Phil Spector

Arguably one of the most successful and influential figures in the history of pop music, producer Phil Spector was regarded as an eccentric visionary whose signature production technique, a Wagnerian assault on the senses called the "Wall of Sound," generated some of the greatest songs of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," the epic "River Deep Mountain High" by Ike and Tina Turner, as well as the Beatles' Let It Be, John Lennon's Imagine and George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Bruce Springsteen echoed Spector's studio brilliance in their own equally legendary music, and Spector's influence on generations of musicians and music producers was wide-ranging and meaningful.