Word: dion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...especially Lennon, was big-spirited and lavish, but brought him an unaccustomed critical drubbing. His marriage to Ronnie, lead singer of the Ronettes, broke up in 1973. He was in at least one serious auto accident and underwent extensive surgery and facial restoration. His records after that-albums by Dion and Leonard Cohen, singles by Cher and Darlene Love-were as black as the vinyl they were pressed on. Even the upbeat numbers sounded funereal. The little symphonies became requiems celebrated inside a Wurlitzer...
...period of years," says a songwriter who has worked closely with him, "Phil developed certain characteristics -reclusiveness, craziness in the studio -and after a while he let them take over." Adds a young record producer who spent a long and disenchanting night watching Spector thrash around with the Dion album: "His records were great, but he's a mean mother." Spector himself admits to a certain amount of struggling during this time. "Working with Leonard Cohen was more of a writing experience," he told TIME'S Robert Goldstein. "He's not a Lennon or McCartney...