The Crystals DA DOO RON RON: THE VERY BEST OF THE CRY

Liner Note Author: Sheryl Farber .Recording information: Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA (07/1961-11/1963); Mira Sound Studios, New York, NY (07/1961-11/1963); Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA (08/1962-09/1964); Mira Sound Studios, New York, NY (08/1962-09/1964).Photographers: Gilles P?tard; Ray Avery.When Phil Spector formed his own label, Philles Records, in 1961, he had written, played guitar, and sung backup vocals on 1958's "To Know Him Is to Love Him" (which hit the top of the pop charts that year) as part of the Teddy Bears, and worked for a time as part of the production team for Leiber & Stoller, co-writing "Spanish Harlem" for Ben E. King and playing guitar on the Drifters' "On Broadway," and had produced minor sides for LaVern Baker and Ruth Brown, among others, but there was really little to distinguish him from any number of other hopefuls clustered around the pop music scene at the time. But Spector was driven, single-minded, and stubborn, and he had a sound in his h