Bernard Alfred “Jack” Nitzsche was born in Chicago on April 22, 1937. Eventually moving to Los Angeles, Nitzsche began orchestrating and collaborating with legendary producer Phil Spector. Through that association, Nitzsche worked with the Rolling Stones, culminating with his choir arrangement on the massive hit “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”

Shortly after working with the Rolling Stones, Nitzsche joined forces with Neil Young, a collaboration that began years earlier when Young was with Buffalo Springfield. After a few years in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s without much success, Nitzsche scored a hit with Buffy Saint-Marie with “Up Where We Belong” from the movie “An Officer and A Gentleman,” for which he won an Oscar.

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All Music: Jack Nitzsche
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