As we've witnessed with such visionaries as Phil Spector and Sam Phillips ... Perry left behind a body of work that can now be seen as a roadmap and history of pop over those decades.

Phil Spector was born to a working-class family in Los Angeles and grew up reading every page of the Los Angeles Times. He quickly rose in high school (valedictorian) with a full scholarship to UC ...

The musician thought he had only broken his wrist during the fall in 2000, but a recent full-body MRI scan revealed lingering damage to his brain ...