![]() Nothing wrong with that, but I hear so many comments about how they "made it their own". But it's obvious they did their best to imitate the earlier Isley Bothers version. ![]() I Love You" (#10 for 1 week), and "There's A Place" (#74 for 1 week) these four songs were on the Tollie Records label, which was a subsidiary of Vee-Jay Records. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 10th 1964 Vee-Jay Records of Chicago released the album 'Introducing The Beatles'.Īnd on that day the #1 album was "The Singing Nun" by the Singing Nun and ten days later on January 20th Capitol Records released 'Meet The Beatles'.įour tracks from the album made Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart "Love Me Do" (#1 for 1 week), "Twist and Shout (#2 for 4 weeks), "P.S.* The Beatles' performance was a taped segment. ![]() ![]() Plus at the time they had the two top albums on Billboard's Top Albums chart 'Meet the Beatles' at #1 and 'Introducing the Beatles' at #2.Įxactly six years later on February 23rd, 1970 Ringo appear on the NBC-TV program 'Laugh In' it was his first solo TV appearance, and then just over eight months later on November 1st, 1970 his first solo record, "Beaucoups of Blues", entered the Top 100 for a five week stay, peaking at #87. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1964.The camera doesn’t pan to Ronnie, Estelle or Nedra, but it’s a safe bet that they weren’t clapping. From the days of 1963 at Gold Star Studios, I wish them all the happiness and good fortune the world has to offer.’ And it’s signed ‘Phil Spector,’ ladies and gentlemen.” He walked away from the podium to very light applause. “It gives me a lot of pleasure to read this note,” he gushed. This was a night that was about the Ronettes, not him.īut after the performance, Paul Shaffer rushed to the microphone. Not only was he her abusive ex-husband, he also spent decades taking as much credit for the success of the group as he possibly could, and doing everything in his power to deny her royalties. If you’ll read the names that Ronnie thanked in her speech, you’ll notice that she skipped over Phil Spector for very understandable reasons. Here’s the grand finale of “Be My Baby.” It was a spectacular way to wrap up the saga of the Ronettes. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bandleader Paul Shaffer reveres the Ronettes like few other groups, and he assembled an enormous band to recreate Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound production for their performance that night down to the smallest details. Thank you for playing the music to your children and to your children’s children.” I thank every fan that kept us in their hearts and in their minds for all these years. I was very, very young and I didn’t know that we were setting styles for girls. But I didn’t have any idea what we were giving. “And that we, as the Ronettes, are being acknowledged for what we gave. “I thank God that I’m here tonight,” she said. Nedra Talley became a born-again Christian after the Ronettes ended and moved away from secular music, but she remained very proud of the group’s accomplishments. “I would just like to say thank you very much for giving us this award,” she said. She didn’t perform with her group that night, but she did deliver brief remarks following her sister’s speech. I am blown away.” She then delivered a lengthy, gracious speech where she thanked her two bandmates, Cher, Jack Nitzsche, Murray the K, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Iovine, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Steve Van Zandt, Joey Ramone, Patti Smith, Eddie Money, Keith Richards, and several others.Įstelle Bennett had a very difficult life following the dissolution of the Ronettes due to severe mental-health issues. … I never thought I’d get here, but here I am. They touched my heart right there and then, and they touch it still.” “I realized that despite Jack Nitzsche’s beautiful arrangements, they could sing all the way right through a Wall of Sound. “I got a command performance all to myself,” he said. Watching them rehearse before the shows kicked off was his first opportunity to hear the trio sing live. He started by looking back to a 1964 English tour that the Rolling Stones embarked on with the Ronettes. Keith Richards delivered their induction speech.
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