To Know Him Is to Love Him

To Know Him Is to Love Him – this 1958 ballad was Phil Spector’s first hit as a songwriter, recorded by his group The Teddy Bears. Spector reportedly wrote it from an inscription on his father’s tombstone (“To know him was to love him”). The Teddy Bears’ gentle harmonies and heartfelt lyrics turned it into a #1 hit. Decades later, it was covered by artists from Peter & Gordon to Amy Winehouse.