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Phil Spector, who died Saturday of COVID-19 complications, started out his music career in high school in California and went on to work with The Beatles, before was jailed for murder.
John Lennon called him "the greatest record producer ever", but Spector's reputation was forever tarnished by his murder conviction.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital. Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his...
Phil Spector, the visionary record producer who revolutionized pop music in the early 1960s with his majestic sound and fierce ambition but became notorious
100 Greatest Movie Songs From 100 Years of Film By Chris Compendio, Stacker News On 1/16/21 at 11:00 AM EST While visuals are a huge part of what ultimately defines movies, it is the combination of imagery and sound that completes the full cinematic experience. Even before the advent of "talking pictures" in the late 1920s, musical scores accompanied films in one way or another, whether it was through live accompaniment from a performer or a synchronized gramophone record system. As the film industry became more mainstream and commercialized, the use of popular songs and music generally in...