{"id":23840,"date":"2022-10-12T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=23840"},"modified":"2022-10-01T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T19:02:16","slug":"take-five-ronnie-spector-duets-and-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/take-five-ronnie-spector-duets-and-collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Five: Ronnie Spector Duets and Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronnie Spector would have celebrated her 79th birthday in August; the beloved singer passed away in January after a brief illness. Born Veronica Bennett, Ronnie Spector would become a legend as the lead voice of the Ronettes, the crown jewel of Phil Spector\u2019s girl-group projects. The Ronettes scored an impressive run of hit singles in the early 1960s, and were an exemplar of the girl group style, giving the songs a tougher, streetwise edge. Enduring a tumultuous marriage to (and later divorce from) producer Spector, in her post-Ronettes career Ronnie would go on to release a number of notable albums. Collaborations and duets are peppered throughout her discography; here are five of the most noteworthy tracks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTry Some, Buy Some\u201d (1971)<\/strong> Written and co-produced by George Harrison, this track was created by the ex-Beatle expressly for Spector. When the recording wasn\u2019t a major hit, Harrison reused the instrumental track, adding his own vocal in place of Ronnie\u2019s and including it on his 1973 album <em>Living in the Material World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeWnxY5Uyn4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou Mean So Much to Me\u201d (1976)<\/strong> A spirited and soulful duet with Southside Johnny, this cut was written by Bruce Springsteen for <em>I Don\u2019t Want to Go Home<\/em>, the debut album by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JabbiFhBAE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTake Me Home Tonight\u201d (1986)<\/strong> Ronnie\u2019s contributions to this Eddie Money recording may be brief, but her nostalgic reprise of lyrics from one of the Ronettes\u2019 biggest hits (1963\u2019s \u201cBe My Baby\u201d) helped propel the song to the Top 5 on the singles charts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FGb381tMJrw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis Magic Moment\u201d (2003)<\/strong> Punk band The Misfits recorded a roaring album of rock\u2019n\u2019roll standards and classics, <em>Project 1950<\/em>. For the band\u2019s reading of the Doc Pomus\/Mort Shuman classic (originally recorded by The Drifters in 1959), Ronnie Spector provided backing vocals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaY3LO5bJPQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOde to L.A.\u201d (2005)<\/strong> For their second album, Danish indie rock duo The Raveonettes paid tribute to some of their influences by inviting them to play on the record. Maureen Tucker (The Velvet Underground) and Martin Rev (Suicide) guested on selected <em>Pretty in Black<\/em> tracks. Ronnie contributed her distinctive vocals to this original song, very much in the classic girl-group style pioneered by The Ronettes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/suDRdQQfIq4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronnie Spector would have celebrated her 79th birthday in August; the beloved singer passed away in January after a brief illness. 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