biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1940– )
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| biography:
| Record producer and songwriter, born in New York City, New York, USA. While a teenager he recorded his first hit song and studied under producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. In 1961 he co-founded Philles Records, became sole owner (1962), and produced 20 hits in three years, working with such artists as the Crystals, Ben E King, and the Righteous Brothers. As a producer he broke ground by collaborating creatively with musicians, and by using multitrack recording and electronic effects to create the famous ‘wall of sound’. |
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