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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Ronnie Spector
ByBranden C. Potter
In the late s, the all-girl pop group known as the Ronettes were just beginning to man a name for themselves. By the s, the group had reached superstardom with hit songs like "Be My Baby," "The Best Part of Breaking Up," and "Walking in the Rain." Their sound and style appealed to the world, but something special set them apart as pioneers in a male-dominated industry.
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The Ronettes may have been presented as a pop group, but, with a closer look, were as rock 'n' roll as it gets. It was Ronnie Spector's vocal choices, the way the group looked, and how they performed that pushed subtle boundaries and put them in a whole new genre. As NPR wrote, "The Ronettes' bad girl look, with piled hair and heavy eyeliner, [] pushed back against these gendered expectations, blurring genre lines and signaling a certain kind of refusal to submit."
Frontwoman Ronnie Spector led the way
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Ronnie Spector
American singer (–)
This article is about the singer. For the special effects artist, see Ronnie Specter.
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| Birth name | Veronica Yvette Bennett |
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| Born | ()August 10, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, () (aged&#;78) Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | – |
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| Formerly of | The Ronettes |
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| Children | 5 |
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Musical artist
Veronica Yvette Greenfield[1] (née&#;Bennett, formerly Spector; August 10, &#; January 12, ) was an American singer who co-founded and fronted the girl group the Ronettes. She is sometimes referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll".[2][3]
Spector formed the singing group the Ronettes with her older sis
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Ronnie Spector was born and raised in Spanish Harlem. She formed the Ronettes while in her teens and released her first records in on the Colpix label.
The Ronettes were also professional singers and dancers at New York’s Peppermint Lounge. There they were discovered by legendary disc jockey “Murray the K" (Murray Kaufman), who promptly hired them as dancers for his Brooklyn Fox Theater rock and roll revues.
Beginning in , Ronnie Spector—as lead singer of the ultimate girl group, The Ronettes—recorded a long string of classic pop hits: powerful, poignant teen anthems like the Grammy Award-winning "Walking in the Rain," "Do I Love You," "Baby I Love You,” "The Best Part of Breaking Up," "I Can Hear Music," and the international Number One smash "Be My Baby." These records are among the best-loved and most-emulated recordings in the history of rock and roll.
“There were girl group hits before the Ronettes,” wrote Canadian critic Carl Wilson in a feature for the Toronto Globe &a