Ronnie Spector
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Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages audio, 13 February 1991
On marriage to, and escape from, Phil Spector; on being fancied by John Lennon, being a Ronette, being in Swinging London, being hit on by hero Frankie Lymon... and writing her autobiography.
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Ronnie Spector: The Continental Baths, New York NY
Live Review by Vicki Wickham, Melody Maker, 4 May 1974
NEW YORK: 42nd Street and 8th Avenue met at the Continental Baths last night! In true Midler-style, "tacky" was the word, but it was glorious ...
Ronnie Spector (1991) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 13 February 1991
This is a transcript of Barney's audio interview with Ronnie. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Ronnie — the voice that brought Spector back
Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 1 May 1971
BACK in 1963, the Ronettes were three highly-coiffeured teenage girls who swept up the charts on a furious wave of Spector sound. Their lead singer, ...
Cleveland International Records: Ronnie Spector Breaks Cleveland!
Report and Interview by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, April 1977
CLEVELAND — It's a freezing night in mid-February for this city that knows no excess in terms of its insatiable hunger for pop. Indisputably, this ...
New Albums from Carole King, Carly Simon et al
Review by Richard Williams, The Times, 29 May 1971
King and friends Carole King: Tapestry (A&M AMLS 2025); Carly Simon: Carly Simon (Elektra EKS-74082); Carol Hall: If I Be Your Lady (Elektra EKS-7407R); Ronnie Spector: ...
Review by Howard Wuelfing, Unicorn Times, October 1978
Girl Group Sound Filters Back into Rock Scene ...
Interview by Max Bell, Uncut, May 2006
When Phil Spector didn't have her under lock and key, she was being seduced by Lennon and getting wild with Bowie, Ronnie Spector, the ultimate ...
Ronnie Spector: Life Club, New York City
Live Review by Evelyn McDonnell, The Village Voice, 29 December 1998
"BRIAN WILSON wrote this song for me," Ronnie Spector said on Wednesday at her annual holiday party at Life, "but because of publishing and contracts ...
Ronnie Spector Talks to Rainbows
Report and Interview by Dave Thompson, Alternative Press, Fall 1999
SHE WAS ONE of the voices of the American 60s, the purest element in Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound, the heartbeat of an entire generation's ...
Ronnie Spector: The Last of the Rock Stars
Press Release by Andy Schwartz, press release for High Coin Records, 2006
ONLY A FEW ARTISTS in history have been capable of defining an entire era in pop music. Ronnie Spector is one of those artists: the ...
Ronnie Spector: Ronnie Tries It Solo
Interview by Phil Symes, Disc and Music Echo, 8 May 1971
THE SUCCESS of Motown's Supremes somewhat overshadowed most of the other girlie-groups in America back in the mid-sixties. But one trio who managed to hold ...
Ronnie Spector: Hi There, Big Boy! Wanna "Interview" Me?
Interview by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 9 April 1977
Mmm-mm. Eighty-eight pounds of compact yumminess on parade for all you heavy guys out there. CLIFF WHITE, hot from New York, on delectable RONNIE SPECTOR's ...
Ronnie Spector: Ronnie's Spectre
Interview by Sean O'Hagan, The Observer, 26 March 2006
RONNIE SPECTOR Greenfield strolls into the nondescript foyer of the Sheraton hotel in Danbury, Connecticut, a few paces behind her husband, Jonathan. ...
Ronnie Spector: Rolling Ronette
Report by Jaan Uhelszki, Rolling Stone, 17 December 1998
YOU CAN BET it wasn't the first time Keith Richards has given up a night's sleep, but it may have been one of the more ...
Ronnie Spector Says Goodbye To Hollywood
Interview by John Tobler, Hot Wacks, Spring 1979
PHIL SPECTOR......aah, the magic that name still evokes, but what of the former Mrs Phil Spector. Veronica Benett, better known as Ronnie Spector, this is ...
'I Wasn't Even a Housewife': Ronnie Spector's true confessions
Report and Interview by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 27 September 1980
SHE WAS supposed to be promoting her album, but Ronnie Spectors first solo album isnt the kind of thing thats about to stop the world ...
Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes at the Continental Baths
Live Review by Alan Betrock, Phonograph Record, May 1974
EVER SINCE Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes folded up shop in the late sixties, the music world has been awaiting their return. But despite one ...
Review by Barney Hoskyns, City Limits, February 1991
Be My Baby: Ronnie Spector with Vince Waldron ...
Exorcising Phil's Spectre: Ronnie's Return
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 16 February 1991
THE SNOWBOUND metropolis of London holds many memories for Ronnie Spector. When she was riding high in the mid-'60s with The Ronettes, that vampy girl ...
see also Ronettes, The
see also Phil Spector
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