In the eternal debate on the separation of work and artist, the case of Phil Spector has always figured prominently. Even though his musical activity had been at half-mast for decades, long before his 2009 prison sentence for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson on February 3, 2003, Spector would remain one of the most innovative producers in the history of pop music and rock'n'roll.
Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound
gussie5555His revolutionary "wall of sound" recording technique, which he developed in the early 1960s was applied to artists as diverse as the Ronettes (Be My Baby), the Crystals (Then He Kissed Me), the Righteous Brothers (You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin and Unchained Melody), Ike and Tina Turner (River Deep, Mountain High), the Beatles (Let It Be), John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band and Imagine) and George Harrison (All Things Must Pass), Leonard Cohen (Death of a Ladies' Man), Dion (Born to Be with You), not to mention New York punk gods, Ramones (End of the Century)!
