Streisand made two LPs with Perry, who encouraged her embrace contemporary songs like Laura Nyro's "Stoney End"

Perry, who started out as a drummer, was behind hits by Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Tiny Tim and scores of other singing stars.

Richard Perry, the record producer behind You're So Vain and other hits, worked with some of the greatest artists of his time, including Carly Simon, Rod Stewart and Ringo Starr. He was also behind a near-total reunion of the Beatles three years after the band broke up.

Richard Perry died on Dec. 24 from cardiac arrest at the age of 82. He was a well-known music producer who worked with stars like Barbra Streisand and Ringo Starr and was in a long-term relationship with actress Jane Fonda from 2009 until 2017.

Richard Perry, a record producer who helped craft hits in the 1970s and '80s, such as Carly Simon's "You're So Vain," died Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Perry, who died on Christmas Eve, left behind a body of work with artists like Carly Simon and Rod Stewart that can be seen as a roadmap of Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties pop

Famed Jewish record producer Richard Perry died on Tuesday at age 82 of cardiac arrest. With a lush, clear production style that separated itself from the more rock, guitar-oriented music of the 70s,

Perry got his start in the music biz doing novelty songs like “Safe as Milk” by Captain Beefheart and Tiny Tim’s immortal “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” He worked extensively with Harry Nilsson, producing his most critically-acclaimed work Nilsson Schmilsson,