Gene Pitney tells the story of why and how wrote 'He's a Rebel' for The Crystals and Phil Spector and I believe this is the demo, not sure though. I know a lot of people hate Phil but if you can be dispassionate there is a GREAT book about him written during the 80's, warts and all, called He's a Rebel, (Rock and Roll's ... ... more

The lead singer of the Blossoms, Darlene Wright (Love) actually sang the lead on The Crystal's version with Phil producing and there were two bassists: Ray Pohlman and Jimmy Bond, that was unheard of at the time. ... more