Between September and October 1963, 20 session musicians and four vocal acts decamped to Gold Star Studios in Hollywood to make a Christmas album with Phil Spector. Spector was a New York record ...

The hit Christmas song "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" has become a staple of the holiday season, but its origins are rooted in a dark and complicated legacy. Written by Phil Spector, the song ...

Phil Spector recorded it in 1963, and then John Kennedy got assassinated, and so he was kind of like, “Well, let’s not put it out this year, let’s wait until next year.” [Editor’s note: It did enter ...