Profile
Phil Spector
Songwriter and Music Producer
Male
Born
Dec 26, 1940
Age
72
Hometown
New York City, Ne...
Genres
Rock music + Pop ...
Instruments
Piano + Guitar
Performed With
The Ronettes + Th...
Record Label
ABKCO Music & Rec...
Other Names
Harvey Phillip Sp...
Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter. The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s girl-group sound and produced over 25 Top 40 hits in 1960–1965. Some of his famous… Read More
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Romance
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Rachelle ShortMarried 2006 - Present
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Stephanie JenningsDated 1994
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Melissa GrosvenorDated 1991 - 1992
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Dorothy MelvinDated 1988 - 1993
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Devra RobitailleDated 1976 - 1977
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Dianne OgdenDated
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Annette MerarMarried
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Janis SavalaMarried
Family
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Phil Spector
Age 72
parents
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Ben SpectorFather
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Bertha SpectorMother
siblings
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Shirley SpectorSister
children
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Louis Phillip SpectorSon, Age 47
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Donte Phillip SpectorSon, Age 44
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Nicole Audrey SpectorDaughter, Age 31
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Phillip Spector Jr.Son, d.1991
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Gary Phillip SpectorSon
News + Updates
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Amy Winehouse's Dad Slams Beyonce CoverHuffington Post - Apr 22, 2013
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Jay Weston: Mamet's American Buffalo Opens At The Geffen Playhouse!Huffington Post - Apr 11, 2013
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Zach Hindin: Judge, Jury And Record Producer: A Critic Looks At Phil SpectorHuffington Post - Apr 08, 2013
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Cilla Mc Cain: Out Of The Ashes: The Other SpectorHuffington Post - Apr 05, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1940
Birth
Spector was born on December 26, 1940, to a lower-middle-class Jewish family in the Bronx in New York City.
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1949
8 Years Old
Spector's father committed suicide on April 20, 1949.
TEENAGE
1958
17 Years Old
By early 1958, Spector and his bandmates had raised enough money to buy two hours of recording time at Gold Star.
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1960
19 Years Old
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In 1960, Sill arranged for Spector to work as an apprentice to Leiber and Stoller in New York.
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TWENTIES
Leiber and Stoller recommended Spector to produce Ray Peterson's "Corrina, Corrina", which reached #9 in January 1961.
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1962
21 Years Old
Spector continued to work freelance with other artists. In 1962, he produced "Second Hand Love" by Connie Francis, which reached #7.
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Spector also released solo material by Darlene Love in 1963.
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However, the sound of the Righteous Brothers' singles was so distinctive that the act chose to replicate it after leaving Spector, notching a second #1 hit in 1966 with the Bill Medley-produced, "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration".
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Spector subsequently lost enthusiasm for his label and the recording industry. Already something of a recluse, he withdrew temporarily from the public eye, marrying Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, lead singer of the Ronettes, in 1968.
Spector emerged briefly for a cameo as a drug dealer in the film Easy Rider, in 1969. (He had also, in 1967, appeared as himself in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie.)
THIRTIES
In 1971, Spector was named director of A&R for Apple Records.
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The most probable and significant reason for his withdrawal, recently revealed by biographer Dave Thompson, was that in 1974 Spector was seriously injured when he was thrown through the windshield of his car in a crash in Hollywood.
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1975
34 Years Old
A similar relationship with Britain's Polydor Records led to the formation of the Phil Spector International label in 1975.
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The majority of Spector's classic Philles recordings had been out of print in the U.S. since the original label's demise, although Spector had released several Philles Records compilations in Britain. Finally, he released an American compilation of his Philles recordings in 1977, which put most of the better known Spector hits back into circulation after many years.
FORTIES
1981
40 Years Old
Spector worked with Yoko Ono in 1981, and co-produced Season of Glass, her first work after the death of her husband, John Lennon.
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1989
48 Years Old
For his contributions to the music industry, Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
FIFTIES
1991
50 Years Old
Phillip Spector, Jr. died of leukemia on Christmas Day, 1991.
LATE ADULTHOOD
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Bruce Cutler represented him during the 2007 trial, but withdrew on August 27, 2007, claiming "a difference of opinion between Mr. Spector and me on strategy."
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2008
67 Years Old
The retrial of Spector for murder in the second degree began on October 20, 2008, with Judge Fidler again presiding; this time it was not televised.
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2009
68 Years Old
Spector was immediately taken into custody and was formally sentenced on May 29, 2009, to 19 years to life in the California state prison system.
The California Court of Appeal affirmed Spector's conviction in May 2011 and denied his request for a rehearing of the appeal shortly thereafter.
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