Phil Spector

My recently revived interest in the Ronettes has coincided with the conviction yesterday of Phil Spector for murder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/14/phil-spector-murder-conviction-appeal It's interesting reading about the case how there seems to be some element of doubt but, nevertheless, he's going down to walls of brick rather than sound (I know, that's cheap). All the pictures and reports alongside what I have read about the man from the time he was married to Ronnie suggest a weirdo and a half, to say the least. I wonder how much this has influenced any decisions that juries and others have reached.

Born too late

This is from the year I was born. I love all these girl groups that end in -ettes or -elles but the Ronettes have a sound and look that transcends the lot. I'd love to have been around then. Jimmy Greaves and Veronica Bennet; what a combination! It's no secret that Ronnie Bennet/ Spector's life when married to Phil Spector was awful but I had no idea just how nutty he was. He'd lock her in the mansion and kept a gold and glass coffin that he reckoned he'd put her in if she left him. I have a plain wooden one in my cellar- why waste all that money?