So yesterday we had a Phil Spector-influenced song...
How about an actual Phil Spector song? "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector, sung by (a quite young) U2: Video posted by Justin Duarte And sung by the original singer, Darlene Love (with Patti LaBelle), just a year ago: Video posted by The View According to Rolling Stone (2010), if you're looking for the best rock 'n' roll Christmas song of all time look no farther because you've just heard it. And if it reminds you of "Be My Baby" or "Da Doo Ron Ron" you have a good ear, because those were written by the same three songwriters. *** Phil Spector (who is Jewish ) was born in the Bronx and grew up in California. He formed a music group, The Teddy Bears, with three high school friends, and one of their songs reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. That was pretty much it for them, though, so they disbanded in 1959, at which point Spector started working as an apprentice for Leib...