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Harvey Phillip Spector (born Harvey Philip Spector; December 26, 1939-January 16, 2021) was a record producer, musician, and songwriter known for developing the Wall of Sound, a production style he claimed provided a Wagnerian approach to rock and roll. Spector is considered one of the most successful producers of the 1960s[1] and one of the most influential figures in pop music history. Born in The Bronx, Spector moved to Los Angeles in his teenage years. In 1958 he founded pop group The Teddy Bears and wrote the number-one hit "To Know Him Is To Love Him" for them. After an apprenticeship to Leiber and Stoller, Spector co-founded Philles Records in 1960. At 21 years old, Spector was the youngest U.S. label owner at that point, and was subsequently dubbed the "First Tycoon of Teen"[2][3]. Spector was considered the music industry's first auteur for his unprecedented control over the entire recording process[4]. He produced acts such as the Ronettes, the Crystals, Ike & Tina Turner, and Darlene Love (the latter of which he produced and co-wrote the hit song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for), and often collaborated with arranger Jack Nitzsche and engineer Larry Levine. Spector's de facto house band, later known as "the Wrecking Crew", rose to fame through his successful songs. In the early 1970s, Spector produced the Beatles' Let It Be and several solo records by John Lennon and George Harrison. By the mid-1970s, Spector had produced eighteen U.S. Top 10 singles. Following one-off productions for Leonard Cohen (Death of a Ladies' Man), Dion DiMucci (Born to Be with You), and the Ramones (End of the Century), Spector retired into seclusion[1]. Read more here… References
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