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Harvey Phillip " Phil " Spector (December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s and his two trials and conviction for murder in the 2000s.
Jan 18, 2021 · US music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder. Spector, who transformed pop with his "wall of sound" recordings, worked with the Beatles,...
- Who Was Phil Spector?
- Early Career
- Commercial Success
- Seclusion
- Collaboration with The Beatles
- Trials and Murder Conviction
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Phil Spector got his first hit song while still in high school with a group called The Teddy Bears. Spector went on to write and produce multiple number one songs in the United States and the United Kingdom, also developing the "Wall of Sound" technique. In 2009, Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson and received a 19-year prison sen...
Spector was born Harvey Philip Spector on December 26, 1939, in New York City. When Spector was 9 years old, his father committed suicide. His grieving family moved to Los Angeles in 1953. Spector attended Fairfax High School, where he learned how to play the guitar and started writing songs. During his time at Fairfax, he met fellow students Marsh...
With the help of independent producers, Lester Sill and Lee Hazlewood, Spector went to New York and worked with hit-makers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. He became a staff producer for Dune Records, where he produced a string of hits and became an industry sensation. In 1961, Spector and Still formed their own label, Philles Records. The partners s...
But life wasn't unfolding exactly as Spector had hoped. In 1966, he produced Ike and Tina Turner's single "River Deep, Mountain High." Spector considered it his greatest production to date. While it placed at No. 3 on the U.K. pop charts, it peaked at No. 88 in the U.S. Embittered, Spector went into seclusion for two years, during which time there ...
In 1969, Spector returned to work after he was asked to produce George Harrison and John Lennon's solo albums. After successful results, he was asked to turn a series of the Beatles' recording sessions into a marketable album. The resulting work, Let It Be, topped both the U.S. and U.K. charts and yielded the No. 1 single, "The Long and Winding Roa...
A year later, Spector was ordered to stand trial in Los Angeles. During the proceedings, Spector would arrive at court wearing various wigs which became a hot topic on internet blogs. The case itself came to a head on September 26, 2007, but jurors could not reach a definite verdict. The murder case was declared a mistrial. Proceedings for a murder...
In March 2013, Al Pacino played Spector in the movie Phil Spectorabout the famous record producer's murder trial and conviction.
Phil Spector was a legendary music producer who created the \"Wall of Sound\" technique and wrote several No. 1 hits. He was also convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2009 and died in prison in 2021.
Jan 17, 2021 · Phil Spector, one of the most influential and successful record producers in rock ’n’ roll, who generated a string of hits in the early 1960s defined by the lavish instrumental treatment known...
Jan 18, 2021 · This Nov. 19, 2019 booking photo provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Phil Spector. Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
May 27, 2024 · Phil Spector, American record producer of the 1960s, described by writer Tom Wolfe as the ‘First Tycoon of Teen.’. He used orchestral arrangements of immense scale and power in what became known as the wall of sound. In 2009 he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of an actress.
Jan 17, 2021 · The eccentric and revolutionary producer who created the “Wall of Sound” method died of natural causes in prison, where he was serving a life sentence for killing actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. He also worked with the Beatles, Lennon, Harrison and other rock legends, but was known for his temperamental and violent behavior.
