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Following the couple's divorce in 1974, Ronnie re-formed the Ronettes and began performing again. In 1980, Spector released her debut solo album Siren . Her career revived when she was featured on Eddie Money 's song and video " Take Me Home Tonight " in 1986, a Billboard top five single.
Ronnie Spector, who sang such indelible 1960s hits as "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes, has died.
"Be My Baby" was written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich at Spector's office in Los Angeles. [8] Early in 1963, Spector auditioned a vocal group trio – composed of sisters Veronica (also known as "Ronnie") and Estelle Bennett with their cousin Nedra Talley – who were performing under the names "Ronnie and the Relatives" and "the Ronettes". [9]
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 ...
The Ronettes opened for the Beatles on their 1966 US tour, becoming the only girl group to tour with them, before splitting up in 1967. In the 1970s, the group was briefly revived as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes. Veronica Bennett married Phil Spector in 1968. Their song "Be My Baby" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
After touring Germany in 1967, the Ronettes broke up. Spector married Ronnie in 1968, then she said he kept her locked in their Beverly Hills mansion. Her 1990 autobiography “Be My Baby: How I ...
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.
The Love Chain had finished by 1971 and Estelle moved on to further projects. In 1972, Ronnie invited Estelle to her apartment to rehearse when Ronnie was trying to revive the Ronettes. Unfortunately the rehearsal was a failure. Ronnie stated that Estelle had "lost her coordination" and said that it was "bizarre."