Barbra Streisand celebrated Richard Perry's "uncanny ability to pick the hits" in a tribute to the late producer, who died this week at the age of 82. Streisand worked with Perry on two albums, Stoney End and Barbra Joan Streisand,

Music producer Richard Perry, who was behind hits by Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Tiny Tim and scores of other singing stars, died Tuesday. He was 82.

Richard had a knack for matching the right song to the right artist,” Barbra Streisand said of record producer Richard Perry.

Richard Perry, an iconic music producer behind hits like "You're So Vain," has died at 82. He worked with legends like Rod Stewart and Barbra Streisand.

We lost one of the greats this week, when producer Richard Perry died at age 82. Like such contemporary producers as Jack Antonoff, Finneas, Daniel Nigro and Greg Kurstin, Perry was almost as famous as the artists he worked with (at least among pop music obsessives).