3152 The RONETTES | en

The Ronettes were a girl group of the 1960s from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. They consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett (a.k.a. Ronnie Spector), her sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley. Their defining album is "Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica" from 1963, and their most famous songs include "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up", and "Walking in the Rain". The group's career: Sisters Estelle (born 1941) and Veronica Bennett (born 1943), and their cousin Nedra Talley (born 1946), began singing together as...

Below is the actual liner notes from the back of the album that I own: "F**K YOU. That's right, F**K YOU. This is supposed to be the f**king CyberSpace-Sex age or some f**king thing and I'm sitting here with a f**ked up Smith Corona typewriter and my wrinkled little pud in my hand. OH WELL. Speaking of space, this here finely-fleshed band of gals puts all those lame instrumental bands to shame. F**k Surf, this is Space! As you might well guess if you're a rock n roll scholar they take the Astronauts (Colorado's mountain kings of rock n roll...