Phil Spector Biography

Spector was named to the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' in 1989

Gave Cher her first recording experience at 16, after Sonny Bono proposed his "girlfriend" as a session singer.

While producing 'Ike and Tina Turner' in the mid-1960s, Spector actually worked only with Tina; Ike was reputed to have been paid $10,000 not to attend the sessions.

Kept a bodyguard/driver since his late teens, after he was attacked in a men's-room prank that got out of hand.

3 February 2003, was arrested and charged with first degree murder after actress Lana Clarkson was shot to death in his home in Alhambra, California. Police are investigating.