Jimmy Iovine, an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media proprietor best known as the co-founder of Interscope Records was born on March 11, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, to an Italian working-class family.
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Jimmy’s father Vincent “Jimmy” Iovine, worked on the docks as a longshoreman. His father loved Christmas and after his death, Jimmy was inspired to record A Very Special Christmas in 1985.
Jimmy’s mother was a secretary. There’s not much information about her.
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Iovine went to Catholic school in Brooklyn, graduating from the now-defunct Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School and going on to study at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He dropped out of college when he was 19 years old. After meeting a songwriter who got him a job cleaning a recording studio, he was introduced to music production and soon began working as an engineer.
Iovine has been involved in the production of over 250 albums since the beginning of his career.
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