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
Be My Baby
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"Be My Baby" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector and recorded by the American girl group the Ronettes. It was released in August 1963 as the Ronettes' debut on Philles R
Wrecking Crew musician Hal Blaine (pictured 1995) played drums on "Be My Baby"
The Ronettes' lead singer Veronica Bennett (pictured 1966) is the only member of the group who participated in the recording.