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Thread #169181   Message #4088735
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jan-21 - 05:13 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Phil Spector (1939-2021)
Subject: RE: Obit: Phil Spector (1939-2021)
JOHNHMC - Spector was one of the writers on ..'loving feeling'. He contributed a part and shaped it into the song you know, as well as producing the 'wall of sound'. Spector wrote or contributed to classic songs which were the pop soundtrack of an era, and wasn't just a Svengali producer. He was a 'genius of pop music' and knew it, but the label corrupted and turned him, along with drink and drugs, into a tyrant. Apart from the obvious 50's and 60's sounds, he influenced the Beatles to such a point that he produced and co-produced John and George's early solo classics. His genius influence, bounced off onto other pop 'geniuses' in their writing of songs and productions.