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    • Jan 18, 1989
    "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Other new additions include Dion, Otis Redding and The Rolling Stones
    Dec 25, 1991
    Phillip Spector Jr., the nine-year-old son of "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector, dies of leukemia
    Jun 10, 1997
    Harlan Howard is added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Sheraton New York Hotel, along with Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell. Howard wrote "Busted" and "I Fall To Pieces," among many others
    Feb 24, 1999
    Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and two Roy Orbison hits--"Only The Lonely" and "Oh, Pretty Woman"--enter the Grammy Hall of Fame. Other '60s additions: the original hit versions of "Be My Baby" and "The House Of The Rising Sun"
    Feb 22, 2000
    Willie Nelson receives a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in a special ceremony, along with Harry Belafonte, John Lee Hooker, Woody Guthrie and record producer Mitch Miller. Trustees awards also go to producer Phil Spector and record exec Clive Davis
    Feb 3, 2003
    Pop record producer Phil Spector is booked on suspicion of murder when a woman is found shot in his home in Alhambra, California. Spector wrote "To Know Him Is To Love Him," a 1987 country hit for Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
    Sep 3, 2003
    Rachelle Short meets "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector at Dan Tana's in Los Angeles. They marry three years later
    Nov 20, 2003
    "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector is officially charged in Los Angeles with murder, nine months after actress Lana Clarkson was fatally wounded by a gunshot at his home
    May 14, 2004
    Phil Spector and his chauffeur are arrested on misdemeanor battery charges at Spector's home in Alhambra, California. Already charged with murder, Spector wrote "To Know Him Is To Love Him," a 1987 country hit for Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
    Oct 13, 2005
    The Los Angeles Times reports the attorneys for "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector contend his confessions to the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson are inadmissible in court because he was going through withdrawal at the time from seven prescription drugs
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