Hal Blaine
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Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is f
Blaine recording at the Record Plant in 1995
Facsimile of stamp image used by Blaine
Wall of Sound
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The Wall of Sound is a recording approach and style of music production developed by American producer and songwriter Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in the early 1960s. Aspiring for an aesthetic ak
Phil Spector's usual studio musicians, later dubbed "the Wrecking Crew", gathered at a Gold Star recording session in the 1960s.
Andrew Loog Oldham (left) with Mick Jagger in 1966. Oldham popularized the term "wall of sound" to describe Spector's production style, which Oldham imitated on records produced for the Rolling Stones.
Spector's songwriting collaborators Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry with the Dixie Cups (1964)
Jack Nitzsche (pictured circa 1990s) co-arranged the majority of songs produced by Spector in the 1960s