Do I Love You- The Ronettes- 1964

One Of The Greatest Records Ever Made . A 1977 Disc Jockey For K.R.L.A. Said Coming Up. Is The Greatest Record Ever Made And He Played This Masterpiece " Do I Love You ' . I Have No Argument With That Statement. 2 Minutes And Forty Seven Seconds Of Heaven. Heaven Right Here Listening To This Diamond Of Diamonds This Pearl Of Pearls. The Only Record I Would Take With Me On A Desert Island. Just Everything. Everything That Love And Life And Living Is Suppose To Be. What A Masterpiece.

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[7ov9]

It was the Summer of 1964 . . . I had just got my license and bought my first car, a 1955 Chevrolet. That was the best Summer of my life. In August, as Summer drew to a close, I was sad to see it ending and having to go back to school so soon. Then something truly incredible happened - my Perfect Moment was created. This song came out and It was the perfect song to capture my perfect Summer. I wish all of you can have a perfect moment, too. Thank you Ronettes, present and departed.

[rudeman15]

Man do i remember..pulling up to a stoplight with the top down on my 59 vette and this song blaring out of the speakers..now in my twilight years but will never forget these special moments..just do not make music like this anymore..period

[LordOfLonsdale]

@jameycruz2: THANK YOU. I love what you wrote about this song in your original post. You have put into words the feelings I have always had about this — to me — greatest song by the Ronettes (or by anyone else). Like you, I would be happy with this song, alone, on a desert island. Yes, a masterpiece. Peerless.

The summer of 1964 was between my 11th & 12th grade. WOW, what a summer! Fun, care-free adventure. My girlfriend even had a Tbird. She had "Fun Fun Fun" till her daddy took her Tbird away.

[rudeman15]

My one escape from this mad insane world..my kingdome for a time machine.

[ronetteloverz]

My favorite Ronettes song. It doesn't get much better than this. It's only the three girls on this one, so we get to hear them in all their true glory. Thanks for the posting and great video!

[theprotector5874]

Who could not Love Love Love this Bubble gum Music ? No One. Great Music to grow up to...........

[ronetteloverz]

@MikeCinSantaMaria..Only the 3 girls were on this recording. No other back up singers were used on this one. Sonny and Cher were on others, most noticeable on "Be my Baby". You can really hear Sonny's nasal voice come through on that one, especially in the "sessions" recordings of the back up singers only, posted elsewhere on YouTube .

It is a real treat to hear the Ronettes just by themselves, using the Wall of Sound.

[ronetteloverz]

The 1 dislike must work for the DMV. They don't like anything...

[MikeCinSantaMaria]

on all the great ronettes songs, including "do i love you", it is so easy to hear cher and sonny as part of the background vocals, way before they were sonny & cher. but i never see it mentioned. noticeable too on "baby i love you". it is amazing to realize how long cher has been singing....and still going strong.

[rudeman15]

should be i million 500 thousand views. come on people look and spread the word.

[LesbianVampireLover]

@unclewalt56 Well, I still think that Be My Baby is better, but this one is right up there, quite a sleeper. It should be played at the opening of yet another Scorsese film, like Mean Streets. The more that I listen to the Ronettes, the more that I realize how Brian Wilson was influenced by Phil Spector and the Ronettes. A lot of Wilsons later work (i.e. 1990's and up) borrows these sounds.