Perry was also behind hits like The Pointer Sisters' "I'm so excited" and Carly Simon's "You're so vain".
Artists often turned to Perry to update their sound, as in the case of Barbra Streisand.
"Richard had the ability to match the right song with the right artist," writes Streisand in her memoir "My name is Barbra".
One of his greatest successes is Rod Stewart's million-selling "The great american songbook".
Richard Perry also had a finger in the pie when the members of The Beatles, three years after they had split, gathered in the studio to play on John Lennon's song "I'm the greatest", which is on Ringo Starr's solo album "Ringo". Paul McCartney, who couldn't participate at the time, instead wrote the ballad "Six o'clock" for the album.
Privately, Richard Perry had relationships with, among others, Jane Fonda and Elizabeth Taylor.
Richard Perry died on Christmas Eve after suffering a heart attack. He was 82 years old.
Corrected: An earlier version contained an incorrect statement about "I'm the greatest".
