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The song's music video was one of the top videos of the year and in heavy rotation on MTV. During this period, she also recorded the song "Tonight You're Mine, Baby" (from the film Just One of the Guys). [42] In 1988, she began performing at the Ronnie Spector's Christmas Party, a seasonal staple at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
The Ronettes were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1965 for "Walking in the Rain". [62] They were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Be My Baby" in 1999. [63] The Ronettes were also inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004 and the People's Hall of Rock and Roll Legends in 2010. [64] The Ronettes' influence on music was significant.
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. The Ronettes discography Studio albums 1 Compilation albums 11 Singles 15 Other albums 8 This article is a discography for American singing group The Ronettes. The Ronettes began recording with Colpix Records in 1961 and recorded eleven songs for Colpix. In March 1963, the group moved to ...
"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]
was subsequently credited to "The Ronettes featuring Veronica" on the 45 label. Moving in a different direction from the typical love songs usually recorded by the Ronettes, "Is This What I Get for Loving You?" was the only Ronettes single to revolve around the depression which sets in after the ending of a relationship.
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.
Ariana Grande paid tribute to the original queens of "The Boy Is Mine" by having Brandy and Monica make a special cameo appearance in the music video for her reimagined version of their 1998 hit ...