RIP, Ronnie Spector 😥"Waking In The Rain" was the fifth of the group's eight songs that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released in October 1964 and peaked at #23 on the Hot 100. The single included sound effects of thunder and lightning which earned audio engineer Larry Levine a Grammy nomination.
I can’t really explain quite how much I love this song, it brings me to tears and transports me to a better place with it’s sheer majestic beauty, the earnestness, the huge galloping chorus, Ronnie’s voice, Spector’s production, the arrangement, the musicianship. Genius.
Sou um cara durão, mas não consigo ouvir essa das Ronettes sem chorar😢isso é puro talento e naturalidade. Minha mãe era adolescente na época das Ronettes. Como eu gostaria de ter visto essas elegantes Damas cantando . Deus que moças talentosas.
Ronnie was being interviewed on Terry Gross' Fresh Air. They played a bit from this song and she started singing along with herself while the clip was playing. I'll always remember her fondly from this alone. This was a fabulous, well-made record.
Things were so much more care free back then from my standpoint which was New York City. I wish I could go back to then from at least this songs standpoint and many others !
Estelle Bennett, one of the Ronettes, used to date George Harrison (yes, the quiet Beatle). But she suffered lifelong depression after the Ronettes broke up and was reported to be homeless for years. It’s so sad because Estelle graduated valedictorian from her high school and there was so much promise in her life that was never actualized.
THE RONETTES SONGS WERE REMENICINT OF THE 60'S AND THEY DEFINITELY BELONG IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME !!!!! PHIL SPECTRE'S SURROUND SOUND NOT ONLY MADE THE RONETTES BUT A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS !!!! GREAT MUSIC IN A GREAT EXPLOSION OF SONGS & GROUPS !!!!!
Better than The Supremes? Not even close. Or The Bangles in the '80s, who played all their instruments and is the only girl band to score 5 top 10 hits? I don't think so. I grew up listing to dynamite songs like "Walking In The Rain" but they weren't the best girl band. As Ronnie said in an interview on YT, she didn't read music or know how to sing but Spector worked his magic in the studio. However, I do love "Walking In The Rain", having listened to it a lot on my portable AM radio.
@@danielfronc4304 Ok, you make a pretty good case. I do like the Bangles. I liked the Supremes better back in the day, but now I never listen to them. Walking In The Rain was by far my favorite Ronettes song back then, but now I could name 15 other songs of theirs that I like better. The Crystals come in 2nd for me overall, with Then He Kissed Me as maybe my favorite song of all time. It's not really the musicianship that's important to me, it's the sound coming into my ears, so probably Phil Spector has a lot to do with it.
Whatever all that... They are the best girl group ever period!.. In my eyes anyway. I've always loved the girl group sound. The Ronettes just had it "goin on" ..Had sum particular allure about them seems to me like... Anyway. lol
I love the Ronettes I sing metal and folk but was raised on this music. My dad always told me if you want to be a singer listen to early 60s music! I'm gonna get the Ronnetes tattoed on me! My dad was a singer in the motown scene. He and my grandpa sang with Dean Martin. I am a pro musician and will always have the Ronettes in my thank yous!
I’ve wondered if the Ronettes would have been as successful under Barry Gordy at Motown. Probably not. But she wouldn’t have been abused by Phil Specter.
I went to every Murray The K's Brooklyn Fox Xmas show. The Ronnets were always on the bill. One day after a show I went into McCrorys, sat down ordered a hamburger and Fries and who sits on my left side none other than Ronnie, she was a smart, a funny lovely human being a great conversationalist and a pretty human being even though she married that killer, Phil Whatshisname? 😅 😅 Being the gentleman I paid for her Burger and Pepsi. We walked arm in arm in the slush back to the Fox for her next show. It was a wondrous time. This song is my favorite I know I know people will say Be My Baby was the best, to each their own. R.I.P. MY SWEET LOVELY LADY. YOUR VOICE AND DEMEANOR ARE MISSED AND WILL BE IN MY HEART FOREVER!!!! I will cherish those 45 minutes forever.😢
I might be 80 years old,but i got to witness all of this music when it came out.Wouldn't change a thing.Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with help from Phil Spector.Check out Brill Building Pop.We saw her and the Ronettes in 1972 at the Red Dog Saloon,in Lawrence,Ks.Of course they were great!!!!
songs from the ronettes that make my all-time music bucket list: 3) "sleigh ride" 2) "be my baby" and my fave 1) "walkin in the rain". rest in power pretty one~ lil bro
What's amazing with music is that you grew up with it and I'm 22 but it brings memories to me when I wasn't born!?🖤 Music never dies and is to me the ultimate best thing in this world , only music can bring all of us together like that!🙏🏻
I assume you're joking as the Ronettes were not on the Motown label, were from NYC and released records first on Colpix and then on Philles. Their biggest hits were recorded in LA.
That's the same thunderclap sound effect they often used with Count von Count on "Sesame Street" in the 1970s. "Three! Three Ronettes walking in the rain! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Wonderful!"
Love that Oldie movie where the kids make fun of the DJs oldies - he tells one of them " Son - when you're old - these songs will still be young " damn right
My Nic name all my life has been, "Ron". As a small child of the 1960's I remember their songs and thought they named their band after me. A foolish child I was. heh. RIP Ronnie.
RIP, Ronnie Spector 😥"Waking In The Rain" was the fifth of the group's eight songs that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released in October 1964 and peaked at #23 on the Hot 100. The single included sound effects of thunder and lightning which earned audio engineer Larry Levine a Grammy nomination.
I got to meet Larry Levine at Gold Star before they tore it down.
The pinnacle of popular music history.
1¹ we
The 5 out of 8 ?
In my subjective opinion theses young ladies were better than the Supremes.....
RIP Ronnie!! Sweetest voice of a generation!
Oh I didn't know, what a bummer, and I never got to see her.
Uma letra linda.
Ronnie had such a distinct voice. That's what her made so special!
I can’t really explain quite how much I love this song, it brings me to tears and transports me to a better place with it’s sheer majestic beauty, the earnestness, the huge galloping chorus, Ronnie’s voice, Spector’s production, the arrangement, the musicianship. Genius.
Recorded in one take. Rest in power, Queen.
Rise in Purpose.
I take?
Unbelievable!!!!
Why am I crying? I can't believe this sweet woman is gone. R.I.P Ms. Spector!
RIP, Ronnie. Your magnificent voice is now added to the heavenly host, while your legacy lives on.
From someone who remembers when this was on the charts, I'll miss you and the Ronettes.
I remember
The 60's was a fabulous time to grow up in, everything was changing and the music was so diverse and new.
I agree. But the innocence died some time before '65, don't you think?
I know that '50s Doo-Wop and Chuck Berry couldn't go on forever, of course.
There is many wonderful classic songs about rain.the music of the Ronettes will be popular for a very long time.
Thanxs to everyone who is showing support she was my cousin a blood relative on my mom side thank you all
she is incredible, her songs are soo amazing!!!❤
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Fabulous group!! Loved Ronnie!!RIP RONNIE❤
Here's to Ronnie. She was something else
I love her. The Iconic Real Girl Group!
Ronnie thank you for the memories and being there for a lonely shy teenager during the 80s
She is the best singer of all time!
I saw Ronnie in 2018, but fell in love with her in 1964.
I would have loved to have walked in the rain with you, Ronnie. RIP.
Pure and absolute magic
Ronnie ever remembered 💘🎼🎵🎶🙏❤️💞
There can only be one best ! By virtue of definition ! And this is it !!!!
I recall a gorgeous co-ed at NYU who loved to just walk in a light rain. Every time I hear this song, I remember her with affection.
RIP Ronnie Spector. Thank you for all the joy you brought. You'll never be forgotten.
Rest in Peace Ronnie Spector!❤
Sou um cara durão, mas não consigo ouvir essa das Ronettes sem chorar😢isso é puro talento e naturalidade. Minha mãe era adolescente na época das Ronettes. Como eu gostaria de ter visto essas elegantes Damas cantando . Deus que moças talentosas.
Ronnie was being interviewed on Terry Gross' Fresh Air. They played a bit from this song and she started singing along with herself while the clip was playing. I'll always remember her fondly from this alone. This was a fabulous, well-made record.
Just found out she passed and had to play this song. R.I.P. Ronnie. We miss you already.
Ronettes at their best
Ronnie's voice - utter perfection.
Wonderful, wonderful song .reminds me of my youth .❤❤❤
just superb.no words can express this song. the Ronnettes and Phil Spector just out of this world. lucky i can remember them in the 60s
This is literally one of the coolest songs I've ever heard. Loving it!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were some kind of songwriters!
Things were so much more care free back then from my standpoint which was New York City. I wish I could go back to then from at least this songs standpoint and many others !
Never said they were on the "label" just the style and sound of Motown music of the time.
Estelle Bennett, one of the Ronettes, used to date George Harrison (yes, the quiet Beatle). But she suffered lifelong depression after the Ronettes broke up and was reported to be homeless for years. It’s so sad because Estelle graduated valedictorian from her high school and there was so much promise in her life that was never actualized.
So, so sad, like much in 'life'.
Miss Ronnie and her Ronettes made mojo of the 60's
Wow, I love the bass and the harmonies.
I just love this song brings back so many memories ❤
RIP Ronnie. THANK YOU for this SONG.
THE RONETTES SONGS WERE REMENICINT OF THE 60'S AND THEY DEFINITELY BELONG IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME !!!!! PHIL SPECTRE'S SURROUND SOUND NOT ONLY MADE THE RONETTES BUT A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS !!!! GREAT MUSIC IN A GREAT EXPLOSION OF SONGS & GROUPS !!!!!
The greatest girl group of all time.
Absolutely.
No doubt possible...😉
Better than The Supremes? Not even close. Or The Bangles in the '80s, who played all their instruments and is the only girl band to score 5 top 10 hits? I don't think so. I grew up listing to dynamite songs like "Walking In The Rain" but they weren't the best girl band. As Ronnie said in an interview on YT, she didn't read music or know how to sing but Spector worked his magic in the studio. However, I do love "Walking In The Rain", having listened to it a lot on my portable AM radio.
@@danielfronc4304 Ok, you make a pretty good case. I do like the Bangles. I liked the Supremes better back in the day, but now I never listen to them. Walking In The Rain was by far my favorite Ronettes song back then, but now I could name 15 other songs of theirs that I like better. The Crystals come in 2nd for me overall, with Then He Kissed Me as maybe my favorite song of all time. It's not really the musicianship that's important to me, it's the sound coming into my ears, so probably Phil Spector has a lot to do with it.
Whatever all that... They are the best girl group ever period!.. In my eyes anyway. I've always loved the girl group sound. The Ronettes just had it "goin on" ..Had sum particular allure about them seems to me like... Anyway. lol
Such a pretty song, it’s always been my favorite! 🥰
mine too
RIP Ronny. One Angel more.🌹🌷
Yeah, its me again. Just wanted to lift up my heart to real music!
Listening August 2023, eyes closed, amazing
I love the Ronettes I sing metal and folk but was raised on this music. My dad always told me if you want to be a singer listen to early 60s music! I'm gonna get the Ronnetes tattoed on me! My dad was a singer in the motown scene. He and my grandpa sang with Dean Martin. I am a pro musician and will always have the Ronettes in my thank yous!
Your dad was spot on
I’ve wondered if the Ronettes would have been as successful under Barry Gordy at Motown. Probably not. But she wouldn’t have been abused by Phil Specter.
Great production and vocals Ronnie, "be my baby" 💔😥
Say it loud! These women were Awesome!
I always loved her voice. I didn't know she was married to Phil Spector. Her voice was so distinctive and very good. May she rest in peace.
Yeah, she did have a unique and distinctive voice, and Phil Spector gave the group a unique groundbreaking sound to go along with it.
absolutely fantastic..an especially anthemic chorus.
☆Our⚘ Beautiful🕊 sister👩🏽🎤Sing it Loud⚘ Center🌠 Stage our Sweet 🎤Angel ☆Bless🕊 you + all our Amazing 🕊Family Above🎤Love sista'♡E♡👩💻
I went to every Murray The K's Brooklyn Fox Xmas show. The Ronnets were always on the bill. One day after a show I went into McCrorys, sat down ordered a hamburger and Fries and who sits on my left side none other than Ronnie, she was a smart, a funny lovely human being a great conversationalist and a pretty human being even though she married that killer, Phil Whatshisname? 😅 😅 Being the gentleman I paid for her Burger and Pepsi. We walked arm in arm in the slush back to the Fox for her next show. It was a wondrous time. This song is my favorite I know I know people will say Be My Baby was the best, to each their own.
R.I.P. MY SWEET LOVELY LADY. YOUR VOICE AND DEMEANOR ARE MISSED AND WILL BE IN MY HEART FOREVER!!!!
I will cherish those 45 minutes forever.😢
What a memory . She was the best . We were so fortunate to be born when we were .
R.I.P. Ronnie ✨
RIP Ronnie…great voice!!!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I might be 80 years old,but i got to witness all of this music when it came out.Wouldn't change a thing.Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with help from Phil Spector.Check out Brill Building Pop.We saw her and the Ronettes in 1972 at the Red Dog Saloon,in Lawrence,Ks.Of course they were great!!!!
Let the heavens open up tonight.
SHE IS ONE OF TOP 3 OF ALL TIME
My all-time favorite Ronnettes tune
Ronnie Spector is the Greatest female singer ever.
Very talented ladies and very beautiful ladies also.
songs from the ronettes that make my all-time music bucket list: 3) "sleigh ride" 2) "be my baby" and my fave 1) "walkin in the rain". rest in power pretty one~ lil bro
Great Great Great Song!!!!!
RIP Ronnie.... thank you!!!!
I'm 14 all over again when i hear this great hit too!!!
Just listening to the Ronnie and thr Ronettes singing. Wow. I grew up with them singing on oldies KRLA Los Angeles, Art Laboe, on a cheap AM radio.
i use to listen to them on a phila station am wfil on a five and dime transitor raido
Wow, what a song.
Goodnight Ronnie rest in peace. Say hi to Roy Orbison. Two of the greatest voices of our time
Thanks for giving us this music while we were growing up, you did leave a legacy to be proud of, RIP Phil Spector
he was set up and railroaded to jail...anyone that makes music like this is not capable of murder
What's amazing with music is that you grew up with it and I'm 22 but it brings memories to me when I wasn't born!?🖤
Music never dies and is to me the ultimate best thing in this world , only music can bring all of us together like that!🙏🏻
@@Globalrapture Of course they are.
@@Globalrapture Are you kidding? Ted Bundy used to walk his co-worker to her car because it wasn't "safe" out there for women.
There will never be another Ronnie!!!!
Always will love them🥰♥️🌹🎵🎼🎶😊✌️
Loved her she was awesome in the oldies concert
Great song. Just heard today that the Ronettes's lead singer died at age 78, after a brief battle with cancer. How sad.
I’m a kid again listening to the late, great Ronnie Spector, with those iconic Phil Spector arrangements. R.I.P.
The Ronettes Version Of This Song Went To Number 23 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1964.
Should have been Top 10.British Invasion was brutal for American artists.Long live the 60s!!!,
It should have been number one
What a romantic song!
What a richly scored piece, as always by Phil. And a perfect blend of voices for the perfect song.
You girls ar legends your music wii leave on and on ❤
One of the greatest Motown bands ever... PERIOD
I assume you're joking as the Ronettes were not on the Motown label, were from NYC and released records first on Colpix and then on Philles. Their biggest hits were recorded in LA.
Simply the best.
She surely be missed truly truly.
Timeless
There can only be one best, by Definition !
Amazing song. You will nevee get tired of it.JHK
Just love this song so much.takes me back to my high school sweetheart😍💕🌹🌻🌺🌷
Classic song !!
R.I.P., beautiful icon. Loved you since I was 9.
60s 70s 80s Best music ever.
Golden shower ❤❤
what a voice ! so sweet and powerful
i am sure Phil Collins liked it too
That's the same thunderclap sound effect they often used with Count von Count on "Sesame Street" in the 1970s.
"Three! Three Ronettes walking in the rain! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Wonderful!"
She Had a Sweet Voice.
RIP Ronnie Spector
RIP Ronnie!
Rest In Peace Ronnie. One of my favorite girl groups.
Timeless.
Love that Oldie movie where the kids make fun of the DJs oldies - he tells one of them " Son - when you're old - these songs will still be young " damn right
Kind of shy and real good looking too . That's my man Tommy . I love him.
Me and the neighbours are listening to The very best of Ronnie Spector.and the very best of ronettes. RIP 🙏 RONNIE SPECTOR.Very 😥 day.
Was searching for Orange Juice Jones. Ran across this *beautiful* song thanks! 💯 🔥
Lovely & Talented Ronnie" RIP
Love this group & song, Rest In Paradise Ronnie 💔
i love this song it's my favorite.
R.I.P. Ronnie
My Nic name all my life has been, "Ron". As a small child of the 1960's I remember their songs and thought they named their band after me. A foolish child I was. heh. RIP Ronnie.