Oh, and he treated his first wife Ronnie like a red-headed stepchild. In addition to him not letting her use "his" toilet because he had hang-ups with having a multi-racial wife:
"...Phil kept Ronnie a near-prisoner and limited her opportunities to pursue her musical ambitions. In her autobiography, she said that he would force her to watch Citizen Kane to remind her she would be nothing without him. Spector's domineering attitude led to the dissolution of their marriage. (Ronnie) was forbidden to speak to the Rolling Stones or tour with the Beatles, for fear of infidelity. (She) claims Spector showed her a gold coffin with a glass top in his basement, promising to kill and display her should she leave him. During Spector's reclusive period in the late 1960s, he reportedly kept his wife locked inside their mansion. She claimed he also hid her shoes to dissuade her from walking outside, and kept the house dark because he didn't want anyone to see his balding head."
Ronnie left his looney-tunes ass and divorced him in 1972. Seems he carried a bit of a grudge...
"In 2007, Ronnie Spector discussed her Ronettes' much-delayed entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: "He wrote the Hall of Fame to tell them not to put me in. He did everything he could to stop me. He's bitter that I left him. He wants everyone to think he's the mastermind. He thought everything was because of him."
(I'm admitting I got the above from Wikipedia - it's a lazy Saturday. Here's a link to more on Spector back when he mattered.)
Without further ado, The Ronettes:
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