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==Early life and training==
James Iovine was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]], tototo aan [[JewishItalians|Italian]]<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jimmy-iovine-the-man-with-the-magic-ears-20120412|title=Jimmy Iovine: The Man With the Magic Ears|publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/interviews/iovine.html|title=merchants of cool|date=27 February 2001|website=Pbs.org|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref> working-class family. His mother was a secretary and his father, Vincent "Jimmy" Iovine,<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/features/6327830/how-jimmy-iovine-made-it-a-very-special-christmas-in-1985 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-02-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121210340/http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/features/6327830/how-jimmy-iovine-made-it-a-very-special-christmas-in-1985 |archivedate=2016-01-21 |df= }} </ref> worked in the docks as a longshoreman. His father's passing and his love for Christmas inspired Jimmy to record ''[[A Very Special Christmas (album)|A Very Special Christmas]]'' in 1985.<ref name="billboard.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/jimmy-iovine-5122017|title=Jimmy Iovine|website=Biography.com|accessdate=10 November 2017}}</ref> Iovine attended [[Catholic]]<ref name="pbs.org"/> school in Brooklyn, graduating from the since-closed Bishop Ford Central Catholic HS and went on to attend New York's [[John Jay College of Criminal Justice]].<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> At 19, he was a college dropout. He was introduced to music production after he met a songwriter who got him a job cleaning a recording studio. He began working as a studio professional around 1972.<ref>{{cite web|last=Salamone|first=Gina|title=Brooklyn-born 'American Idol' Mentor Preps Contestants For Finale|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/brooklyn-born-american-idol-mentor-jimmy-iovine-preps-contestants-finale-article-1.1082105|date=May 22, 2012|publisher=New York Daily News|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> Since the start of his career, Iovine has been involved in the production of more than 250 albums.<ref name=allmusicbio /><ref>{{cite web|last=Hillburn, Robert and|first=Phillips, Chuck|title=They Sure Figured Something Out|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-24/entertainment/ca-49148_1_interscope-records|date=October 24, 1993|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=March 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lamb|first=Bill|title=Profile: Jimmy Iovine|url=http://top40.about.com/od/popmusicproducers/p/Jimmy-Iovine.htm|publisher=About.com|accessdate=March 13, 2013}}</ref>
==Career==
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