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Tearing Down The Wall Of Sound: The Rise And Fall Of Phil Spector jeff tweedy enthralled a generation of 1950sAuthor: Mick Brown unning biography of "pure self interest and cruelty, tempered only slightly by the great musical achievements of Mr. Spector's golden age in the early 1960s" (The New York Times). He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, the first tycoon of teen. Phil Spector owned pop music. From the Crystals, the Ronettes (whose lead singer, Ronnie, would