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Spector served an "apprenticeship" under Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in New York, learning from them while they were producing The Drifters; Spector plays the guitar solo at the end of "On Broadway". His studio band was affectionately known as the Wrecking Crew; session regulars included Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Al De Lory, Jim Gordon, Jim Horn, Carol Kaye, Leon Russell, Tommy Tedesco, Nino Tempo, and Sonny Bono, himself learning the producer's trade, as Spector had learned from Lieber and Stoller. Brian Wilson sometimes "borrowed" Wrecking Crew members for his own recordings with The Beach Boys. Gave Cher her first recording experience at 16, after Sonny Bono proposed his "girlfriend" as a session singer. Kept a bodyguard/driver since his late teens, after he was attacked in a men's-room prank that got out of hand. 3 February 2003, was arrested and charged with first degree murder after actress Lana Clarkson was shot to death in his home in Alhambra, California. Police are investigating. Cameron Crowe and Tom Cruise have discussed working on a biopic about the producer. Children: Gary, Louis, Donte, Nicole Spector and Phillip. As a young man, he claimed that he trained himself to sleep only 2-3 hours a night. Is mentioned in the song "Life Is a Rock But the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion. Dan Kessel and David Kessel, Spector's production coordinators and musicians/vocalists in his infamous Wrecking Crew since 1974, are stepsons of legendary actor Mickey Rooney. It is not generally known, but Phil Spector had a brief association with Atlantic Records in the early 1960s where he produced, among others, three of R & B's greatest divas, Ruth Brown, La Vern Baker and Broadway star Jean DuShon. Miss DuShon was brought to Atlantic by the late Ahmet Ertegun, who had seen her performing at the Roundtable. He paired her with Spector and they recorded "Talk to Me" backed with DuShon-penned, "Tired of Trying". His mother was born in France and he became fluent in the language by eighteen years of age. Has lived in Los Angeles since the age of fourteen when he moved with his family from the Bronx, New York. On May 29, 2009, Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. The judge also ordered that he pay approximately $16,800 in funeral expenses and more the $9,700 to a state victim's assistance fund.