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Re: Producer Phil Spector Charged With Murder



ahhhh........but did he do it?

"Mrkite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> ALHAMBRA, Calif. - Record producer Phil Spector, the 1960s
recording-studio
> wizard who created pop music's Wall of Sound, was charged Thursday with
> murder in the shooting death of a woman at his home last February.
>
>
> Spector, 63, was expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in the
slaying
> of 40-year-old Lana Clarkson (news), a B-movie actress and model found
dead
> in the foyer of his Alhambra mansion.
>
>
> He has been free on $1 million bail since his arrest for investigation of
> murder shortly after the shooting Feb. 3.
>
>
> Spector has denied he killed Clarkson, suggesting in an Esquire magazine
> interview that she may have shot herself. After more than six months of
> investigation, authorities concluded Spector shot her.
>
>
> Spector is famous for creating the Wall of Sound that involved overdubbing
> of multiple instruments, vocals and sound effects create a full, dramatic
> effect. The technique changed the way pop records were produced while
> bringing fame to groups like the Ronettes and the Crystals.
>
>
> Among the hits bearing his signature style are "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then
He
> Kissed Me" by the Crystals; "Walking in the Rain" by the Ronettes and
> "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by the Righteous Brothers.
>
>
> He also worked with Elvis Presley (news) and Ike and Tina Turner (news),
> produced the last Beatles album, "Let It Be," in 1970, worked with John
> Lennon (news) on "Imagine," and helped Yoko Ono (news) produce Lennon's
work
> after he was killed in 1980.
>
>





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