The Ronettes - Be my Baby 1963

[AKenny882]

Hey Ya'll, This was the year I came into the world and gave my first cry. Thank you for posting these video's to Youtube and haking it possible for all to see and hear xxx

[cosmicrayz1]

Saw Ronnie in Pittsburgh......... Still as fantastic as ever. Pure Puerto Rican Sex.

[cathytreks]

@cosmicrayz1 Actually Ronnie, she is is half Cherokee/African decent as is her sister Estelle, and also her cousin Nedra... The Ronettes were all close and born/raised in NYC, USA.

[Russ748]

RIP Estelle Bennet

[skipper8257]

Ronnie Spector, What a babe with an unmistakable voice.

[minsyee]

This is one of the best examples of Phil Spector's innovative "Wall of Sound"

Look up "Wall of Sound" and Phil Spector at wikipedia.

[denise007dm]

One of my all time favorites! A great girl group from the sixties. What a fabulous sound!!

[phxsns1]

Not "Never let you go", but "Nev-uh l-eh-t choo go". Something that simple has stuck with me ever since I first heard the song.

[toda19550822]

This song hit in Japan!

[keisha1332]

fantastic,it´s here forever the 60´s.

[mahaltony]

MAGIC

[OVtigerstripe]

Hope that I die with the sound of their music in my mind. They are the epitome of the girl groups! No other female band stirred the souls of their fans the way that they did!!

[promerops]

@OVtigerstripe Exactly right. Aren't you off on your pilgrimage soon? May it be blessed.

[OVtigerstripe]

@promerops that was a very nice comment Prom! Unfortunately, I decided not to go because of the hurricane!

[promerops]

@OVtigerstripe Oh, yes, of course, Irene the spoiler. Any plans to try again some time in the future?

[OVtigerstripe]

@promerops Yes, I will go as soon as I can make plans. I would likely go to a concert somewhere in or close to New York City. Pittsburg is closer but, I wish to attend a concert in N. Y. City because I wanted to make a stop at Trinity Church Cemetery in order to place flowers, from myself and a couple of fans, upon the grave of Estelle Bennett.

[brahmburgers]

This song inspired the Beach Boys' 'Don't Worry Baby'. Brian Wilson essentially admitted as much when he said, the first time he heard that song, he was driving,and had to pull his car over, he was so overcome. Listen to the two songs. Also, Bobby's song 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' could be put in that category. The Ronnettes are the Dakinis of their time, ....to me anyway. 

[Ilvcamusic]

OH GOD I LOVE THIS! MY LIFE IS FLASHING BEFORE ME. GRACE SLICK, THE ONE AND ONLY!

[fxstcccc]

The girl on the right at :28 looks like Grace Slick. Is it ? just curious. Thanks for this posting.

[OVtigerstripe]

@fxstcccc I believe that your guess is correct.

[gchartt]

I remember seeing the Ronetts perform at the Jefferson Hotel in Port Jefferson NY one night. It was a small venue, up close and personal. A friend who was drunk got up on stage and started dancing with Ronnie Spector while she was singing. A trooper, took it in stride and kept singing. Several years later, I was in the jungles of Vietnam and my innocense was lost forever. I also remember seeing the Ronnettes and other Doo Wop groups at the Brooklyn Fox,Murray K"s shows for $3.00 always 10+ acts

[sixtiesforever1966]

@gchartt Memories they are the greatest part of our life. Even the bad, VietNam.  The good were great

[macarthur261]

AH!!!! Beautiful sounds, beautiful music and beautiful memories!!! Thanks or posting this.......8 Dec 2010

[thetruthwillsetufree]

Love the girls...always have, always will.

If you can sit still during this song, you might want to check your pulse.

[ftjax]

The poor dancers are gonna "go-go" themselves through the floor !

[dsfddsgh]

Is it me or did the Ronettes have a look that was much different then the fashion of the time? They always stood out and were such babes.

[hyonrty]

@dsfddsgh you are correct in saying that they were different not for the look but the sound, babes spot on ,, they will stand tne time of music today,,R.I.P Estelle,,

[clelibar]

Incredible group! Wonderful song! Those of us who had the chance of growing up with this kind of groups thought they would last forever, (at least I did). They will always hold a special place in my heart. I really love this song and always have enjoyed it.

[sundaypunchr]

This is spectacular!!!! Thanks for posting this.....its great!!

[panpeits]

Αυτό το τραγούδι είναι ωραίο ,αλλά θέλει μία ανακύκλωση...

[PJ7272]

Amazing,...more than I can describe. An astral dream !!!

[msdiediedie]

Well, I don't think they were the "best remembered" girl group of the 60's (The Supremes might be a tad more famous :) but they were right up there.

[TAZ27591]

Just like Ronnie said :-)

[leonardgoodwin25]

HOT CHIX WITH CLOTHES ON!!!!

[Vendimi3]

b... f...... g.... e...

[ZLUGGO]

A lovely classic. I think Phil married one of those ladies (good on yer, Phil!)

[GMBogart]

For those of us who came of age at this time (14 in '63?) -- who'd have thought, all these many years later, this great music would still sound as great now as then?

[reprax]

@GMBogart

Well said and I know why.

This kind of music is MUSIC.

[sixtiesforever1966]

@GMBogart MUSIC!  They can not take that from us. It's here forever The 60's. Thanks Sir David

[denise007dm]

@GMBogart Yeah, I was there too! same age! what a great time it was to be a teenager!!

[lindaveee]

Ronnie Spector will rock the Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Ohio on Jan 22, 2010 and Seneca Niagara Casino Niagara Falls, New York on Jan 23.

[myboylollipop09]

Hi reprax thanks for posting the Ronettes. the sound Quality is real good too! I met Ronnie at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach Ca after one of her shows, she was very nice we talked backstage while she ate a cheeseburger, I had a large pix of the Ronettes and she signed it for me. A real class act and tiny too.

[reprax]

that sounds great, myboylollipop09, congratulation, have a good time and be blessed.

[Azishome]

@myboylollipop09 Certain things happen over and over to some people.  Some see UFO's or ghosts. I happen to run into people who have met famous singers. (Never met any myself.) I have never met one--ONE!--person who actually spent a little time with Ronnie Spector who ever had anything bad to say about her.

[scarypowers]

I think when they look for new judges for AMERICAN IDOL it is people like Ronnie that should have the job and not someone like Ellen....just a thought

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

@scarypowers YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. WHO THE HELL IS ELLEN ANYWAY,,A TALK SHOW HOST,,,KEERIST!!!!

[gymnastix]

In 1984 or so, I was in the audience at a small club in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Ronnie kissed me during her cover of The Shangri-Las' "Great Big Kiss."

Fourteen years later, I shared a bill with Ronnie Spector. I tell you, it was probably my greatest rock & roll dream come true--short of sharing a stage with Mick Jagger or Little Richard himself.

Most would have been happy with just the kiss, but i got lucky to play music on the same stage with her.

[gymnastix]

Ronnie Spector generally puts on one helluva show (especially at Christmastime), and in fact played a show the day after her own mother died.

I know this, because that's the show on which we shared a bill. That's a real trouper, who can play a show under such sad, difficult circumstances.

For Ronnie, the music still matters, which is why she continues to record new material, not merely relying upon her past. And when I was working with her, she had just recorded with Joey Ramone.

[proffromgview]

@gymnastix

She certainly deserved better than she got....

[gymnastix]

As a "once-actually-was" critic, and also onetime singer/songwriter who fronted a band that shared a bill with Ronnie Spector, I can tell you that this other poster to whom you wrote "piss off" has a right to his opinion.

But you are also correct that Ronnie's warm stage personae more than compensates for whatever diminution in vocal qualities she has suffered (and it ain't that much, as one who has seen her perform for over 20 years may attest).

[1952kid]

In the 1960's radio stations played these songs 50 times a day.. So when a new song came out ,which was once a week back then,these great oldies dropped out fast. There was an amazing amount of talent and tons of bands in the 1960's, songs didnt stay number one for to long,there was always a new song or band comming up .Everyone knew what the number one song was , does anyone know what the number one pop song is today?

[gymnastix]

RE: "Everyone knew what the number one song was , does anyone know what the number one pop song is today?"

I would only add, "or care?"

[canrckid]

Great song. Flash back to 1973 at the great film Director Martin Scorsese made this song, an even more classic number when `he used it in the soundtrack for Mean Streets. My lady, Foxy Roxy wants to be a back up singer from the 60s in her next life . . . I love it!

[rocmaven]

The first ever Ronnie Spector Darlene Love A Christmas Gift For You live concerts -Dec 11 Parilla Pac Montgomery College Rockville MD and Dec 17 The Count Basie Theatre Red Bank NJ.

[TraceyLouise2260]

Ich liebe The ronettes

[HS22181]

Mich auch!

[TheLadynadia]

I love this song, unbeschreiblich schön!!!

[netkongen]

60''s forever!

[sukes58]

this is 1964 not as stated from the tami show

[gymnastix]

You are correct in one sense, the song "Be My Baby" was released as a single in 1963 (on The Ronettes only Philles LP, "Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica," in 1964),.

But this performance is NOT from director Steve Binders 1964 landmark, pop/rock & roll concert showcase film "The T.A.M.I. Show," filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium October 28 & 29, 1964 (due to be released on DVD by Shout! Factory March 23 2010).

[gymnastix]

"T.A.M.I.," by the way, stood for "Teenage Awards Music International."

Rather, this performance by The Ronettes is from director Larry Peerce's "The Big T.N.T. Show," a sequel, of sorts, to "The T.A.M.I. Show, shot at the Moulin Rouge club in Los Angeles, California on November 29, 1965, released theatrically in 1966 by American International Pictures (AIP, the same company responsible for all those drive-in and "Beach Party" movies). AIP also released "The T.A.M.I. Show."

[gymnastix]

Where the confusion arises is because "T.A.M.I." and "T.N.T." were re-cut as "That Was Rock" for home video in 1984 (that's eighty-four), with then-new wrap segments by Chuck Berry.

That release is inferior, shows acts out-of-sequence and eliminates others, such as The Barbarians and The Beach Boys, wholesale.

Like "T.A.M.I.," "The Big T.N.T. Show" was executive produced by Henry G. Saperstein, and was likewise shot on videotape and transferred to 35-millimeter film.

[gymnastix]

Its pre-release title was "This Could Be the Night.[" and the film's theme song was, in fact, called "This Could Be the Night", written by Harry Nilsson, produced by Phil Spector, and performed by The Modern Folk Quartet

There was also a Spector connection to "T.A.M.I.," in that the orchestra was Spector's Gold Star Studios musicians, The Wrecking Crew, under the direction of Jack Nitzsche, himself a Spector associate.

[gymnastix]

But whereas "T.A.M.I." had The Rolling Stones and James Brown, "T.N.T." featured The Byrds and Ray Charles. Where "T.A.M.I." had Lesley Gore and The Supremes, "T.N.T." had Petula Clark and The Ronettes.

For a 1950s' rock legend, "T.A.M.I." had Chuck Berry, "T.N.T." had Bo Diddley.

[gymnastix]

Besides The Byrds, Petula Clark and The Ronettes, which are undoubtedly the highlights of "T.N.T.," there is a killer set by The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which, analogous to "T.A.M.I.," is "T.N.T.'s" James Brown cape routine.

[gymnastix]

The Byrds, Ray Charles, The Ronettes, and Ike & Tina notwithstanding, the cool edge goes to "T.A.M.I.," though, netting the skateboard-riding Jan & Dean as its hosts, whereas "T.N.T." had an already over-the-hill David McCallum (then co-starring on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." TV series) as its emcee.

[gymnastix]

And whereas "T.N.T." had folk and folk-rock acts (Joan Baez, Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful), "T.A.M.I." had surf rock's two biggest-The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, plus the obscure garage band from Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Barbarians, and three Motown acts, including its biggest, The Supremes.

You may sometimes catch "T.N.T." on cable TV's American Movie Classics (AMC) , and there are bootleg issues on DVD.

[gymnastix]

Having "The Big T.N.T. Show" in your collection, along with the superior "T.A.M.I. Show" are essential for any true fans of rock & roll and pop culture cinema.

[drdatabox]

My VietNamese wife, who did not know of the Ronnie Spector til this year, made my life when she said "She looks like me."

[laminage]

I heard that Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys was so blown away by "Be My Baby", it inspired him to write an "Answer" song called "Don't Worry Baby". The Ronnettes never got to record it but it was a Hit for The Beach Boys.

[BGTrrrrrocks]

They were terrific and beautiful!!

[RT909]

Did Phil shove a gun in her mouth back in 63?

[jura233]

Rest in Peace, Estelle . The Ronettes was BEST girl group forever

[conniff44]

Nice vid - I like the way you have moved the years into one.

[kurtsupreme]

YOu have their name spelled wrong....it is THE RONETTES. RON is for Veronica, NE is for Nedra, ES is for Estelle. They came up with the name by combining their 3 names.

[peteraugusto]

Lovely, Estelle. One of my favourite songs. Love you forever, kisses in heaven. From Perú, South America.

[durangookid]

Rest in Peace Estelle.Enjoyed your music for many years.

[ashez721]

ronnie spector is fiiine

[leeshaheartsroxy]

i loveeeee this song!

[laura060366]

"Best remembered" because they were the Best!

[DieHardBeatlesFan]

Brilliant 60's girl band Luv their songs + style - gr8 post + share T.Y. Slumbers2

[ThankfulForLife52]

I love the Ronettes!! Always have! This is the song that my daughter sang to her husband at their wedding reception. Her bridesmaids were her back-up singers! It was great!!

Thanks for sharing, Jeanette! Luv, Kathy

[tejaspics]

Hey! that's Gracie Slick lip syncing as a back-up singer!!!!!!

[bbudacious]

yes, I'm dancing

[d0wglas9768]

aren't they just georgeous...!

[Thepast2012]

@d0wglas9768 yes they sure were and I love the hair styles they wore,a 1960s version of the Edwardian Gibson Girl style and every bit as lovely.The hair and overall look of the three is nice but even better are their voices-pure magic if you ask me.Nedra was my favorite and both sisters I also adored.Classy and refined not like many of those in the here and now.

[CHRISTBlessJAPAN]

@d0wglas9768 Youtube -

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[Bafatt]

Fantastic, Underbart, Wunderbar, Väga Hea..!!!

Ronnie, The Ronettes - agree one of the best songs written AND performed in the last 100 years :)

[bpyrad]

this stuff is IT...the pride of rock and roll..

one of the best songs written in the last 100 yrs...............mighty ,mighty ,mighty

[sukie1958]

there is belinda carlisle in backing

[jezsart]

WONDERFUL...!!!

[burberrybrit66]

how the fuck can she sound like she sounded like she did 45 years ago???morons lets have it fucking right!!!

[PaulDePace]

Hey kf40...That band in New Orleans had to be good. Because it takes a lot to drown out Ronnie these days. Sister Estelle and cousin Nedra bailed on Ronnie in 1967. And, based on the way Ronnie has conducted her personal life, it is no surprise that you could count on one hand the times Estelle and Nedra have even talked to Ronnie since. In fact, Estelle hadn't seen or talked to Ronnie for 20years prior to the Hall of Fame dinner last year. That's all you need to know about Ronnie Spector.

[PaulDePace]

The poster of this video made a good decision to over-dub this video with the original soundtrack. If you want to hear what an aging and unable to admit her skills have long since faded Ronnie Spector sounds like...type in Search : Ronnie Spector performs "So Young" at her birthday show

[millseddy2007]

i so love this song... always makes me remember "Dirty Dancing"...

but hey thats not abad reminder lol... :)

[settenor1963]

the girl in blue is the one and only Ronnie Bennett (Spector) the lead singer of the fabulous RONETTES!

[christophkoenig]

Who`s the girl in blue?