11/14/2023 0 Comments Selvala, heart of the wilds standard![]() ![]() ![]() The girls had been singing together since they were teenagers in Spanish Harlem. The Ronettes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, just a couple years before Estelle’s death, officially from colon cancer, but those who knew her said she died of a broken heart. ![]() The later won a Grammy Award in 1965, and “Be My Baby” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Ronettes’ most famous songs were “Be My Baby”, “Baby, I Love You”, “(The Best Part of) Breakin’ Up”, and “Walking in the Rain”. The trio came from Washington Heights in New York City, and took their name from lead singer Veronica better known as Ronnie Spector. One of the most popular groups (male or female) from the 1960s, they charted nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, five of which became Top 40 hits. Her name was Estelle Bennett and together with her sister Veronica and cousin Nedra Talley, they were known the world over as The Ronettes. She dated George Harrison, Mick Jagger, George Hamilton and Johnny Mathis. But, in the weeks and months before the British invasion hit our shores, she was the hottest third of a fairy-tale girl group featured on magazine covers, 45 sleeves and album covers all over the world. Her death came sometime that week and, for the most part, her passing went unnoticed. Ten years ago, the dead body of a 67-year old woman was discovered in Engkewood, New Jersey. ![]()
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