Ronnie Spector, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who fronted classic 1960s girl group the Ronettes, delivered the iconic vocal on their hit “Be My Baby,” and counted many of rock’s biggest names as ...

Ronnie Spector, the rock icon who led the girl group The Ronnettes before embarking on a decades-long solo career and broke barriers by going public about the abuse she endured while married to ...

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys tells the story that he was driving when he first heard Veronica Bennett and the Ronettes sing "Be My Baby" on the radio. He had to pull over, or so the story goes. "It ...

Ronnie Spector, whose towering voice propelled indelible early 1960s hit records including “Be My Baby,” “Baby, I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain,” died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer.

During an interview with The Guardian, Spector discussed the origin of “Be My Baby.” She said the track was born out of Phil Spector‘s infatuation with her. While she performed lead vocals on the ...

It was August 1987, and a potential moral panic over suggestive gyrating proved unnecessary when Dirty Dancing turned out to be a coming-of-age romance where the dancing was not, in fact, all that ...

Ronnie Spector, who gained with fame the Ronettes in the early 1960s, died on Wednesday of cancer. She was 78. Born Veronica Yvette Bennett, she sang on such hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” ...

LOS ANGELES — Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group the ...