"Perry Como wasn't that different to me than Paul Simon or Ray Charles, " she tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

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The producer Phil Ramone, who's helped make records for Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Paul Simon, worked with Lynne on Just a Little Lovin'.

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Ramone's collaboration with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon won a total of three Album Of The Year awards, and Ramone won Producer Of The Year (non-classical) in 1980, The Recording Academy said.

CNN: Music producer and innovator Phil Ramone dead at age 72

He produced three records that won Grammys for album of the year - Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years in 1976, 52nd Street and Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company in 2005.

BBC: US music producer and CD pioneer Phil Ramone dies

Ramone's collaboration credits are a Who's Who of the music industry: Burt Bacharach, Bono, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra, to name a few.

CNN: Music producer and innovator Phil Ramone dead at age 79

Ramone's collaboration credits are a Who's Who of the music industry: Burt Bacharach, Bono, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.

CNN: Music producer and innovator Phil Ramone dead at age 72