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Rock producer Phil Spector, who was convicted of murder, dies of COVID-19 at 81 Phil Spector was convicted of murder for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress. Reuters Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 12:08 PM IST Rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop music in the 1960s with his Wall of Sound recordings and was convicted of murder for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress, has died at age 81 of COVID-19, according to authorities and media reports. Spect...

Music producer, convicted of murder, Phil Spector, dead at 81 18 Jan 2021 / 08:05 H. FILE PHOTO: Music producer Phil Spector is pictured wearing a variety of wigs during his murder trial in this combination image made from file photos. Spector, 69, was sentenced to at least 19 years in prison for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress and could spend the rest of his life behind bars. REUTERS/Files/File Photo LOS ANGELES, Jan 17: Rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop mus...

Updated: 18 Jan 2021, 17:25 RECORD producer Phil Spector masterminded some of music’s biggest hits - but once told an interviewer: “I have devils inside that fight me.” The man behind the ‘Wall of Sound’ - who died this weekend from Covid - would introduce himself as a genius but recognised he was prone to madness, adding: “I’m probably relatively insane.” 15 Phil Spector called himself a genus but was plagued with mental health issuesCredit: Kobal Collection - Rex Features Spec...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images Most everybody recalls the 1963 single by the Crystals, Da Doo Ron Ron. Few, though, could name the song on the reverse of that phonograph 45, the obscure instrumental Git’ It. Every great succes...

AFP/Los Angeles (AP) Spector produced recordings for The Beatles, Ike and Tina Turner, Cher and the Ramones. Spector, who revolutionised 1960s pop music with his Wall of Sound production technique but who was imprisoned in 2009 for murder, has died at age 81, authorities said Sunday. In his heyday, Spector was the undisputed king of rock ‘n’ roll producers, the Tycoon of Tee whose music helped define the soaring optimism of a generation. But the sharp suits and dark sunglasses favoured by t...

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The inconvenient truth about art – ugly people can create beautiful things Social media calls to erase Phil Spector and his evil ilk from the canon are impossibly naive – it would be easier to expunge art itself Phil Spector with his ex wife Ronnie, in the 1960s Credit: Redferns Does great art transcend morality? Or, more demotically, can we still listen to The Ronettes now we’ve all been inconveniently reminded that Phil “Wall of Sound” Spector spent his last years in prison for the...

Producer Phil Spector, the legendary studio revolutionary of the ’60s and ’70s who...

Phil Spector: Musical genius who swapped the Wall of Sound for jail January 17 2021, 5.06pm Phil Spector arrives at the Foltz Criminal Justice Centre for his retrial for the alleged murder of Lana Clarkson. Phil Spector went from being a musical genius and one of the most influential pop producers of all time to serving life in prison for murder. He enjoyed a stellar career as a pop innovator behind hits like Da Doo Ron Ron and You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, but in 2003 he was accused of k...

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