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** Ronnie Spector has observed that the subject matter of Ronettes' songs seemed to follow the trajectory of their budding relationship. (First came "Be My Baby", followed by "Baby I Love You", etc.)
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** Not just albums. "River Deep--Mountain High" for Ike & Music/TinaTurner was pure chaos in the studio. Spector spent over $20,000 (about $150,000 in today's money) on the session, with over 40 musicians and singers involved. The song itself was a mash-up of three different songs that co-writers Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich had been working on. Turner did dozens of takes of the lead vocal, and was sweating to the point that she took off her shirt and did much of the session wearing just her bra. Its failure on the American charts (only peaking at #88 in Billboard) was something of a CreatorKiller for Spector.
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** Not just albums. "River Deep--Mountain High" for Ike & Music/TinaTurner was pure chaos in the studio. Spector spent over $20,000 (about $150,000 in today's money) on the session, with over 40 musicians and singers involved. The song itself was a mash-up of three different songs that co-writers Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich had been working on. Turner did dozens of takes of the lead vocal, and was sweating to the point that she took off her shirt and did much of the session wearing just in her bra. Its failure on the American charts (only peaking at #88 in Billboard) was something of a CreatorKiller for Spector.
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* BlackSheepHit: His biggest hit as a producer, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers, is notable for having two of his usual collaborators absent due to other commitments: Earl Palmer did the drumming rather than Hal Blaine, and the arrangement was by Gene Page instead of Jack Nitzsche.
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* CreatorCouple: With Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes. At least until they divorced.
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* RealitySubtext: His first hit, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, was inspired by the epitaph (''To Know Him Was To Love Him'') on the gravestone of his father Ben Spector, who killed himself when Phil was just 9 years old. Knowing that what is basically a teenage TorchSong was written by a young man reflecting on his father's suicide gives an interesting subtext to a few of the lyrics.
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* RealitySubtext: His first hit, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, was inspired by the epitaph (''To Know Him Was To Love Him'') (''TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM'') on the gravestone of his father Ben Spector, who killed himself when Phil was just 9 years old. Knowing that what is basically a teenage TorchSong was written by a young man reflecting on his father's suicide gives an interesting subtext to a few of the lyrics.
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* ProductionPosse: In his classic period, Spector collaborated with a core group of people. He produced, Jack Nitzsche did the arrangements, Larry Levine was the recording engineer, Music/SonnyBono and Nino Tempo were his assistants (though they both drifted away to focus on their own careers as performers--Bono with his wife Music/{{Cher}}, Tempo with his sister April Stevens), and he had a few favorites among the Wrecking Crew group of L.A. session musicians that he preferred to use, like guitarists Tommy Tedesco and Barney Kessel, bassists Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman, keyboardists Don Randi and Larry Knechtel, and drummers Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer.
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* ProductionPosse: In his classic period, Spector collaborated with a core group of people. He produced, Jack Nitzsche did the arrangements, Larry Levine was the recording engineer, Music/SonnyBono and Nino Tempo were his Spector's assistants (though they both drifted away to focus on their own careers as performers--Bono with his wife Music/{{Cher}}, Tempo with his sister April Stevens), and he had a few favorites among the Wrecking Crew group of L.A. session musicians that he preferred to use, like guitarists Tommy Tedesco and Barney Kessel, bassists Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman, keyboardists Don Randi and Larry Knechtel, and drummers Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer.
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* RealitySubtext: His first hit, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, was inspired by the epitaph (''To Know Him Was To Love Him'') on the gravestone of his father Ben Spector, who committed suicide killed himself when Phil was just 9 years old.old. Knowing that what is basically a teenage TorchSong was written by a young man reflecting on his father's suicide gives an interesting subtext to a few of the lyrics.
-->''Why can't he see?\\
How blind can he be?''
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How blind can he be?''
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* RealitySubtext: His first hit, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, was inspired by the epitaph (''To Know Him Was To Love Him'') on the gravestone of his father Ben Spector, who committed suicide when Phil was 9.just 9 years old.
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* RealitySubtext: His first hit, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, was inspired by the epitaph (''To Know Him Was To Love Him'') on the gravestone of his father Ben Spector, who committed suicide when Phil was 9.
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* OneHitWonder: He was one as a performer, as a member of the trio The Teddy Bears ("To Know Him is to Love Him"), then worked with a bunch as a producer.
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* ProductionPosse: In his classic period, Spector collaborated with a core group of people. He produced, Jack Nitzsche did the arrangements, Larry Levine was the recording engineer, Music/SonnyBono and Nino Tempo were his assistants (though they both drifted away to focus on their own careers as performers--Bono with his wife Music/{{Cher}}, Tempo with his sister April Stevens), and he had a few favorites among the Wrecking Crew group of L.A. session musicians that he preferred to use, like guitarists Tommy Tedesco and Barney Kessel, bassists Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman, keyboardists Don Randi and Larry Knechtel, and drummers Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer.
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** Not just albums. "River Deep--Mountain High" for Ike & Music/TinaTurner was pure chaos in the studio. Spector spent over $20,000 (about $150,000 in today's money) on the session, with over 40 musicians and singers involved. The song itself was a mash-up of three different songs that co-writers Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich had been working on. Turner did dozens of takes of the lead vocal, and was sweating to the point that she took off her shirt and did much of the session wearing just her bra. Its failure on the American charts (only peaking at #88 in Billboard) was something of a CreatorKiller for Spector.
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* ReclusiveArtist: He became this in the 1970's and didn't give any major interviews until 2007.
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* TroubledProduction: ''Music/LetItBe'', ''[[Music/JohnLennon Rock 'N' Roll]]'', ''[[Music/LeonardCohen Death Of A Ladies' Man]]'' and ''[[Music/TheRamones End Of The Century]]'' spring to mind.
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* TroubledProduction: ''Music/LetItBe'', ''[[Music/JohnLennon Rock 'N' Roll]]'', ''[[Music/LeonardCohen Death Of A of a Ladies' Man]]'' and ''[[Music/TheRamones End Of The of]] [[Music/EndOfTheCentury the Century]]'' spring to mind.mind.
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* CreatorCouple: With Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes. At least until they divorced.
* TroubledProduction: ''Music/LetItBe'', ''[[Music/JohnLennon Rock 'N' Roll]]'', ''[[Music/LeonardCohen Death Of A Ladies' Man]]'' and ''[[Music/TheRamones End Of The Century]]'' spring to mind.
* TroubledProduction: ''Music/LetItBe'', ''[[Music/JohnLennon Rock 'N' Roll]]'', ''[[Music/LeonardCohen Death Of A Ladies' Man]]'' and ''[[Music/TheRamones End Of The Century]]'' spring to mind.
