{"id":4029,"date":"2018-12-29T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/12\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-wall-of-sound-3\/"},"modified":"2018-12-29T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:57:59","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-wall-of-sound-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/12\/29\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-wall-of-sound-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Wall (of Sound)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lot of talk of walls these days. I need a break. Here are some of my favorite Phil Spector productions.  It wouldn't have been the 'sixties without him. I avert my eyes from his later misadventures and remember him for his contributions to the Boomer soundtrack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crystals, Uptown<\/a>, 1962.
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Crystals, He's a Rebel<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ronettes, Be My Baby<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Crystals, Da Doo Ron Ron<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Curtis Lee, Pretty Little Angel Eyes<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Great dance video. Curtis Edwin Lee, one-hit wonder, hailed from Yuma, Arizona.  He died at 75 years of age on 8 January 2015.  Obituary here<\/a>. His signature number<\/a> became a hit in 1961, reaching the #7 slot on the Billboard Hot 100. When I discovered that the record was produced by the legendary Phil Spector, I understood why it is so good.  After the limelight, Lee returned to Yuma for a normal life. This tune goes out to wifey, with love.  When I first espied those angel eyes back in '82, I had the thought, "Here she is, man, the one for you. Go for it!" And I did, and its been very good indeed.
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Ben E. King, Spanish Harlem<\/a>, 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crystals, Then He Kissed Me<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Beach Boys, Then I Kissed Her<\/a>. With a tribute to Marilyn M.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paris Sisters, I Love How You Love Me<\/a>, 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronettes, Walkin' in the Rain<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a lot of talk of walls these days. I need a break. Here are some of my favorite Phil Spector productions.  It wouldn't have been the 'sixties without him. I avert my eyes from his later misadventures and remember him for his contributions to the Boomer soundtrack. Crystals, Uptown, 1962. Crystals, He's a … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: The Wall (of Sound)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}