How A Rookie's BIG HIT Influenced Scores Of Legends In Tribute To Ronnie Spector | Professor of Rock
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- A tribute to the Queen of The Wall of Sound, the influential rock Goddess Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes who passed away after a brief battle with Cancer. Ronnie Spector ruled the 60s with her #2 hit Be My Baby that influence everyone from the Beatles to Billy Joel, From Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys to Bruce Springsteen who patterned some of their biggest records after her sound. After stepping away from Rock she had a career resurgence with Eddie Money duetting on the 80s top 5 hit Take Me Home Tonight. Ronnie Spector influenced so many and will continue to do so.
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Here at Professor of Rock we want to extend our condolences to her family and recognize her incredible contribution to music history. Her legacy will continue to inspire people for centuries to come.Veronica Bennett grew up in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood of New York City. She formed the Ronettes in 1961 with her older sister Estelle and cousin Nedra. Teaming up with Wall of Sound producer Phil Spector, they released a number of hit singles in the 60s including Baby I Love You, Do I Love You, and Walking in the Rain.
But of course, the biggest hit of them all was Be My Baby... which climbed all the way up to #2 in the US.
The Ronettes broke up in 1967 and Ronnie and Phil married in 1968. But after enduring years of psychological abuse, Ronnie divorced Phil in 1974. Later, in 1982 she married the love of her life, Jonathan Greenfield. Just a few of the many highlights of Ronnie’s career included touring with the the Rolling Stones, singing backup for Jimi Hendrix, befriending an up-and-coming Cher, and inspiring rock luminaries like Brian Wilson, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and so many others to write music patterned after her style. In 1986, Ronnie's solo career reached its zenith when she collaborated with Eddie Money for top 5 smash Take Me Home Tonight.
To give Ronnie a proper tribute we absolutely have to take a closer look at her signature song Be My Baby. We were planning on covering this on our #1 in our hearts program, because it deserved to be a #1 hit on influence alone and it got as close as a song can. Be my Baby was the first in a group of songs that songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich penned with Phil Spector. Lyrically, it is very simple. It’s about a girl who is trying to convince a guy she likes to give her a chance. She lets him know that she's been into him from the day they met and that she thinks they can pass the test of time.
Looking back on the song, Ronnie said that it felt like they took the lyrics straight from her life. It was during a time when she was still very young and innocent. She remembered Phil coming to her house and seeing the dolls in her room. He asked her about them.
POLL: What are your picks for the greatest songs by Ronnie Spector or the greatest songs influenced by her? Please share your memories below!
...***BORN TO RUN*** , Man!!
Influences?
1. Say Goodbye to Hollywood: Billy Joel
2. Anything Joey Ramone ever sang.
3. Don't Worry, Baby: The Beach Boys
@@RBS_ Agree. In my top 5 favorite songs ever.
@@scottstalcup6980 Anything Joey Ramone ever sang! Ha ha. Love it.
I love the drum intro in 'Be my Baby'... it sounds like a cannon salvo opening the track... as for influences, we have the intro of 'Only yesterday' by the Carpenters and 'Just like Honey' by Jesus and Mary Chain...
You know you are the bomb when Brian Wilson emulates you! She was one of a kind.
No kidding. Such a legend.
RIGHT !!! She was amazing.
Wilson is the GOAT.
As an Eddie Money fan, I loved her collaboration on "Take Me Home Tonight"! Her loss is incalculable.
They also collaborated on 'Everybody Loves Christmas' a decade later. RIP
When Brian Wilson speaks about making records...I take his word seriously. The man is a musical genius.
On my living room wall is an autographed 8×10 picture of Ronnie Spector that reads "To George, Baby, I Love You, Ronnie Spector." This was from the late 80s when she was doing a Christmas show with Sonny Bono and Darlene Love at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village where I worked at the time. The show lasted a week so I got to talk to the artists a few times. Ronnie was an absolute class act on and off stage. Sonny was one of the coolest guys you could ever meet too. I was sorry to hear that Ronnie recently died. Sonny too also went far too soon.
Agreed. Wow! That would've been quite a concert! Thanks for sharing!
I know we all have to pass but her passing has broken my heart, even more than I expected.
It's a massive loss for sure.
Same.
I was 10 in 1965 and had an aunt who was only 4 years older. She had a baby blue, suitcase style record player and I would sneak into her room and listen to all her 45’s. My favorites were always the girl groups of that era. The Shirelles’ I Meet Him On A Sunday; The Chiffons’ Sweet Talking Guy; Martha and The Vandellas’ Jimmy Mack; The Supremes’ Stop In The Name Of Love; Millie Small’s My Boy Lollipop; Leslie Gore’s Judy’s Turn To Cry; and, of course, The Ronettes’ Be My Baby. I knew every word to all their hits and would stand on the street corner with my little sister and best friend and do their synchronized dance moves as we belted out the songs. Many years later, at the Palladium in NYC, the DJ suddenly switched up the 80’s dance tunes he was playing and put on Be My Baby. I’m positive that my date fell in love with me out on that dance floor as we sang every other line to each other. Ronnie, thank you for the music. Professor, thx for the memories. Peace
If I ever had to try and explain to someone what the 'wall of sound' was, this is the song I would play. Classic song from a classic lady. RIP Ronnie. As an aside, the musicians on this song reads like a whose who of the best studio musicians of all time, the Wrecking Crew at their best.
For sure. This is the essential song of the Wall of Sound.
This is the best example of the wall of sound. I always loved listening to it even with my cruddy headphones in the 80’s.
You are correct. This song sounds great on every speaker from transistor radio to studio monitors.
The session musicians didn't keep her and the Ronettes out of the RR Hall o Fame. It shouldn't keep the Monkees out either.
One of the things done was cranking up the reverb, and slapping two blocks of wood together at the mic for part of the rhythm ( boom ba boom KSHHH! ).
Professor, I had recently heard the sad news that Ronnie Spector died of cancer. I am so glad you devoted an episode for a tribute to her. When I think of the music scene during the early 1960s, one of the very first genres that comes to mind is the girl-group sound. The Ronettes and The Crystals were regarded as the 2 best. If I had to pick the most classic song from the girl groups, it would be The Ronettes Be My Baby. That song was influential to so many, including Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
This episode has a part form my interview with Brian Wilson!
@ghost mall Those groups were considered more of the Motown movement. I was referring to groups like The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles, The Chiffons, The Shangri-Las, and The Dixie Cups.
We will miss you Ronnie- thank you for all of the music, Godspeed, rest in peace...
When Brian Wilson gives to that kind of praise as a song so inspired his music and all the legends of rock love Ronnie's music and voice then you know she was one of a kind. Rest in Peace Ronnie and thank you, great tribute Professor
Thanks! Rock on my friend.
@Anna Trail she was fantastic, life is a little troublesome at the moment but I can't go into it. Hope all is well for you my friend
@Anna Trail thank you
Nice tribute Adam, thank you....If I had to choose then I'd have to say that, pound for pound, 'Be My Baby' is the best pop record ever released, it is perfect on every level.
Perfect is correct.
Ronnie's impact on the Ramones and New York Dolls really should have been mentioned, her duets with Joey Ramone and Johnny Thunders are amazing, and their groups were heavily influenced by the 60's girl groups.
Agreed. Her influence is so incredible.
I never thought of it that way. I'll check out the duets.
Blondie too.
@@ProfessorofRock these songs make me tear up everytime..just the joy the purity.
@ghost mall as a band playing CBGBs at the center of early NY punk scene, they were a significant part of the definition of "punk". Glad you like them. Punk is great. Punk is rock.
Discovered your channel this week, and have been 'binge-ing' ever since, thank you for your content.
It's been uplifting, and what I've needed, especially during this very difficult week.
Like you, I had a father that was a bit of an audiophile, and was taught that the records, tapes, and stereo equipment were to be respected.
My father exposed me to 'older' (40's, 50's & early 60's) music, my older brother showed me the music from the late 60's to early 80's, mostly 'straight rock', (Zeppelin, Hendrix, Boston, Stones, Eagles, Aerosmith ...), while Casey Kasem's Top 40, and 70's AM radio filled in the gaps.
In high school I discovered Bob Marley, Tom Petty, ZZ Top, The Police, Devo, Pat Benetar, and the Go Go's.
Your channel has helped me re-discover many of them and even add a few new ones ... again, thank you.
I especially love the way you try to teach the younger viewers about "THE STRUGGLE" we had 'back in the day' finding and acquiring 'our' music.
Maybe you already have, and I just have not found it yet, but would love to see you do an episode about "Columbia House", and other ways that we used to endure to get our music, countless hours flipping through the stacks at the local record store, having a tape recorder on standby, next to the radio, hoping the DJ didn't talk too much during the intro and extro, the disappointment of a tape getting 'eaten' by the deck, or discovering one of your vinyl records had been 'scratched', buying an album because of one song, just to discover that it was only good song on it.
Thank you again, and keep the music playing.
Beautifully done. Respects Ronnie Spector. With Love🙏❤️
Very few songs fill me with as much joy as Be My Baby. An archetypal song that transports the listener right back to a time and a place that was pure magic. Backing vocals by Sonny and Cher btw.
This is a wonderful tribute. Her passing feels like the loss of something innocent and pure that we may never have again.
I know exactly how you feel.
I've never commented on your channel before even though I watch you everyday. But this one brought up so many memories I had to. Like most of us, I had a crush on Ronnie since the first time I laid eyes on her. I knew every one of those Ronettes songs by heart. I was also a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, and I had that 45 of say goodbye to Hollywood which I played so much the grooves wore away. I will never forget the thrill I had seeing the E Street Band and Ronnie on that cover sleeve. It's still on my Asbury Park playlist to this day, actually heard this morning while I was in the gym! Eddie money's first album was one of the first 10 LPS I had ever purchased with my own money.( was a freshman in high school) I vividly remember that song dominating the airwaves. Here in New York City the big rock station wnew-fm 102.7 was having a New Year's Eve concert that Eddie Money was headlining. I had tickets, and on the way, I remember asking my wife, " I wonder if Ronnie Spector is going to show up to sing that part of the song? " and you know what, she did! And of course it was awesome. R. I. P. Ronnie Spector, the queen of our hearts forever
So glad you commented! Really enjoyed your perspective.
When I was a little kid, about 7-8 years old I had a huge crush on Ronnie growing up in the 60's after seeing and hearing her on TV. She was my 1st crush ever, God Bless her and RIP lovely Lady!!
"Be My Baby" and "Take Me Home Tonight" are my favorites.
Great songs!
Ahhh, what a voice. What a sound. Yep, a true legend. Broke the mold when they made her. RIP my darling.
❤️💜💚
Outstanding. I still can’t get over you sitting down with the great Brian Wilson ! What a blast
Ronnie was such a soulful woman.She made you FEEL the music in your heart and mind.R.I.P. . Ronnie,there will never be another voice like yours.
WOW I never knew Ronnie did a cover of Say Goodbye to Hollywood. How fitting!
Isn't that cool?
It saddens me to know that a family member is gone, but it delights me to know how she is remembered. Thank you for this tribute.
If I had only heard of her passing by a head line somewhere, perhaps I wouldn't have cried. Hearing and seeing her perform was very special, and the tears that salt her grave are well earned. I was amazed that so many big artists covered 'Be My Baby' and yet none could produce the energy and excitement that Ronnie brought to it. R.I.P. Ronnie.
Thanks Stephen!
While I was watching the Professor's tribute, my 20yr old daughter asked me why I was crying.
"Be My Baby"
What can be said about this song that isn't obvious?
The quintessential love song of all time. I'd place it in the top spot of my factories songs of the era, because it's the absolute epitome of what a song should be. The feel, the lyrics, the best and that undeniable sound.. That wall of sound. Ronnie's voice cannot be matched or duplicated. That song was meant for her.
I fell in love with "Be My Baby" the very first time it seduced my ears with it's perfection. To this day I can't turn away from it.
R.I.P. Ronnie Spector
And thank you eternally...
Such a legend, I have great memories of her music in my Mom's 'Hi-Fi' collection when I was a kid in the 60's.
When I was a teen, my friends and I had our first jobs in my parents feed store, we always had the radio tuned to KRLA 1110 AM. It was an "oldies" station and even though it was the days of Led Zeppelin and bands like that we came to love music from the 50's to the early 60's.... can't tell you how many times this song would come on and we'd all sing it. To this day we all like "oldies" and talk of those days at the feed store. My parents are gone now but songs like this take me back to those wonderful days..... Godspeed Ronnie, and thanks for the memories.
Thanks for sharing those wonderful memories. I too remember listening to those oldies stations that played the greats of the 50s and 60s. Such innocence.
From the very first time that I ever heard Be My Baby & Ronnie’s voice,
I was instantly mesmerized by it!
Her tone, her melodic whoa oh’s…
Remember watching her on Shanana, when I was just a little kid.
Then of course, Dirty Dancing & then with Eddie Money, Take Me Home Tonight. I remember how humble & how gracious she was that Eddie Money asked her to sing with him on that song. She just had one of those amazing, unique voices.
No matter what she was singing, like Christmas song’s, etc. She just brought something, that no one else had. She was definitely legend in her own time! Super stoked you did a segment about her. Keep’ em coming.
Thanks for sharing.
Her wide vibrato, coupled with tone and plaintive emotion made her voice so recognizable and it’s got to be ingrained in the brains of so many.
Queen of the Wall of Sound, indeed. Heartbreaking she spent so many years with evil genius Phil Spector, but she rose from those ashes beautifully. She will be forever missed.
I was born in 72 so the late 50's and 60's were always on, with Casey Kasem or Uncle Brucie. The Ronettes were AWESOME and Ronnie Spector had a one of a kind voice. I actually got to see her when I was a kid as my dad whom introduced me to great music was not shy in taking me to shows. She was solo of course but I still feel honored I got to see her live. GREAT send-off Adam. It brought a tear to my eye as it did the day she passed.
Uncle Brucie?
@@2degucitas spell check, cousin brucie
Excellent episode and a great fitting tribute to a great singer. Thank you, Adam!!
We're glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful segment...that's the beauty of music when the stars just line up, the legacy lives on. Thank you Ronnie & Rest In Peace.✌
Thanks for listening
Beautiful Tribute to Ronnie Adam.
What a voice. Didn't know she had recently passed. Loved this segment!
Thanks brother! Hope you're doing well!
A lot of your videos always take me back to a better time. I find myself going on spotify and listening to older tunes. Tina Turner, Bryan Adams, Ronnie Spectre. I like the wide range of musical artists you cover. Though i’ve always been a “MetalHead” I enjoy a lot of music. Your site makes me appreciate a whole lot more.
AWESOME> we love to hear that my friend.
Thank you Professor for celebrating this icon of music history. So much we have today has those roots right in the middle of Ronnie's music. This is a great tribute. Ronnie was special. She will be missed greatly.
I grew up listening to this on an 8 track with my dad. He played the piano and organ. He would pop in the 8 track and sing this song to me as I danced in his feet. My dad was and will forever be my first love. I'll never forget those special moments especially him teaching me the piano. She will be missed and she was definitely a Vixen with a great voice and playful personality that radiated through her performances. Then I wake up to hearing of Meat Loaf dying and the greats keep leaving us. I didn't notice so much as a child but getting close to 50 you start to see all your favorite artist passing away and it's sad.
What a wonderful tribute for this legend! A huge influence on popular music, more than I even realized.
Thanks William.
She sure was beautiful...sad she's gone...glad she was here 🔥
Hi Professor, thank you good segment Rest I Peace dear Ronnie!!🙏⚘
Thanks Lisa. Indeed Rest in Peace Ronnie.
@@ProfessorofRock Hi and thank you and your very welcome, see you next time Professor!!😊✌
I knew what the song was going to be within a nanosecond of the start. There will never be another Ronnie. RIP.
NEVER.
Wonderful tribute, she sure deserves it. I loved her voice singing Christmas songs.
A beautiful tribute. Thank you Professor.
Ronnie Spector may be gone, but her music and her legacy will live forever. Like you, Professor, my introduction to Ronnie Spector was from Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight" in 1986 and again in 1987 on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Plus we hear her every year at Christmas when the Ronettes Christmas songs play. She was a one of a kind legend. As the Righteous Brothers sang, you know if there's a Rock & Roll heaven, well you know they've got one hell of a band, and that band gained one hell of a singer.
Wow, that's probably the best tribute I've seen or heard to Ronnie Spector. You've done a wonderful thing for a wonderful woman. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for the beautiful tribute to such a beautiful human.
I vaguely remember discovering this song in the 80's via Dirty Dancing. I just remember instantly falling in love with that melody and the sound of that recording and that voice. Indeed, one of those rare perfect pop songs.
What an excellent tribute. She was an amazing voice that built the soundtrack to our lives. Always a great job but this was spectacular.
This was your best show. Incredibly respectful to the late, great, Ronnie Spector.
I hadn't ever even really heard of Ronnie Spector, but now that I think of it, realizing all of the songs that she sang, she's always around!
She's like rice, or the color red. You might not have it all the time, you might not even LIKE it, but you'd hate it if it wasn't around, and you'd know that something was wrong if it ever went missing.
Thanks for putting a name and a face to such a strong voice!
Didn't realise you had met Brian Wilson!!! They don't get any bigger. To think Be my Baby was the song that influenced him so. Same for Amy Winehouse, I saw a later performance of Ronnie around '74 it was like Amy copied the whole thing - but she was a great enough songwriter to back it up, that Ronnie then covered Amy & Brain completed it all x
You should watch our Brian Wilson interview. Look back a few months!
Thank you for this wonderful tribute, Prof. I saw Ronnie 4 Christmases ago. Her voice was still strong but her spirit was stronger. A great stage presence. To see her in an intimate setting was a dream come true.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.
" Be My Little Baby " 🎶
A woo oh oh oh oh...
Her work on the Christmas album is ingrained in my holiday tradition.
Thanks for this eloquent tribute,Professor-Ronnie had an extraordinary voice.
I was hoping you'd post a Ronnie Spector tribute video. You never disappoint. She was amazing.
Thank you very much!
***QUEEN RONNIE GOES "...HOME..."*** : ....Ronnie Spector has left us, but hasn't left, without leaving a LEGACY; ...Phil's production on a simple little Pop ditty turned into a EPIC profusion of undying Love, for a generation of Youths.... The ORIGINAL "Bad Girl", Ronnie's exotic looks attached itself with the sound, adding another dimension of strengths that made the tune an undying CLASSIC...(CONT.)
...NOW, Thanks to the "Baby Boomer" generation, "Moonlighting" and Eddie, Ronnie re-ignited her popularity in the 80's, and has since toured constantly, and has been revered, SINCE...
....She will ALWAYS "Be Our Baby".....you can go 'Home', now, Miss Ronnie....RIP.... Thanks, for the tribute on her, Prof., I KNEW you would do it RIGHT.....
Thanks RBS! Wonderful comment about the QUEEN of the Wall of Sound.
She Lives Forever!! 🙌🏻❤️🎶🙏🏻⚡️💯
Absolutely!
She also sang some great Christmas songs.
Nobody does a better rock tribute than you because you have a real depth of appreciation for the artist! Thanks, Adam.
She was great and one of the most beautiful women in music. Mean streets is my favorite where they play her song be my baby. She did a song in 1985's movie just one of the guys.
Great film.
When I saw Phil Spectors Wigless mugshot, I had nightmares.
That was great. Thank you, Prof.
I had no idea who she was in the Eddie Money video and song but I definitely know the be my baby song. What a treat.
my condolences.
Ronnie is a huge loss! What amazing gifts she shared with all of us with her voice! Iconic!!! RIP and thank you!!!
Beautifully done. Will miss her voice and presence. RIP Ronnie and a collaborator of hers, Eddie Money.
Awesome tribute Professor! Thanks for sharing!
Amazing tribute, great job
Thank you very much!
I cried when she passed. I hate cancer so much, it takes too much from too many people I love.
Be my baby is such a classic and perfect song. Wall of sound and the Ronettes were so beautiful when singing together. Phil was a fool to try and cage her. Most of my friends hadn’t heard of Ronnie when she did that cameo. I knew because I listened to KERTH 101 the oldies station when it meant DoWhop and Frank and Tony Bennett. So Gen X got their introduction to her and fell in love with her. She will always be a voice that will never be matched.
Nicely done POR. Be My Baby is a song for the ages... will be played eons from now. What a legacy.
One of her collaborations that should DEFINITELY not be overlooked is her performance with The Ravenettes on a song called “Ode to L.A.”.
I recently discovered her version of You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory. It's so raw and emotional and I get a sense of what she 'd been through in her personal life. Loved her cover of Say Goodbye to Hollywood. and Don't Worry Baby.. I remember when I first heard Born to Run, I knew immediately what that sound was and where it came from.
What a beautiful and touching tribute. That's an impressive accomplishment that she was an influence on some of the greatest musical artists who became influences themselves. In a sense Ronnie directly or indirectly influenced some of the greatest artists and songs for decades to come.
What a beautiful tribute Adam, thank you!
You didn't mention Sleigh Ride. The Ronnettes version is incredible. Got to be one of my favorite Christmas songs.
We've been losing many legends this January 2022. But this tribute is what Ronnie really deserves
Professor not always in tune with what u do BUT this one is one OR the best tribute you've done.This piece moved me,and the Ronettes were right in my age bracket.Man I learned alot on this one.Thank you
Thanks for listening. Would love some feedback... What genres do you like and what videos do you enjoy most and what ones are you not in tune with? Thanks
God bless Ronnie Spector she was truly one of a kind
Thank you for a fantastic tribute....
Walking in the rain and So Young ...🧡🌺💜🌺❤⚘⭐
Thank you, one of the best tributes!!
Dude i love your energy when you talk about music. You can tell you really enjoy what you do
We enjoy it too through you. Keep it up
In a previous comment bank a grandmother had pointed out to her grandkids that she was one of the professional support dancers in the background of the original film clip. Now that is cool. Go Nan.
Ronnie, you will be missed. RIp babe!
This is the best tribute to ronnie. Good job guy's
A very touching tribute to a legend of music. Her like will never come again. Thank you Professor!
I really like a lot of Eddie Money's stuff, but in my opinion Ronnie made that song. My guess is that Eddie would agree.
Same with the video. When she comes out dancing in silhouette I get a little chill, and she transformed a kind of average video into something I had to watch. Because I wanted to watch and hear her.
The Ronettes will always be on my playlist.
Rest in peace, Ronnie. Eddie too.
Dear Professor...I feel confident that I speak for many when I say THAT was a beautiful and very heart felt tribute! I thank you and appreciate you! Keep doing what you do cuz it's people like you that show us that there is still something great going on in these troublesome times!
✌ 🙏 👏
This got me shook! I have been hearing Take Me Home Tonight for 35 years and never knew exactly what Eddie was saying right before the “Be My Little Baby”. And I certainly never put together that it was referencing the 60’s Be My Baby, and I of course didn’t recognize that it was her featured on the song. I feel one part idiot for not knowing that and 2 parts satisfied that yesterday those two ancient songs have a new meaning to me. Oh, and F Phil Spector.
Great tribute
Beautiful job, Adam! My sister Wanda wanted to be Ronnie. She did her, makeup, etc.just like her. This tribute brings back great memories of my sister and her "Ronnie Years." She passed too early. I had another sister who wanted to be Petula Clark. Music was always present in our house of six kids. Thanks for the memories, Adam!
A very touching tribute to a 60s legend! Thanks, professor! ✨🎶💗
Love The Ronettes! "Be My Baby" is my favie by them. R.I.P. Ronnie! Iirc, when "Take Me Home Tonight" was current, I saw Eddie and Ronnie perform it on "Solid Gold". Well, I know for a fact that I saw them perform it, but if memory serves correctly, it was on "Solid Gold".
The way I heard it was Eddie had to ask permission to sample Be My Baby.He got ahold of Ronnie and she said sample? I’ll come sing it with you. Eddie and Ronnie blasting it out in heaven
Such a wonderful legend for all the young crop of musicians to emulate. Great tribute Adam.
You have made this so live I was there I seen it but this really makes me get it it's a flowing river and the water in the cracks be my baby don't worry baby I will never let you go
Oh man! No mention of their Christmas songs? They are the quintessential sound of the holidays. Love that voice 🥰
Ronnie Spector and Phil Spectors wall of sound influenced so many artists from all genres and I know her well as the guest vocalist on Eddie money's take me home tonight rest in peace Ronnie your music lives on in our hearts
She was such a force and will continue to be!
@@ProfessorofRock we're running out of music legends way to fast and that's why I love your channel you're preserving their legacy for their music to be discovered by everybody
@@georgemathie8123 That is our mission for sure!
@Anna Trail that's very true thanks for your response