Legendary producer Phil Spector held on murder suspicion
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Phil Spector was arrested on Monday (2/3) morning and charged in the shooting death of a woman whose body was found at his home, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office.
Police reported that the 62-year-old record producer was arrested at his Alhambra, Calif., estate at about 5 a.m. Pacific Time, after authorities responded to a 911 call. Spector's bail has been set at $1 million.
The identity of the victim hadn't been released by late Monday afternoon.
Spector is best known as the creator of the "Wall of Sound" production style, which involved the layering of multiple instrumental tracks. Among the hits he produced were the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" and the Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me."
Spector is famously reclusive and eccentric. The late Dee Dee Ramone once said that Spector pulled a gun on the Ramones at one point during the recording of the band's 1980 album "End of the Century"--which wound up being the last major album that Spector produced. Nonetheless, Marky Ramone told the Fox News Channel on Monday that "I don't think he would hurt a fly."
Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
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