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The Ronettes were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1965 for "Walking in the Rain". [63] They were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Be My Baby" in 1999. [64] 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. [65] The Ronettes' influence on music was significant.
In 1965, the Ronettes were voted the third-top singing group in England behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. [18] They opened for the Beatles on their 1966 US tour without their lead singer. [19] Phil had forbidden Bennett to tour with the Beatles, so her cousin Elaine stood in as a third member. [20]
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.
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.
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 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 ...
When the Beatles came to New York on February 7, 1964, Murray was the first DJ they welcomed into their circle, having heard about him and his Brooklyn Fox shows from American groups such as the Ronettes (sisters Ronnie and Estelle Bennett and their first cousin Nedra Talley). The Ronettes met the Beatles in mid-January 1964, just a few weeks ...
The Beatles are ingrained in pop culture with their compilation album of No. 1 hits in the U.K. and U.S. called 1, earning the accolade of the top 10 selling albums of the 2000s, The Independent ...