Phil Spector built pop singles like cathedrals, stacking guitars, strings, and voices into a dense, reverb-soaked 'Wall of Sound' that made three-minute songs feel monumental. He turned girl groups into vehicles for pure sonic spectacle, and in doing so rewrote what a record producer could be — an auteur as central to the song as the singer. His genius for scale came with a well-documented dark side that eventually eclipsed the music itself.

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1963

Be My BabyPhil Spector