MINNEAPOLIS — They sealed the deal with a handshake. No contract, no lawyers. A 50-50 split on finances and credits, no matter who contributed what. That's one of the secrets to the partnership of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Equal partners.
It's Jam and Lewis. Like Lennon and McCartney. Goffin and King. Bacharach and David. Except Jam and Lewis aren't just songwriters, they're producers, too. Unlike those aforementioned songwriting pairs, they never broke up and never had a falling out in their 40-year Hall of Fame career.
"We never had an argument because an argument was one person wins, one person loses," Jam says. "I never want to see my partner lose at anything. So, we have disagreements, but a disagreement is something you solve."
