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𝗜𝗻 🅻🅾🆅🅸🅽🅶 🅼🅴🅼🅾🆁🆈: 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 - [𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧: 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗬𝘃𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁 - 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐦 (𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲) 𝟭𝟬 𝐀𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑 - ☨𝟭𝟮 𝐉𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝐲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 - 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐭] - 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮-𝗲𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 '𝗕𝗲 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆'? 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 - 𝗥𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 (𝟴𝟭 𝘆𝗿𝘀) 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭. Live performance at tv show Shindig! , aired on US tv: 11 August 1965 Songwriters: Eleanor Louise “Ellie“ Greenwich (✝ 68 yrs - Brooklyn, 23 October 1940 - New York, 26 August 2009) and Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; New Nork, April 3, 1938) Lead singer: Veronica Bennett (later known as Ronnie Spector) Born: August 10, 1943, New York City. Backing vocals: Ronnie Spector-Bennett, Nedra Talley, born January 27, 1946 in New York City, Estelle Bennett born: July 22, 1941, New York City - († Feb. 11, 2009, Englewood - New Jersey) Supporting backing vocals: Ellie Greenwich (✝26 Aug. 2009) , Nino Tempo, Bobby Sheen (✝), Sonny Bono (✝) , Cher, Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Gracia May-Nitzsche Band: The Wrecking Crew with Hal Blaine on drums with his famous intro. That famous drum intro was an accident. Hal Blaine said: “I was supposed to play the snare on the second beat as well as the fourth, but I dropped a stick. Being the faker I was in those days, I left the mistake in and it became: “Bum-ba-bum-BOOM!” And soon everyone wanted that beat. No less an authority than Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has declared 'Be My Baby' the greatest pop record ever song drove Brian Wilson mad with envy. Wilson says it is his favorite record, stating in Q Magazine's 1001 Best songs Ever: “This is a special one for me. What a great sound, the Wall of Sound. Boy, first heard this on the car radio and I had to pull off the road, I couldn't believe it. The choruses blew me away; the strings are the melody of love. It has the promise to make the world better.“ The Ronettes recorded “Be My Baby“ in July 1963, Los Angeles at the Gold Star Studios famous for its echo chamber and was released in August 1963 at Philles Records. Producer: the infamous Phill Spector. By the fall of that year, it had become a top ten hit, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Top 100. “Our lives were turned upside down,“ Ronnie later recalled. “All the things I'd ever dreamed about were finally coming true “Be My Baby“ turned out to be a huge record for the Ronettes; radio stations constantly played the song throughout the fall of 1963. Their unpolished but flirty voices, and Ronnie’s breaking “whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh” in “Be My Baby,” have echoed through generations of female rock singers. “Be My Baby“ inspired a legion of Ronettes fans, including Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, who wrote “Don't Worry Baby“ as a tribute to the group. The song is also notable for being the first recording work done by Cher, who was one of the backing vocals on the song. Cher, the girlfriend of Sonny Bono at the time (who was then working for Phil Spector) was asked to join the back-up singers when one of them didn't show up for the recording that day. “ 'Be My Baby' was the first record I ever sang on,“ Cher later wrote. “...I went out and stood in front of this big speaker and sang 'be my, be my baby' with the Ronettes and all these other singers.“Ah huh huh“, and “Be My Baby!,“ Cher became a permanent backup singer for songs recorded by the Ronettes, along with other songs Phil Spector produced for his label Philles Records. Phil Spector (81 yrs, born Harvey Phillip Spector, December 26, 1939 - January 16, 2021) convicted on April 13, 2009, for the second-degree murder of Lana Clarkson — a blond actress who was found shot to death in the legendary producer’s 30-room mansion. It was a tragic end to a music career that saw as many dizzying heights as it did truly bizarre twists. He was serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life and would be 88 years (in 2027) old before becoming eligible for parole. But Spector died January 16th , 2021of covid19 related complications. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼