The Independent - London, February 5th, 2003
The Teddy Bears: To Know Him is to Love Him (1958)
Teen Phil forms his own vocal group in high school, evincing early interest in things cuddly yet macabre. The song's title was a version of the epitaph on his suicide father's grave.
Ben E King: Spanish Harlem (1960)
Spector joined forces with Jerry Leiber to compose the very model of tuxedoed uptown sophisti-pop: a sort of trans-racial call to redemption- thru-romance with Spanish guitars and the glistening black baritone of Ben E himself.
The Ronettes: Be My Baby (1963)
Unless you have leant in to the body of someone you fancy to distra...
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