Just Like Ronnie Sang #MusicMovesMe

Rock and roll heaven has two new inductees. 

Who are the Music Moves Me bloggers? We are bloggers who blog about music each Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please!)   First, there is XmasDolly.  Her co-hosts are: Stacy of Stacy Uncorked, Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, and me. 

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Each month, except December, we have a guest conductor. For January, our guest conductor is our very own Cathy at Curious as a Cathy.

Cathy has chosen the theme for this week:  You Pick.

Ronnie Spector, born Veronica Bennett, passed away January 12, from cancer, at the age of 78.

I am saddened by the passing of still another piece of my early childhood.  Along with her sister and a cousin, she formed a group called The Ronettes in 1957.  They became famous for beehive hairdos, heavy eye makeup, tight clothing and may have been the original "bad girls" of rock n'roll.  But soon they were on the way to fame.  In 1963, they auditioned for the late infamous record producer Phil Spector, who signed them (and, eventually, married Veronica Bennett).

Their first album, released in 1964, produced five hits on the Billboard charts.  Here are three:

Be My Baby. 

Baby, I Love You, from the same album. 

 

Walking in the Rain.

Ronnie divorced from Phil in 1974 after enduring unbelievable abuse from her husband.  Her ex husband ended up in prison for a murder he committed in 2003.

Ronnie's cover (with the E Street Band) of Billy Joel's Say Goodbye to Hollywood.

In 1986, she sang as the featured vocalist with singer Eddie Money on a song "Take Me Home Tonight" where she responds to Eddie's "Listen, honey, just like Ronnie sang" by singing  "Be my little baby, baby my darling...."

 I never got to see Ronnie Spector, but I did see Eddie Money in concert once.

The other inductee is Fred Parris of the doo-wop group The Five Satins, who died Thursday, at the age of 85.  Fred Parris was the co-founder of this group and the writer of their big hit "In The Still of the Night".  

The song was recorded in the basement of a church in New Haven, Connecticut and charted in 1956.  It charte again in 1960 and 1961.  It's since been covered by many artists and was featured in at least two movies.  Rolling Stone magazine named the song as one of its Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

RIP Ronnie and Fred.

And that's a wrap!

Join me again next Monday, same time, same place, for another episode of Music Moves Me!