Yet despite his success, Spector was tiring of his record business. He disappeared from public view in , emerging to marry Ronnie Bennett, the lead singer of The Ronettes.
It was his second marriage, after he divorced his first wife, vocalist Annette Merar. He also made a cameo appearance as a drug dealer in the film, Easy Rider.
Rumours that his behaviour was becoming erratic began to emerge and he was accused of mentally abusing Bennett. He also began to carry a gun. He was then asked to tackle the Get Back sessions, a series of tapes recorded by The Beatles over the period , including the famous performance on the roof of the Apple building in central London in January Shortly after forming a new record company with Warner Bros, Spector was almost killed when, on 31 March , he was thrown through the windscreen of his car, sustaining serious head injuries.
In the aftermath of the accident he once more retreated from public view. Cohen's fans were angered by the dense orchestral sound, in contrast to the singer's usual stark style, and even Cohen described the album as "grotesque".
The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," which Spector had a hand in composing as well, was a good example of the wall of sound at its height. As British rock came into prominence in the mids, the Spector era drew to a close.
Spector has been variously described as a mad genius, an eccentric, and a recluse. And maybe that was all he could have because, as Sonny Bono said, 'everything he did was perfect, but it was always that one wall of sound. Spector's later years were marked by periodic attempts to regain the spotlight. When punk rock first gained popularity in the late s, Spector convinced members of the leading American punk band the Ramones that he could lead them to a commercial breakthrough.
He produced the group's End of the Century album in , but the sessions were marred, according to bassist Dee Dee Ramone, when Spector pulled a gun during an in-studio dispute. Later, Spector's ex-wife Ronnie of the Ronettes would allege that the producer was quick to reach for a gun when his temper flared.
Sometimes he tried to pull his life together. Known for his heavy drinking, he gave up alcohol altogether for a period of several years beginning in the late s. But performers were still drawn to the Spector mystique.
In he signed on to produce the Falling into You album by pop megastar Celine Dion. The partnership dissolved for unspecified reasons, and Spector, while praising Dion, publicly attacked the work of the producers who replaced him.
In , Spector and Still formed their own label, Philles Records. Their next release, "Uptown," hit No. By the age of 21, Spector was a millionaire who was responsible for producing 20 consecutive smash hits. During this time, he started to work on his "Wall of Sound" technique in earnest. The "Wall" approach to production involved a process of overdubbing scores of musicians to make a full sound.
The effect created a "roar," which Spector described as the "Wagnerian approach to rock 'n' roll. But life wasn't unfolding exactly as Spector had hoped.
While it placed at No. Embittered, Spector went into seclusion for two years, during which time there were reports of strange, near-psychotic behavior. He did very little for the rest of the s. In , Spector returned to work after he was asked to produce George Harrison and John Lennon 's solo albums. After successful results, he was asked to turn a series of the Beatles' recording sessions into a marketable album.
The resulting work, Let It Be , topped both the U. It took four years for the case to go to trial, the first of which resulted in a mistrial, and the second of which found Spector guilty of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced on May 29, to 19 years to life in the California state prison system.
Spector was still behind bars when he died on January 16, at the age of AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country.
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