Fact #177527
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Short story:
The Ronettes record Be My Baby at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Phil Spector as producer and the famed Wrecking Crew session team.
Full article:
Hal Blaine (drummer, The Wrecking Crew) : I was supposed to play more of a boom-chicky-boom beat, but my stick got stuck and it came out boom, boom-boom chick. I just made sure to make the same mistake every few bars..
(Source : interview in The Wall Street Journal, 2011)
Jack Nitzsche (musical arranger) : Ronnie Spector's voice. Wow! I was amazed at her vibrato. It got bigger and bigger with each record. That was her strong point. When that tune was finished, the speakers were turned so high in the booth people had to leave the room. It was loud.
(Source : interview with Harvey Kubernick, 1988)
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(Source : interview in The Wall Street Journal, 2011)
Jack Nitzsche (musical arranger) : Ronnie Spector's voice. Wow! I was amazed at her vibrato. It got bigger and bigger with each record. That was her strong point. When that tune was finished, the speakers were turned so high in the booth people had to leave the room. It was loud.
(Source : interview with Harvey Kubernick, 1988)