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A Christmas EP, Ronnie Spector's Best Christmas Ever, was released on Bad Girl Sounds in November 2010, featuring five new Christmas songs. [56] In 2011, after the death of Amy Winehouse , Spector released her version of Winehouse's single " Back to Black " (2006) as a tribute and for the benefit of the Daytop Village addiction treatment ...
Bennett and her sister, Veronica (later known as Ronnie Bennett and Ronnie Spector), were raised in New York City.They were children of an Irish father and African-American/Cherokee mother; they said they were bullied at school [2] because of being light-skinned African Americans.
Spector decided to sign the group; originally, he wanted to sign Ronnie as a solo act, until her mother told him he would sign the Ronettes as a group or there would be no deal. [24] Spector agreed, instructing Ronnie's mother to inform Colpix Records that the women had "given up" on show business so the studio would release their contract.
They married in 1968 and she was widely known as Ronnie Spector for the rest of her life, despite his mistreatment of her. ... two homes for her mother, a Ferrari, an Aston Martin and a $350,000 ...
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 ...
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.
Fields was born in New York to Patsy, her Jamaican mother and an African American father. [citation needed] Fields began her career as a singer. She joined Ronnie Spector as a Ronette in 1973 and recorded two singles for Buddah Records. [1] Fields began her acting career as an extra in the 1974 film Claudine. She has had numerous supporting ...
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.