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“I love getting on stage and pouring my heart out to everybody, making them laugh, making them cry — and, at the end, they’re all so happy.” - Ronnie

Taken at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey - 1982

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I love everything about your Tumblr. It doesn't feel real that Ronnie is not on this earth anymore but hey knowing she is with her sister Estelle makes me feel a bit better. Ronnie lived 78 long years; she has had some stories over the course of her life. Anyway, please keep posing our beautiful Ronnie and the ever-Fabulous Ronettes! : )

Thank you very much! As long as Ronettes' music lives on, so will these amazing ladies' memory and legacy.

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Ronnie Spector, a woman who triumphed over adversity and took her power back. Who kept moving ahead no matter who or what stood in her way.

(Photo by Larry Lapidus)

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The Ronettes at a 1966 photo session.

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Estelle Bennett (left) and Nedra Talley-Ross of The Ronettes photographed with family in 1978.

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“We put on tight dresses, slits up the side, jacked our hair way up to the the ozone with a blast of aquanet, and when we walked out there, it was something to talk about.” — Ronnie Spector

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March 11th, 2016

"My record company wants me to tell you that I actually signed a bunch of albums (see the picture is proof), yeah real vinyl, for them to sell on Amazon. And you know what else, they are selling them real cheap too! I wouldn't have signed all those albums if I knew that!! But I have to admit, I do like the way my album looks!" -- Ronnie Spector on her last album, English Heart.

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“All my life, all I ever wanted to do was sing rock ‘n’ roll.” -Ronnie Spector

Ronnie on stage at Madison Square Garden, 1989.

Photo by Richard Bonenfant

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The Ronettes perform on Soupy Sales TV show on Channel 5 in 1965 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives)

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Estelle, Ronnie, and Nedra photographed with Janice Nicholls, TV presenter for the British television series, "Thank Your Lucky Stars." in 1964.

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"We were special to the family. We felt the security of all of our family. You could only walk a few blocks without running into an aunt, an uncle cousins, and all of that. We did the Apollo Theater. And when we did it, [...] e went with not one dad or aunt or uncle - we went with multiple people to protect us. The aunts would take turns traveling with us and the uncles were there as chaperones." — Nedra Talley-Ross

The Ronettes backstage with their cousins Ramona, Lynne, and Karen (who is holding their album).

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December 21, 1963:

The Ronettes enter the Pop charts with their song, "Baby I Love You".

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I formed the Ronettes with my sister Estelle and cousin Nedra, but we couldn’t get a hit. When we did shows, we’d be on the bill as “and others”. It was an awful period. Then one day Estelle called Philles Records, which was run by Phil Spector. He was probably the hottest producer in America, but he answered the phone himself. The next night, we had an audition and he just freaked out. “That’s the voice I’ve been looking for,” he said. He went nuts over me from that moment.

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The Ronettes

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The Ronettes backstage with Dusty Springfield in 1964.

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January 16, 1964 -- London U.K. - The Ronettes during their interview with British disc jockey, Alan Freeman.

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1964 UK tour programme at the Granada Harrow in January 1964 with the Rolling Stones, the Ronettes, Dave Berry, and Marty Wilde.

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