Phil Spector

The pioneering producer was serving a prison sentence for second degree murder

A letter written by John Lennon to Phil Spector in the mid 1970s has sold for £53,000 at an online auction – over seven times its estimated pre-auction price of £7,000.

A letter from John Lennon to Phil Spector blaming The Who drummer Keith Moon and singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson for urinating on a console at an LA recording studio is up for auction in London tomorrow (March 21), with an estimated value of £6,000.

The US Supreme Court have rejected Phil Spector's appeal against his 2009 murder conviction.

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Judges insist the producer received a fair trial

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Convicted murderer wants to hook up with the producer in prison

A chaotic album of cover versions results