Phil Spector
Ronnie Spector obituary
Lead singer with the Ronettes, the 1960s girl group whose smash hits included Be My Baby
Richard Williams
13, Jan, 2022 @4:23 PM
No one else sounded like the tough yet tender Ronnie Spector
The late Ronettes singer had one of the most distinctive voices in pop music – and her discography should be celebrated beyond her girl-group hits
Alexis Petridis
13, Jan, 2022 @1:08 PM
Ronnie Spector, pop singer who fronted the Ronettes, dies aged 78
Influential singer of hits including Be My Baby, who married abusive producer Phil Spector, dies of cancer
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
12, Jan, 2022 @10:51 PM
Phil Spector defined the toxic music svengali – a figure that persists today
Spector, who has died aged 81, created a culture of cruelty that was seen by the music industry as a symptom of genius. It’s a scenario that has played out again and again
Laura Snapes
18, Jan, 2021 @4:03 PM
Phil Spector wasn't a 'flawed genius' – he was a murderer | Arwa Mahdawi
Despite the headlines we have seen from Rolling Stone, the BBC and others, the producer was, first and foremost, a killer. We should hold him to the same standards as everyone else, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
Arwa Mahdawi
18, Jan, 2021 @11:22 AM
Phil Spector brought joy to pop music – and misery to so many lives
Spector’s ‘Wall of Sound’ technique gave his artists’ music an infectious joie de vivre, but the man behind it was damaged, bitter and violent
Alexis Petridis
17, Jan, 2021 @8:55 PM
Phil Spector obituary
Record producer influential in 60s pop as the creator of the ‘wall of sound’ who in 2009 was jailed for the murder of Lana Clarkson
Richard Williams
17, Jan, 2021 @7:52 PM
Phil Spector, pop producer convicted of murder, dies aged 81
Producer who revolutionised music in 1960s with his ‘wall of sound’ dies while serving sentence
Caroline Davies
17, Jan, 2021 @4:32 PM
Ronnie Spector: ‘I love #MeToo and Time’s Up – because men’s time is up’
With the Ronettes, Spector helped invent rock’n’roll and made Christmas songs soar – but lived in the shadow of her abusive husband Phil. Now 76, she is still touring and recording – between painting and jams with Keith Richards
Jenn Pelly
12, Dec, 2019 @3:06 PM
Too toxic to touch? Tribute acts in the age of #MeToo
You’d think it’d be a hard time to be a Michael Jackson impersonator – yet business is booming for some acts mimicking problematic stars. Jack Needham finds out more
Jack Needham
05, Apr, 2019 @5:00 AM
Hal Blaine, drummer who dominated mid-century pop, dies aged 90
Drummer behind iconic Be My Baby rhythm as well as hits by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Simon & Garfunkel described as ‘greatest ever’ by Brian Wilson
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
12, Mar, 2019 @9:16 AM
Tina Turner: the making of a rock'n'roll revolutionary
With new stage production Tina: The Musical now open, we look back at the boundary-breaking 60-year career of a singer who crossed racial lines and overcame violent oppression to revolutionise music
Daphne A Brooks
22, Mar, 2018 @12:00 PM
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