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He began working with the famed song-writing duo Leiber and Stoller, and by 1961 was a millionaire after producing a series of chart hits.
His career took off further when he formed his own production company with a record executive, Lester Sill, and signed a girl group known as the Crystals.
With them he produced a range of hits including He’s a Rebel, Da Doo Ron Ron and Then He Kissed Me – and also Be My Baby and Baby I Love You with girl group, The Ronettes.
His musical technique was to blend the sound of a large number of instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, often overdubbing tracks to create the rich so-called “wall of sound”, which Spector dubbed “a Wagnerian approach to rock & roll”.
For the Righteous Brothers’ 1964 hit, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, he used four guitars, three pianos, three basses and an assortment of trumpets, trombones and saxophones before adding the vocals.
It was seen as a remarkable achievement given the basic three-track tape recorders which were available at the time.
Yet despite his success, Spector was tiring of his record business.
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