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Jimmy Iovine was among the most notable pop producers of the 1980s, helming hit records for artists including Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks and U2 before becoming a high-powered executive through his enormously successful Interscope Records label. Born in Brooklyn, New York on March 11, 1953, he began his career as an engineer, and by 1973 was on staff at the renowned New York studio the ...more


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