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The Ronettes

THE RONETTES

YEAR

2007

INDUCTED BY

Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)

CATEGORY

Performers

A classic girl group with a tough, sexy twist.

Led by Ronnie Spector’s quavering siren voice and Phil Spector’s musical genius, the Ronettes produced some of the greatest music of the century.

Estelle Bennett

Estelle Bennett

Nedra Talley

Nedra Talley

Veronica 'Ronnie' Spector

Veronica 'Ronnie' Spector

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Rob Bowman

The introduction to the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” needs to be heard only once before it is forever burned into the deepest recesses of one’s cranium.

Studio drummer Hal Blaine lays down a simple baion beat – boom-ba-boom (smash), boom-ba-boom (smash). Swathed in unprecedented levels of reverb, it has a cataclysmic effect. Over the next two bars the ante is upped as multiple pianos, guitars, a solitary bass, and an array of auxiliary percussion fill out what had come to be known as producer Phil Spector’s trademark Wall of Sound.

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Class of 2007
I always said we weren't better. We were just different.
Ronnie Spector
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