Posted on 01/12/2022 2:16:39 PM PST by CrosscutSaw
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, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer. She was with family and in the arms of her husband, Jonathan,” reads a statement on Spector’s official website. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude. Her joyful sound, playful nature and magical presence will live on in all who knew, heard or saw her.”
Née Veronica Bennett, she forged an enduring “bad girl” image with her older sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley – towering teased beehive hairdos, canopies of mascara and eyeliner and tight-fitting slit skirts – that rubbed against the aching romanticism of the Ronettes’ Philles Records hits of 1963-66.
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One of a kind. I loved her and Eddie Money with Take Me Home Tonight.......RIP Ronnie ;(
We had the grandkids play the LP they did.
Christmas collection that is priceless.
Woops. It was Phil Spector.
One of my all time favorite songs. RIP Ronnie!
Amen, brother.
The Ronettes, moonlighting as the Heartbreakers for Ahmet Ertegun's Atco label
Way too talented to be a success these days.
Ronnie claimed that shw was kept prisoner in their California mansion and was forbidden from wearing shoes at home for fear she would run away. The singer even recalled when her husband Phil Spector threatened to display her body in a glass-lidded coffin he kept in the basement once she was dead, so that he could ‘look at her forever’.
A couple of months after that, Ronnie’s mother helped her to escape that home for good.
I didn’t realize Spector had done a Christmas LP (featuring the Ronettes on several songs). I’m going to snag a copy for next Christmas!
Her Sleigh Ride got lots of play on radio in December. Sounded better each time.
Wow.
Listening to that made my heart ache for a lost time. Reminiscent of an era.
I really miss all of the Motown sounds. What an energetic and creative era. RIP Ronnie. Your legacy will live on in the annals of music.
We had a couple of Ronnie types in my high school. They made it hard to study and harder yet to change classes. She was true idol.
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