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Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector, born on August 10, 1943, is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her role as the lead singer of The Ronettes, a landmark rock and pop music group of the 1960s. Spector, with her distinctive voice and stage presence, left a lasting impression on the music industry. more

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“I look around me and I don’t see any rock’n’roll at the moment. Instead it’s all choreography and stylists and wigs and stuff. It’s like they’re afraid to let the music breathe. No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day. We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too. We didn’t have no dancers, we didn’t have no goddamn wigs.”

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