Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a trial in 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years to life.
Decades before, Spector had been hailed as a visionary for channeling Wagnerian ambition into the three-minute song, creating the"Wall of Sound" that merged spirited vocal harmonies with lavish orchestral arrangements to produce such pop monuments as"Da Doo Ron Ron,""Be My Baby" and"He’s a Rebel." By his mid-20s his"little symphonies" had resulted in nearly two dozen hit singles and made him a millionaire."You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling," the operatic Righteous Brothers ballad which topped the charts in 1965, has been tabulated as the song most played on radio and television — counting the many cover versions — in the 20th century.
Spector worked on George Harrison’s acclaimed post-Beatles triple album,"All Things Must Pass," co-produced Lennon’s"Imagine," and the less successful"Some Time in New York City," which included Spector’s picture over a caption that read,"To Know Him is to Love Him.". The producer himself was played by Al Pacino in a 2013 HBO movie.
He would later tell friends Clarkson had shot herself. The case was fraught with mystery, and it took authorities a year to file charges. In the meantime, Spector remained free on $1 million bail. Harvey Phillip Spector, in his mid-60s when he was charged with murder, had been born on Dec. 26, 1939, in New York City’s borough of the Bronx. Bernard Spector, his father, was an ironworker. His mother, Bertha, was a seamstress. In 1947, Spector’s father committed suicide because of family indebtedness, an event that would shape his son’s life in many ways.
He began working with star composers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who had met at Fairfax High a few years before Spector arrived. Ultimately, he found his niche in producing. During this period he also co-wrote the hit song,"Spanish Harlem," with Ben E. King, and played lead guitar on the Drifters'"On Broadway."
cindygallop 'Murderer' didn't even make the cut?
RediTlhabi a better headline.
Thought this was Sam Rockwell
And Jeffrey Dahmer was a 'lousy dinner guest'...🤦♂️
Rot in hell
He was also a convicted murderer. Let’s not forget that.
'Lousy'? hehe
Wall of bars
First tweet I saw today that gets it right.
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