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34. It is possible though he was a songwriter as well as a producer

Reply to oberliner (Reply #29)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 11:45 AM

Dec 2016

He started out in the business when he was in his teens with the group the Teddy Bears. He wrote the hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him," a phrase that happens to be on his father's gravestone. It was a huge hit and launched Spector's career and brought him fame until mental illness brought him infamy and prison time.

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So also was Spector Jewish. nt duffyduff Dec 2016 #28

I don't think he actually wrote the song oberliner Dec 2016 #29

It is possible though he was a songwriter as well as a producer duffyduff Dec 2016 #34

That's true oberliner Dec 2016 #35

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