Jimmy Iovine

Born: 1953-03-11

Jimmy Iovine is a trailblazer in music, business, and education. He is the co-founder of Beats Electronics (Beats by Dre) and Beats Music, alongside hip-hop producer and virtuoso Andre “Dr. Dre” Young. He is also the co-founder of Interscope Records, the USC Iovine and Young Academy and the Iovine and Young Center (IYC). In 2022, Iovine was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun Award. Hailing from the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Iovine started his career at the famed Record Plant recording studio in his late teens, where vocalists and musicians like John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen were able to bring their musical visions to life. He first worked as a recording engineer — eventually branching out to produce songs for the former Beatles member and “The Boss.” He also worked with Patti Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dire Straits, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, U2, and The Pretenders. In 1990, Iovine co-founded the record label Interscope Records. Under Iovine, Interscope Records worked to empower artists, ensuring their needs and ideas came first. He turned artists into major hitmakers — with Dr. Dre, Nine Inch Nails, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, Eminem, the Black Eyed Peas, Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani, and Lady Gaga among the artists Interscope Records signed. Meeting Dr. Dre at Interscope Records led to an ongoing business relationship between the music pioneers. The fashionable speaker, headphone, and earbud empire Beats Electronics (Beats by Dre) was born in 2006. The duo co-founded the subscription-based music service Beats Music a few years later. In 2014, tech and digital powerhouse Apple acquired Beats Electronics, Beats by Dre, and Beats Music. Iovine and Dr. Dre continued their professional relationship, wanting to transform education. Influenced by lessons learned at Beats, they saw the importance of a mixed technology and liberal arts education for the modern workforce. In 2013, the pair co-founded the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation at the University of Southern California following a major endowment. The Academy readies college students for the tech-driven job marketplace. Inspired by the curriculum of the Academy, Iovine and Dr. Dre co-founded IYC. IYC provides high school students with an integrated technology-, design-, and entrepreneurship-based education.


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Piece by Piece

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Released: 2024-10-10

The story of the life and career of American musician Pharrell Williams in the style of LEGO...

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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

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Released: 2022-11-19

The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5,...

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Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

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Released: 2023-03-17

Filmmaker Morgan Neville captures Dave Letterman on his first visit to Dublin to hang out with...

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

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Released: 2007-10-14

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this...

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Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

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Released: 2017-04-19

The life and successes of iconic music executive Clive Davis, from his miraculous start at...

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Inventing David Geffen

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Released: 2012-11-19

Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this...

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Wings for Wheels: The Making of 'Born to Run'

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Released: 2005-11-15

What can be said about Born To Run that hasn't already been said or written over the years? The...

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The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Released: 2010-10-07

The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band...

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The Merchants of Cool

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Released: 2001-02-27

A documentary on the marketing of pop culture to Teenagers.

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Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

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Released: 2010-08-03

The latest addition to Eagle's critically acclaimed and highly successful Classic Albums series...

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Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks

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Released: 2007-02-01

With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful...

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Behind the Music

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First aired: 1997-08-17

An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

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Classic Albums

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First aired: 1997-04-14

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive...

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The Defiant Ones

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First aired: 2017-07-09

A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son...

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The Shop

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First aired: 2018-08-28

A one-of-a-kind barbershop experience with unfiltered conversation and debate from the biggest...

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