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The Ronettes were an American girl group from Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. [1] The group consisted of the lead singer Veronica Bennett (later known as Ronnie Spector), her older sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley. They had sung together since they were teenagers, then known as "The Darling Sisters".
Ronnie Spector (center) with The Ronettes, 1966 Spector in 1966. The Ronettes became a popular live attraction around the greater New York area in the early 1960s. Looking for a recording contract, they initially were signed to Colpix Records and produced by Stu Phillips. [14]
After a number of unsuccessful attempts, the trio reinvented themselves as the Ronettes. Signed up by 23-year-old Phil Spector, Ronnie became lead, with Estelle and Nedra as backing. They would eventually have a No.1 hit song in 1963, "Be My Baby". The Ronettes broke up in 1966.
Music icon Ronnie Spector has died. The celebrated vocalist was 78.Spector -- who was born Veronica Bennett -- died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released by ...
Spector enjoyed the highs of chart-topping success and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and dealt with the lows of an abusive marriage to record producer Phil Spector.
Ronnie Spector, whose hard-edged yet tremulous voice soared on the Ronettes’ girl-group hits of the early ‘60s, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 78. “Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie ...
Nedra Talley (born January 27, 1946), [1] now known as Nedra Talley-Ross, is a retired American singer. She is best known as a former member of the girl group the Ronettes, in which she performed with her cousins Ronnie and Estelle Bennett. [2] Since Ronnie's death in 2022, Talley is the last surviving original member of the group.
From day one, when they were first introduced in 1962, she didn’t take his crap. ... singer Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes. She wrote in her 1990 memoir that Spector kept a gold coffin in their ...