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| | CMT.com : Arif Mardin : Biography |
 | | Mardin's earliest production duties focused on projects with jazz artists including Sonny Stitt, Freddie Hubbard, Mose Allison, and Eddie Harris, but his stock truly began to rise in the wake of Franklin's 1967 arrival on the label roster. |
 | | In 1969, Mardin worked on the Dusty Springfield masterpiece Dusty in Memphis, and accepted a post as an Atlantic vice president; a year later, he moved on to produce Laura Nyro's Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, and also released his first solo LP, Glass Onion. |
 | | In 1974, Mardin traveled to Miami to produce the Bee Gees, who were at the time struggling to recapture their late-'60s pop success. |
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