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Advertisement Los Angeles: The rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop music in the 1960s with his "Wall of Sound" recordings and was convicted of the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress, has died after contracting COVID-19 at the age of 81. Spector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965 and went on to work with the Beatles on Let It Be, as well as Leonard Cohen, the Righteous Brothers and Ike and Tina Turner. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....

Spector emerged as one of the most precocious musical talents and pop tastemakers of his generation before it all went wrong in his later years.

Spector emerged as one of the most precocious musical talents and pop tastemakers of his generation before it all went wrong in his later years.

Phil Spector, who revolutionised 1960s pop music with his "Wall of Sound" technique but ended up in prison for murder, has died at age 81.

Phil Spector’s sublime music will be heard long after its poisonous creator has been forgotten    ​ The maniacal producer tuned pop into truly great art, making classic after classic – and his evil deeds dont change that Phil Spector in 1963 Credit: Getty The Wall of Sound has crumbled. Phil Spector is dead, and it is hard to know how to feel about that. Spector was both hero and villain, a musical genius and deeply unpleasant human being. Do we lament one of the legendary architects of...

If the arts maniacal, Im maniacal: Phil Spector, in 1966 Credit: Getty NB. This piece first ran in February 2003, and has been republished following the death of Phil Spector, aged 81 I have not been well, says Phil Spector, choosing his words carefully. I was crippled inside. Emotionally. Insane is a hard word. I wasnt insane, but I wasnt well enough to function as a regular part of society, so I didnt. I chose not to. He pauses. I have devils inside that fight me. The classical music that has...