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Behind the Scenes: Iovine in the Right Place

Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 17 November 1977

NEW YORK — In 1973, when he was working with producer John Lennon as assistant engineer on Harry Nilsson's Pussycats album, Jimmy Iovine looked up at Lennon and said, "Gee, John, that's one of the greatest songs you've ever written." Iovine was somewhat taken aback when Lennon and Nilsson seemed to find the comment hilarious.

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