Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector

He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, "the first tycoon of teen." Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would become his second wife), and the Righteous Brothers to the Beatles (together and singly) and finally the seventies punk icons The Ramones, Spector produced hit after hit. But then he became pop music's most famous recluse. Until one day in the spring of 2007, when his name hit the tabloids, connected to a horrible crime. In Tearing Down the Wall of Sound, Mick Brown, who was the last journalist to interview Spector before his arrest, tells the full story of the troubled musical genius.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/13/2008
ISBN: 9781400076611
Pages: 484
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.28w x 1.08d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/22/2008 pg. 20