- A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly Various Artists Producer 1988 Money for Nothing Dire Straits Producer 1988 Rattle and Hum U2 Producer 1988 Scrooged (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Music Supervisor 1988 See the Light The Jeff Healey Band Producer 1987 Bedrock Vice Thrashing Doves Producer 1987 The Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Producer 1987 Light Of Day (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1987 Maria Vidal Maria Vidal Executive Producer, Producer 1987 Raindancing Alison Moyet Producer 1987 The Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1987 The Singles Pretenders Producer 1987 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Producer 1986 Get Close Pretenders Producer 1986 Live 1975–1985 Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1986 Menlove Ave. John Lennon Assistant Engineer 1986 Rock For Amnesty Various Artists Producer 1986 Shelter Lone Justice Producer 1986 The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks Producer 1985 Confrontation Face to Face Producer 1985 Lone Justice Lone Justice Producer 1985 Make It Better (Forget About Me) Tom Petty Producer 1985 Once Upon a Time Simple Minds Producer 1985 Rock a Little Stevie Nicks Producer 1985 Rocky IV (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1985 Southern Accents Tom Petty Producer 1985 Weird Science (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Against All Odds (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Cat Dancer Sandy Stewart Executive Producer, Producer 1984 Face to Face Face to Face Producer 1984 Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 1984 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman Producer 1984 Sixteen Candles (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Streets of Fire (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1983 Body Wishes Rod Stewart Producer 1983 Change of Heart Tom Petty Producer 1983 Stand Back Stevie Nicks Producer 1983 Reelin' in the Years, Volume 1 Various Artists Mixing, Producer 1983 The Crossing Big Country Mixing 1983 The Wild Heart Stevie Nicks Producer 1983 Under A Blood Red Sky U2 Producer 1982 Long After Dark Tom Petty Producer 1982 Officer and a Gentleman(Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1982 The Distance Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Producer 1981 A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Tom Petty Producer 1981 Bad For Good Jim Steinman Producer 1981 Bella Donna Stevie Nicks Producer 1981 Dead Ringer Meat Loaf Producer 1981 Golden Down Willie Nile Producer 1981 Hard Promises Tom Petty Producer 1980 Making Movies Dire Straits Producer 1980 Rockin' at Ground Zero The Gears Executive Producer 1980 Tenement Steps The Motors Producer 1980 The River Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1980 The Up Escalator Graham Parker Audio Production, Producer 1980 This Day and Age D.L. Byron Producer 1979 Damn The Torpedoes Tom Petty Producer 1979 Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty Producer 1979 Live Mother's Finest Producer 1979 No Frills Mark Farner Audio Production, Producer 1979 Perfect Stranger Robert Fleischman Producer 1979 Refugee Tom Petty Producer 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 1978 Easter Patti Smith Group Producer, Mixing 1978 Grab It For A Second Golden Earring Producer 1978 Paley Brothers Paley Brothers Producer 1978 The Flame The Flame Producer 1977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf E 1976 I Don't Want to Go Home Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Engineer 1975 Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart Bobby Short Engineer 1975 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing 1975 Jasmine Nightdreams Edgar Winter Group Mixing Assistant 1975 Jasmine Nightdreams Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer Mixing Assistant 1974 Hard Labor Three Dog Night Mixing Assistant 1974 Kansas Kansas Assistant Engineer 1974 Pussy Cats Harry Nilsson Assistant Engineer 1974 Shock Treatment The Edgar Winter Group Assistant Engineer 1974 Saints & Sinners Johnny Winter Engineer 1974 Walls and Bridges John Lennon Overdub Engineer 1973 Western Head Music Co. Augie Meyers Bass

Filmography Complete filmography Date Title Credit Format 2024 Piece by Piece Himself Film 2020 Grand Theft Auto Online Himself Video Game 2017 The Defiant Ones Himself TV documentary 2013 Nina Executive Producer Film 2011 Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden Executive Producer TV documentary 2011 American Idol Mentor (Season 10 – Season 12) TV series 2009 Archie's Final Project Executive Producer Film 2008 More Than a Game Executive Producer Film 2008 Ringo Starr: Off the Record Executive Producer TV documentary 2006 Off the Record: Bono and The Edge Executive Producer TV documentary 2008 Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious Executive Producer TV series (6 Episodes) 2007 Cane Executive Producer TV series (12 Episodes) 2006 Rock Legends: Platinum Weird Executive Producer TV movie2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Executive Producer Film 2003 Interscope Records Presents The Next Episode Executive Producer TV series 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show Executive Producer TV special 2002 8 Mile Executive Producer Film 2001 Farmclub.com Executive Producer TV series 1989 Road House Music Supervisor Film