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Jimmy drops out of college
Jimmy Iovine dropped out of college when he was introduced to music producing by a songwriter who got him a cleaning job at a recording studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Begins professional work in a studio
Jimmy moved up in the studio from a custodian to an engineer and working professionally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Meets and works with John Lennon
Jimmy met John Lennon and worked on his music as an engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
The Record Plant
Jimmy Iovine became a staff member at a NY studio called The Record Plant.There he worked on Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album and Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Rise Up
Jimmy Iovine became more prominent as a music producer throughout the 70s by working with big names like Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, and U2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Show biz
Jimmy was in charge of supervising all the music used in the hit films Sixteen Candles and Scrooged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Interscope records
Jimmy Iovine co-founded Interscope records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Interscope and Death row
Interscope records acquired the exclusive rights to market and distribute the hardcore rap label Death Row Records, whose artists included hip hop stars Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg, at the center of the mid-'90s gangsta rap controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
8 Mile
Jimmy co-produced 8 Mile, the academy-award winning, box office topping movie about the life of Eminem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Beats by Dre
Iovine teamed up with Dr. Dre to co-found Beats By Dr. Dre, a headphones brand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine -
Apples buys Beats by Dr. Dre
Apple bought the Beats Electronics company from Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre for $3 billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine
