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Veronica Yvette “Ronnie“ Spector (née Bennett; born August 10, 1943) is an American rock and roll and popular music vocalist, and was the lead singer of the 1960s chart-ranked girl group, The Ronettes, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. She is known as the “original bad girl of rock and roll.“ Born as Veronica Yvette Bennett in New York City on August 10, 1943. From an early age Ronnie took to singing, encouraged by her large, close family. The other members of the Ronettes, her sister Estelle Bennett (1941-2009) and cousin, Nedra Talley, were also encouraged to sing by their family. The Ronettes were a multiracial group, which was unusual during the 1960s. The Bennetts' mother was African-American and Cherokee Indian, and their father was Irish; their cousin, Nedra Talley is African-American and Puerto Rican. In her autobiography, Ronnie Spector said that at one point in her childhood, she was not sure if she was black or white. Bennett w
