FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 29, 2017

DEAR JERRY: Your column on the many "Little" singers was very interesting.

Now can you list Phil Spector's credits? He is an all-time great American music producer.
—Kristi Wargel, Evansville, Ind.

DEAR KRISTI: When your first e-mail arrived, I immediately liked your suggestion, though you didn't indicate your city or state.

Sensing there wouldn't be thousands of Kristi Wargels out there, I put your name in the Facebook search, and there you were, along with your Evansville location.

And now we are Facebook Friends!

Here is your Phil Spector singles discography, listing 64 Top 100 songs written or produced by Phil, or that he was otherwise instrumental in creating.

Hits that charted twice are credited for both entries.

Songs are alphabetical by title, followed by artist, year, and peak position based on one or more of the national Top 100 charts:

"All Grown Up" - The Crystals (1964) No. 85
"Baby, I Love You" - The Ronettes (1963) No. 24
"Bangla-Desh" - George Harrison (1971) No. 13
"Born to Be Together" - The Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1965) No. 52
"Be My Baby" - The Ronettes (1963) No. 1
"Be My Boy" - The Paris Sisters (1961) No. 56
"(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" - The Ronettes (1964) No. 39
"Black Pearl" - Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd. (1969) No. 10
"(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" - Darlene Love (1963) No. 35
"Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" - Darlene Love (1963)
"Corrina, Corrina" - Ray Peterson (1960) No. 6
"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" - The Crystals (1963) No. 3
"Do I Love You?" - The Ronettes (1964) No. 34
"Ebb Tide" - The Righteous Brothers (1966) No. 4
"Every Breath I Take" - Gene Pitney (1961) No. 27
"Fine, Fine Boy" - Darlene Love (1963) No. 53
"First Taste of Love" - Ben E. King (1961) No. 53
"For You Blue" - The Beatles (1970) No. 71
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band With the Harlem Community Choir (1971) No. 28
"He Knows I Love Him Too Much" - The Paris Sisters (1962) No. 34
"He's a Rebel" - The Crystals (1962) No. 1
"He's Sure the Boy I Love" - The Crystals (1963) No. 11
"Home of the Brave" - Bonnie and The Treasures (1965) No. 62
"Hung on You" - The Righteous Brothers (1965) No. 43
"I Can Hear Music" - The Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1966) No. 90
"I Could Have Loved You So Well" - Ray Peterson (1962) No. 57
"I Don't Need You Anymore" - The Teddy Bears (1959) No. 96
"I Love How You Love Me" - The Paris Sisters (1961) No. 5
"Imagine" - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1971) No. 1
"Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" - John Ono Lennon (1970) No. 3
"Is This What I Get for Loving You?" - The Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1965) No. 75
"Just Once in My Life" - The Righteous Brothers (1965) No. 9
"Let Me Be the One" - The Paris Sisters (1962) No. 87
"Little Boy" - The Crystals (1964) No. 92
"Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles (1970) No. 1
"Love Is All I Have to Give" - The Checkmates, Ltd. (1969) No. 45
"Mother" - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1971) No. 16
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison (1970) No. 1
"Not Too Young to Get Married" - Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (1963) No. 61
"Oh Why" - The Teddy Bears (1959) No. 50
"Phil Spector's Christmas Medley" - The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love (1981)
"Power to the People" - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1971) No. 8
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" - Curtis Lee (1961) No. 6
"Proud Mary" - The Checkmates, Ltd. Featuring Sonny Charles (1969) No. 69
"Puddin N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You the Same)" - The Alley Cats (1963) No. 39
"River Deep-Mountain High" - Ike and Tina Turner Featuring Tina (1966) No. 88
"River Deep-Mountain High" - Ike and Tina Turner Featuring Tina (1969) No. 95
"Second Hand Love" - Connie Francis (1962) No. 7
"Spanish Harlem" - Ben E. King (1961) No. 9
"Then He Kissed Me" - The Crystals (1963) No. 4
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)" - The Crystals (1962) No. 18
"To Know Him Is to Love Him" - The Teddy Bears (1958) No. 1
"Try Some, Buy Some" - Ronnie Spector (1971) No. 50
"Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers (1965) No. 4
"Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers (1990) No. 13
"Under the Moon of Love" - Curtis Lee (1961) No. 42
"Uptown" - The Crystals (1962) No. 10
"Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home" - Darlene Love (1963) No. 26
"Walking in the Rain" - The Ronettes (1964) No. 20
"What Is Life" - George Harrison (1971) No. 7
"Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart" - Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (1963) No. 30
"You Came, You Saw, You Conquered!" - The Ronettes Featuring the Voice of VERONICA (1969) No. 90
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - The Righteous Brothers (1965) No. 1
"Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah" - Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (1962) No. 8

IZ ZAT SO? For analytical fans, here is a breakdown by artists. Noteworthy is that over half the 64 charted records above were on Spector-owned labels (36).

The total here (66) is slightly higher because "Phil Spector's Christmas Medley" is one song credited to three different acts: the Ronettes, the Crystals, and Darlene Love.

Neither this medley, taken from Phil Spector's legendary Christmas album, nor Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)," made the Top 100, but they are holiday classics and deserve to be included.

Ronettes/Ronnie Spector (11)
Crystals (9)
Righteous Brothers (6)
Darlene Love (5)
John Lennon/John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band (5)
Paris Sisters (4)
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (3)
George Harrison (3)
Sonny Charles/Checkmates, Ltd. (3)
Teddy Bears (3)
Beatles (2)
Ben E. King (2)
Curtis Lee (2)
Ike and Tina Turner Featuring Tina (2)
Ray Peterson (2)
Alley Cats (1)
Bonnie and the Treasures (1)
Connie Francis (1)
Gene Pitney (1)