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有傳在 Los Angeles 洛杉磯 Gold Star Studios 錄音室, 錄製 "You've Lost That Loving' Feelin'" 期間, Phil Spectors 與 "Righteous Brothers" 成員 Bobby Hartfield (1940-2003) 商討有關 Bill Medley 在此曲的和唱段數、音調高低, 令致兩人不快, Bobby Hartfield 更被 Phil 當面奚落一番。
"You've Lost That Loving Feelin'" 大受歡迎, 意氣風發的 Phil Spector, 一首與 Carole King, Gerry Goffin 三人的共同作品 "Hung On You", 放在 "The Righteous Brothers" 單曲細唱片A-面, 1965年面世之後, 不被電台唱片騎師看重, 反而不停播放B-面的 "Unchained Melody", 令致 Phil 大發嚕囌。同年, "The Righteous Brothers" 完成錄製 "Ebb Tide" 與及 "The White Cliffs of Dover" 之後, Phil 以六十萬美元叫價, 把兩人餘下合約的日子轉讓給 "Verve/MGM Records"。
"THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER" -The Righteous Brothers 1965
There'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow
Just you wait and see
There'll be love and laughter
And peace ever after
Tomorrow
When the world is free
The shepherd will tend his sheep
I know the valley's gonna bloom again
And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again
Well, there'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow
Just you wait and see
Just you wait and see
When the world is free
Just you wait and see
When the world is free
When the world is free
Come on and wait and see
When the world is free
You gotta wait and see
"EBB TIDE" - The Righteous Brothers 1965
Composer: Robert Maxwell
Lyric: Carl Sigman
"EBB TIDE" - 1953
First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore
Then rolls out to sea
And the sea is very still once more
So I rush to your side
Like the oncoming tide
With one burning thought
Will your arms open wide
At last we're face to face
And as we kiss through an embrace
I can tell, I, I can feel
You are love, you are real
Really mine in the rain
In the dark, in the sun
Like the tide at its ebb
I'm at peace in the web of your arms
Ebb tide
離 婚 / 再 婚
"The Ronettes" 轉投至 Philles Records 唱片公司旗下之後, 亦有多首上榜歌曲。1968年, Phil 與妻子 Annette 的五年婚姻告終, 亦放棄五歲兒子 Damien。繼而, 與 "The Ronettes" 的主歌手 Ronnie Bennett (Veronica Yvette Bennett) 成婚; 之後, 在流行樂壇她取夫姓, 以 Ronnie Spector 繼續其歌唱事業。翌年, Phil 和 Ronnie 領養了剛滿週歲的男孩, 取名字 Donté Phillip Spector。
兩年後, Phil Spectpr 又領飬四歲雙胞胎男孩, 取名 Louis Philip 和 Gary Phillip, 還笑稱這是送給她最佳的聖誕禮物。Ronnie 為了要照顧三個年紀相若的小孩, 倍感吃力, 没法返回樂隊 "The Ronettes" 的音樂事業, 又無法忍受他獨行獨斷的所為, 夫妻漸互有怨言, 加上 Phil 開始以語言暴力和嚴苛管控, 所做的一切, 目的要阻止她對外的活動, 更蓄意把她禁固在加州的豪宅中。1972年, Ronnie 在母親的幫助下, 放棄一切, 赤着腳從豪宅逃走出來。
"WALKING IN THE RAIN" - The Ronettes
Lyric and Music: Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
L-R: Estelle Bennett, Ronnie Bennett, and Nedra Talley
I want him, and I need him,
And someday someway wooo I'll meet him
He'll be kind of shy, and real good lookin' too
And I'll be certain he's my guy by the things he'll like to do
Like walking in the rain (like walking in the rain)
And wishing on the stars (and wishing on the stars) up above
And being so in love
When he's near me, I'll kiss him,
And when he leaves me woo I'll miss him
Though sometimes we'll fight, I won't really care
And I'll know it's gonna be alright cause we've got so much we share
Like walking in the rain (like walking in the rain)
And wishing on the stars (and wishing on the stars) up above
And being so in love
(Johnny) no no he'll never do
(Bobby) no it isn't him too
They would never no they'd never, never ever love
Walking in the rain (like walking in the rain)
And wishing on the stars (and wishing on the stars) up above
And being so in love
Oh oh oh where can he be oh oh