Phil
Spector
1989
Tina Turner
A Phil Spector song is its own little world—it has narrative, emotion and its own sonic landscape. Phil Spector changed recording forever when he created the Wall of Sound. Layer upon layer of instruments and echoes come to a roaring climax in his compositions, often backing up his own brilliant lyrics.
Impact
I wish that all of the people that I sing for could have seen him in action, working there and getting that sound
Tina Turner
1989 Hall of Fame Essay
The wall-to keep in, to keep out; to set a further edge, a border; a component of rooms, of houses; upon which to hang overhead microphones, tympanis, orchestral bells, reverberations, decorations and declarations, limitation without limitations – of Sound...
Written By Lenny Kaye
sealed with a signature
This is the signature that appears on the inductee’s plaque at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to officially commemorate their induction.
Phil Spector
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