Phil Spector, the legendary music manufacturer who revolutionized rock and roll with his “Wall of Sound” recording methods, has died, according to California state prison officials, where Spector was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.
Spector, 81, was pronounced dead from “natural causes” Saturday night in an outdoor hospital, according to a statement.
Your official cause of death will be decided and announced through the Medical Examiner of the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
The legendary music maker, who has worked with a litany of famous artists, adding to the Beatles, Tina Turner and the Ronettes, is the most productive known for creating the revolutionary “Wall of Sound”, which (in his own words) is doing everything sound as if it were live and being heard on the radio when you record it in the studio. The strategy influenced primary artists such as Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and the Beach Boys. Spector produced 20 of the 40 most sensitive hits between 1961 and 1965, according to AFP news agency recount, Spector died while serving a 19-year life sentence for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was discovered dead at her home in Alhambra, California, with a bullet in her maiden head.
Spector’s first number one hit came here as a teenager. “Knowing him is loving him” recorded through Spector and two school friends under the band Teddy Bears, and sold more than a million copies after its release in 1958. Millionaire Spector at 21.
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