Phil Spector / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the well-known US music producer Phil Spector . Spector was mainly involved in the music as a (co-) producer. According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 760,000 records in his career, including over 500,000 in his home country alone. The most successful release from Spector is the album Back to Mono (1958-1969) with over 500,000 units sold.
Albums
| year | album | Band / artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Teddy Bears Sing! | The Teddy Bears |
| 1963 | A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (In Germany as Phil Spector's Christmas Album ) |
Darlene Love , The Ronettes , Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans , The Crystals |
| 1963 | Twist uptown | The Crystals |
| 1963 | He's a rebel | The Crystals |
| 1963 | Zip-A Dee-Doo-Dah | Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans |
| 1964 | Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica | The Ronettes |
| 1965 | Ronettes | The Ronettes |
| 1966 | River Deep - Mountain High | Ike & Tina Turner |
| 1969 | Love Is All We Have to Give | Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. |
| 1970 | let it be | The Beatles |
| 1970 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison |
| 1970 | Plastic ono tape | John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band |
| 1971 | Imagine | John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band with the Flux Fiddlers |
| 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh | George Harrison with friends |
| 1972 | Some Time in New York City | John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the Elephant's Memory and the Invisible Strings |
| 1975 | Rock and roll | John Lennon |
| 1975 | Born to be with you | Dion DiMucci |
| 1977 | Death of a Ladies' Man | Leonard Cohen |
| 1980 | End of the Century | Ramones |
| 1981 | Season of Glass | Yoko Ono |
| 1986 | Menlove Ave. | John Lennon |
| 1991 | Back to Mono (1958-1969) | Different artists |
| 2003 | Silence is easy | Starsailor |
Singles
| date | song | Band / artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1st December 1958 | To Know Him Is to Love Him | The Teddy Bears |
| January 9, 1961 | Corrina, Corrina | Ray Peterson |
| August 7, 1961 | Pretty little angel eyes | Curtis Lee |
| September 11, 1961 | Every Breath I Take | Gene Pitney |
| October 30, 1961 | I love how you love me | The Paris Sisters |
| November 27, 1961 | Under The Moon Of Love | Curtis Lee |
| January 22, 1962 | There's No Other (Like My Baby) | The Crystals |
| January 27, 1962 | I Could Have Loved You So Well | Ray Peterson |
| March 3, 1962 | Uptown | The Crystals |
| March 10, 1962 | He Knows I Love Him Too Much | The Paris Sisters |
| May 26, 1962 | Let me be the one | The Paris Sisters |
| June 9, 1962 | Second hand love | Connie Francis |
| 3rd November 1962 | He's a rebel | The Crystals |
| January 12, 1963 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans |
| January 19, 1963 | He's Sure The Boy I Love | The Crystals |
| February 16, 1963 | Puddin N 'Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You the Same) | The Alley Cats |
| March 30, 1963 | Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts | Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans |
| 5th November 1963 | (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry | Darlene Love |
| June 8, 1963 | Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) | The Crystals |
| July 13, 1963 | Not Too Young to Get Married | Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans |
| 17th August 1963 | Then he kissed me | The Crystals |
| September 7, 1963 | Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home | Darlene Love |
| October 12, 1963 | Be my baby | The Ronettes |
| November 23, 1963 | A fine fine boy | Darlene Love |
| November 22, 1963 | Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) | Darlene Love |
| February 1, 1964 | Baby, I love you | The Ronettes |
| May 16, 1964 | (The Best Part Of) Breakin 'Up | The Ronettes |
| August 1, 1964 | Do I Love You? | The Ronettes |
| 5th December 1964 | Walking in the Rain | The Ronettes |
| February 6, 1965 | You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' | The Righteous Brothers |
| May 15, 1965 | Just Once in My Life | The Righteous Brothers |
| August 28, 1965 | Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers |
| January 8, 1966 | Ebb tide | The Righteous Brothers |
| June 18, 1966 | River Deep - Mountain High | Ike and Tina Turner |
| 3rd May 1969 | Love Is All I Have to Give | The Checkmates Ltd. |
| 5th July 1969 | Black Pearl | The Checkmates, Ltd. |
| 1st November 1969 | Proud Mary | The Checkmates, Ltd. |
| March 28, 1970 | Instant karma! | John Lennon |
| June 13, 1970 | The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue | The Beatles |
| December 26, 1970 | My sweet lord | George Harrison |
| March 27, 1971 | What is life | George Harrison |
| May 15, 1971 | Power to the people | John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band |
| May 22, 1971 | Try some, buy some | Ronnie Spector |
| 11th September 1971 | Bangla-Desh | George Harrison |
| November 13, 1971 | Imagine | John Lennon |
| 4th August 1979 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | Ramones |
| 4th February 1980 | Baby, I love you | Ramones |
| May 16, 1980 | Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? | Ramones |
| October 20, 1990 | Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers |
| January 9, 2003 | Silence is easy | Starsailor |
Awards for music sales
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United Kingdom
- 1977: for the album Phil Spector's Echoes of the 60’s
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United States
- 1992: for the album Back to Mono (1958–1969)
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United Kingdom
- 1983: for Phil Spector's Greatest Hits / Christmas Album
- 1993: for the album Christmas Gift for You
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
 silver |
 gold |
 platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 500,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
silver1
|
2 × gold2
|
- | 260,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
|
3 × gold3
|
- | ||
Movie
In 1969, Spector took on the role of drug dealer Connection in the film Easy Rider . This was his only film role.
Web links
- Discography on Spectropop.com (English) Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Discography on Discogs.com (English) Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Works on Musicbrainz.org (English) Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Single listing au 4th big (English) Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- Easy Rider on IMDB. Retrieved November 10, 2012.