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Bennett (right) with the Ronettes. When Bennett was 14, she and her sister Ronnie, and their cousin Nedra Talley started singing together. 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.
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.
The album was produced by Talley's husband, Ross. The album's inner sleeve featured Talley's bio (and salvation story), but also a photo taken in the mid-'60s aboard a plane with Talley and fellow Ronette, Estelle Bennett, sharing seats with The Beatles' John Lennon and George Harrison, who were great fans of the Ronettes. The album has to date ...
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 ...
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]
Indiana-based singing janitor Goodall, 55, won season 19 of AGT on Sept. 24, and members of Journey including Neal Schon appeared on the show to perform "Don't Stop Believin'" — the song he ...
UFO was first broadcast in the UK and Canada from 1970, and in the United States from 1972. [3] The Andersons' live-action science fiction movie Doppelgänger (also known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) is considered an immediate precursor to UFO, which was their first entirely live-action TV series.