Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett in New York City on 10 August 1943; died 12 January 2022) was the lead singer of the 1960's girl group
The Ronettes, who most famously sang
Be My Baby. She was the ex-wife of producer
Phil Spector. Kept a near prisoner by Phil Spector throughout her teens and 20s, she eventually left the abusive relationship to raise her son, and re-establish her languishing singing career. Many attempts fell flat; even 1976's
Say Goodbye to Hollywood, written by
Billy Joel and with backing from
Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band, didn…
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