the ronettes wah watusi

recorded by ronettes but issued on crystals album

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• ronettes
• phil
• spector

[poconoboy61]

Who's singing lead on this? Estelle? It doesn't sound like Ronnie to me.

[johnreynolds71]

i agree with ya the voice doesnt sound like ronnies normal voice

[ronetteloverz]

I like this version way better than the Orlons recording of it. Much cleaner and crisp.

[ScriptWorker]

Another point about the voice here is that Ronnie's range is really big and the singer on this track can't quite get the top note. So it is more likely Nedra here but Mash is a Ronnie sound.

[weirdbagel]

@poconoboy61 it's nedra!

[jennifersenn]

If they were taking turns, which song does Estelle sing lead on?

[soulfultony]

Its Nedra

[soulfultony]

Thats Nedra singing lead.This track appeared on The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits LP.

[don56texas]

@ronetteloverz  the unmistakeable touch of PS

[DLfanatic01]

Its Nedra singing lead on the verses I asked Ronnie Spector in 1995 she comfirmed these were auditions for Phil Spector who wanted to hear each Ronette sing solo ,all three Ronettes sing the chourus listen and you can hear Ronnie very clear.

Ronnie did all the lead vocals on the other three songs "Mash Potato" "The Twist" and "Hot pasturi".

[promerops]

Nice one, Nedra!

[nitenday12]

Exudes a lot of happy innocence, alas, not heard anymore. Thanks for the post.

[MissyMagical]

@poconoboy61 It's Nedra.

[OVtigerstripe]

The only song of their's where a man's vocals is actually heard.