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Ronnie Spector Has Died.

JaneMarple — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:52:18 GMT

I just got an NBC news brief that Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes has died, she was 78..

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meallen616 — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:53:18 GMT

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insomniac2 — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:10:31 GMT

Oh, I loved her voice so much!

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JaneMarple — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:15:14 GMT

I was a preschooler in 1965 and thought that she was the most beautiful woman ever. I loved her hair and makeup and wanted to be her. My brother (16 years older than me) had a girlfriend who styled herself after The Ronettes so I loved it when she came to visit.

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ValuSkr — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:23:09 GMT

She follows her former husband, Phil Spector, in death by almost exactly a year. He died 1/16/2021. They were married from 1968 to 1974; he was reportedly abusive.

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golding76 — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:39:47 GMT

That "Wall of Sound." Never been anything like it again.

I loved "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You." Incomparable with their magic.

May she rest in peace. I'd read that she was very much abused by husband Phil.

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Johnnyeager — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:39:05 GMT

Ronnie addressed the abuse straightforwardly in her 1990 memoir "Be My Baby." A movie adaptation is in the works.

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Witchy Woman — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:11:02 GMT

I was so saddened to hear this tonight. Another wonderful artist from my youth now gone.

Her looks, her sound...nothing like them for someone like me growing up in a town of 2,000 people in the Midwest. She was the "It" girl to me seeming to have it all. Beauty, talent, fame. Of course, her life was not perfect, but it seemed so at the time.

She was and always will be one of a kind. Singing along to her music just made me happy...those "girl" groups were just the best.

Hoping she is singing in Heaven. Goodbye Ronnie.

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gertrudecloset — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:35:56 GMT

RIP. I hadn't heard about this. Thanks for letting us know @JaneMarple .

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kaydee50 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:27:37 GMT

Just read her obit in the NY Times. Loved The Ronettes! Be My Baby is one of my alltime favorites. RIP!

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catter70 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:54:28 GMT

I just heard this on GMA. Another sad loss. A beautiful lady with a beautiful voice.

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qualitygal — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:59:27 GMT

I hadn't heard of this either. There's many now in this age area ....Sorry to hear of another loss.

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Johnnyeager — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:03:37 GMT

The Ronettes version of "Sleigh Ride" just peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 in December!

It was their second highest charting after "Be My Baby". Quite an accomplishment for a recording from 1963.

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golding76 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:28:51 GMT

During this year's (2021's) pre-Christmas season, I was watching PBS when they broadcast a show of favorite Christmas songs performed by artists from what they referred to as "My Christmas Music" (or something similar). The aggregate production included work by Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc.

Among the classics aired was "Sleigh Ride" performed by a mature Ronnie Spector. The song was part of a previous TV Christmas show, by all appearances.

I hope that she knew about, and even watched, this recent mass broadcast of her enormous and singular talent.

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hckynutjohn — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:34:24 GMT

Listened to a lot of her music back then, and still do in the present. She had "that voice" that really appealed/appeals to me, just as did Karen Carpenter, who died at age 32.

RIP Ronnie, you left behind a legacy of good music for millions to enjoy. Condolences to all her loved ones. 🙏

hckynut

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Witchy Woman — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:38:43 GMT

@JaneMarple

I just saw this wonderful image of Ronnie and Eddie Money...two of my all time favorites. Were they young and beautiful!

Saw Eddie twice in concert in a small venue. He was delightful, and talked about Ronnie as she had sung on "Take Me Home Tonight."

Feeling very old today!

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spiderw — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:23:35 GMT

Ronnie Spector, a beautiful woman with a voice to match, talented and classy. Her music will live on and her legacy in the world of music in place. I too love Sleighride and it has become one of my favorite Christmas songs! Be My Baby, we all agree on that one!

Another sad loss, may Ronnie be at peace with God.

Witchy Woman, I also loved Eddie Money, what a great picture of him and Ronnie, thanks for sharing!!!!!!

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catwoman48 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:47:56 GMT

😥 How very sad. I was just watching a documentary (again) on AXSTV a couple of days ago about Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. There are some really great clips of The Ronnettes, of course, and I was reminded once again of how exquisite they were and how much I wanted to be Ronnie! Blue-eyed blonde, never gonna happen, of course, nor could I sing. Hate that she is gone, but thank goodness we will ALWAYS have Sleigh Ride and - my favorite - Walking in the Rain. Loved Eddie Money, too, and their duet on Take Me Home Tonight is a great song. He was SO handsome in his day, wow. 🙏

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catwoman48 — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:49:11 GMT

😥 How very sad. I was just watching a documentary (again) on AXSTV a couple of days ago about Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. There are some really great clips of The Ronettes, of course, and I was reminded once again of how exquisite they were and how much I wanted to be Ronnie! Blue-eyed blonde, never gonna happen, of course, nor could I sing. Hate that she is gone, but thank goodness we will ALWAYS have Sleigh Ride and - my favorite - Walking in the Rain. Loved Eddie Money, too, and their duet on Take Me Home Tonight is a great song. He was SO handsome in his day, wow. 🙏