This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. It's important to remember where you came from, and who brought you there. My road into adulthood was carried by many of the songs that Arif Mardin ...

Arif Mardin, who died Sunday at 72, was a record producer whose work helped form the pop soundtrack of the past four decades, from Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” (1967) and the Bee Gees early disco “Jive ...

June 26, 2006, New York - Grammy Award-winning producer Arif Mardin died Sunday evening at the age of 74, after fighting a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. During his incredible career, ...

Arif Mardin, 74, a music producer who worked with hundreds of artists -- from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees -- and guided Norah Jones's best-selling album "Come Away With Me," for which he won four ...

The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers ranging from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones. In a ...

Arif Mardin, the veteran record producer, got the call in August 2001. Bruce Lundvall, head of Blue Note Records, had signed a gifted young singer and had recorded her debut album with another ...

Grammy-winning arranger and record producer Arif Mardin, who was behind sounds as diverse as the Bee Gees‘ falsetto and Norah Jones’ debut album, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at his New York City ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Arif Mardin may not be a household name, but he worked with more than a few familiar faces who are. In his 40-plus years with Atlantic and Manhattan Records, before his death in ...

Frank Stasio speaks with record producer Arif Mardin who this week will receive the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Trustees' Award for his career-long contributions in the recording ...