Monday, October 15, 2007

PHIL SPECTORS LEGACY LOOMS LARGE

RECORD PRODUCER PHIL SPECTOR WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE THE MODERN POP/ROCK ERA TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE-BEFORE HE'D EVEN TURNRD 20।ONE OF SPECTORS MOST WELL KNOWN AND SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS WAS "BE MY BABY " WHICH STARTS WITH A VERY DISTICTIVE DRUM BEAT AND MELODIC RYTHM. BEACH BOY BRIAN WILSON BECAME OBSESSED WITH SPECTORS PRODUCTION SOUND{IE."WALL OF SOUND"} AND ESPECIALLLY "BE MY BABY"-PHILLIES RECORDS-1963।
FINALLY WILSON FOUND AWAY TO EMPLOY THE SOUND AND DRUM PATTERN INTO HIS SONG "DONT WORRY BABY"।WHEN ACOUSTIC L.A. FOLKIES
RODGER MAGUINN AND DAVID CROSBY SAW THE BEATLE MOVIE "A HARD DAYS
NGHT" THEY DECIDED TO FORM A ROCK BAND;"THE BYRDS"।BOB DYLANS PUBLISHING REPRESENTATIVE SOLD THE BAND ON DYLAN'S SONG "MR. TAMBORINE
MAN"।MAGUINN TOOK THE SONG AND WITH HIS 12 STRING RICKENBACKER ELECTRIC GUITAR{HE'D SEEN GEORGE HARRISON PLAYING ONE IN THE MOVIE}
SET UP AN INTRO-ALONG THE LINES OF A REVAMPED BACH COMPOSITION BUT WITH THE BEAT AND RHYTHM FROM "DON'T WORRY BABY"।THE RESULT WAS
THAT THE BYRDS "MR। TAMBORINE MAN" BECAME A NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN1965।
-THE LIST-
PHIL SPECTOR
THE RONETTES
RONNIE SPECTOR
BRIAN WILSON
THE BEACH BOYS
BOB DYLAN
GEORGE HARRISON
THE BEATLES
RODGER MAGUINN
THE BYRDS

CHART POSITIONS-1।BE MY BABY-THE RONETTES-1963-#2 2.DON'T WORRY
BABY-THE BEACH BOYS-1964-#24 3।MR। TAMBORINE MAN-THE BYRDS-1965-#1

NOTE:"DON'T WORRY BABY" WAS THE B-SIDE TO "I GET AROUND" WHICH WENT
TO NUMBER #1 ON THE CHARTS FOR THE BEACH BOYS IN 1964.

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