The Phil Spector Story – Radio Show
First broadcast 1 June 2020
…..on Access North West
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The Phil Spector Story – Radio Show
In 1958 Phil Spector scored an American #1 as a member of The Teddy Bears, with To Know Him is To Love Him. Not only did he perform with the band but he also wrote and produced this impressive debut. He honed his skills at Atlantic Records, but real fame as a producer came when he formed his own label Philles, with Lester Sill, and created his legendary wall-of-sound.
Phil Spector started off the 1970s by taking the Beatles’ Get Back tapes and turning them into the band’s swansong, Let It Be. The Ramones and Leonard Cohen both recorded albums with him and neither wanted to repeat the experience. The end came when he was found guilty of the murder of Lana Clarkson. In 2009 he was sentenced to, 19 years to life.
PLAYLIST
1 The Ronettes – Baby I Love You
2 The Top Notes – Twist and Shout
3 The Crystals – There’s No Other (Like My Baby)
4 The Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
5 John Lennon – Instant Karma
6 Ramones – Baby I Love You
7 Ike & Tina Turner – A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knocking Every Day)
ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED SHOW
How rock’n’roll came about, it’s transition into rock music in the mid-1960s and the array of rock genres which followed in the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave +++… will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands, some well known and others who are more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes: producers, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, I’ll be talking about it.
All this and great music, although, some you’ll recognise and some you might well be hearing for the first time.
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Not just the story of the music but also the social events such as the Vietnam War and Civil Rights struggle because they had such an influence on the music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
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The Phil Spector Story was first broadcast
on Access North West 1 June 2020
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