Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica is the debut album of American girl group the Ronettes, released in 1964. Comprising numerous singles produced by Phil Spector since the previous year, it peaked at #96 on the Top Pop Albums chart. Issued singles included "Be My Baby" (US #2), "Walking in the Rain" (US #23), "Baby, I Love You" (US #24), "Do I Love You?" (US #34), and "(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up" (US #39). The track "So Young" had been released as a single credited to Veronica, although the other Ronettes, Estelle Bennett and Nedra Talley, appear on the record.

The songs "Be My Baby" and "(Walking) in the Rain" are ranked #22 and #269, respectively, on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[1] The album ranked #427 also on their list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".^[2] Recording engineer Larry Levine was nominated for a Grammy Award for the rainstorm special effect in "Walking in the Rain".^[3]

Releases

Original vinyl copies of the album are rare and change hands for hundreds of dollars. There has been, however, a re-issue on vinyl in 1975 on the Phil Spector International label (Super 2307 003 - in stereo). Featuring no bonus-tracks and extensive liner notes by New Musical Express author Roy Carr, it was Vol. 1 of the six volume "Phil Spector Wall of Sound" re-issue series. It was finally re-issued on CD in 2011 as part of the 7-disc Phil Spector Presents the Philles Album Collection, and was re-pressed on vinyl by Sundazed in 2012.

Nine of the tracks appear on the Spector box set, Back to Mono (1958–1969), the omissions being "How Does It Feel?", "Chapel of Love", and the Ray Charles cover, "What'd I Say?". The album is still unavailable as a standalone CD.^[4] It is available on iTunes. ^[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walking in the Rain"	Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Phil Spector	3:16
2.	"Do I Love You?"	Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Spector	2:50
3.	"So Young"	William Tyus	2:36
4.	"(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up"	Poncia, Andreoli, Spector	3:02
5.	"I Wonder"	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Spector	2:51
6.	"What'd I Say"	Ray Charles	4:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Be My Baby"	Barry, Greenwich, Spector	2:40
8.	"You, Baby"	Weil, Mann, Spector	2:56
9.	"Baby, I Love You"	Barry, Greenwich, Spector	2:50
10.	"How Does It Feel?"	Poncia, Andreoli, Spector	2:40
11.	"When I Saw You"	Spector	2:43
12.	"Chapel of Love"	Barry, Greenwich, Spector	2:54

Personnel

The Ronettes

Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett - lead vocals; backing vocals (on "Be My Baby")
Nedra Talley - backing vocals (except on "Baby, I Love You")
Estelle Bennett - backing vocals (except on "Baby, I Love You" and "Chapel of Love")

Guest musicians

The Blossoms (Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Gracia Nitzsche) - backing vocals (on "Walking in the Rain", "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up", "Be My Baby", "You, Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "How Does It Feel", and "Chapel of Love")
Bobby Sheen - backing vocals (on "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up", "Be My Baby" and "Chapel of Love")
Cher - backing vocals (on "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up", "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "You, Baby", and "Walking in The Rain")
Sonny Bono - percussion, backing vocals (on "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" and "Be My Baby")
Ellie Greenwich - backing vocals (on "Be My Baby")
Nino Tempo - backing vocals (on "Be My Baby")

Additional session musicians and production staff

Phil Spector - producer
Don Randi - piano
Al De Lory - piano
Larry Knechtel - piano, bass
Leon Russell - piano
Harold Battiste - piano
Steve Douglas - horns
Jay Migliori - horns
Lou Blackburn - horns
Roy Caton - horns
Ray Pohlman - bass
Jimmy Bond - bass
Hal Blaine - drums
Barney Kessel - guitar
Tom Tedesco - guitar
Carol Kaye - guitar
Bill Pitman - guitar
Vincent Poncia, Jr. - guitar
Frank Capp - percussion
Julius Wechter - percussion^[6]

References

↑ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" 9 December 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
↑ "The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". November 18, 2003. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on June 5, 2009.
↑ "(Walking) In The Rain - The Ronettes". Allmusic. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/phil_spector/phil_spector_presents_the_philles_album_collection/
↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/presenting-fabulous-ronettes/id518081279
↑ "PRESENTING THE FABULOUS RONETTES FEAT. VERONICA 200g MONO LP". elusivedisc.

The Ronettes

Veronica Bennett Estelle Bennett Nedra Talley

Albums	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

Singles	"Silhouettes" "Be My Baby" "Baby, I Love You" "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" "Walking in the Rain" "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" "I Can Hear Music"

Songs	"Frosty the Snowman" "Sleigh Ride" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "So Young" "What'd I Say" "Chapel of Love"

Related topics	Discography Phil Spector A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love"

Book:The Ronettes

Phil Spector

Productions

Albums	Twist Uptown He's A Rebel A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica Just Once in My Life River Deep - Mountain High Let It Be All Things Must Pass John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band The Concert for Bangladesh Imagine Living in the Material World Some Time in New York City Rock 'n' Roll Born To Be With You Death of a Ladies' Man End of the Century Season of Glass Silence Is Easy

Singles	"To Know Him is to Love Him" "Corrine, Corrina" "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" "Talk to Me" "Under the Moon of Love" "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)" "He's a Rebel" "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart" "(Let's Dance) The Screw" "Da Doo Ron Ron" "Then He Kissed Me" "Be My Baby" "Baby, I Love You" "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" "The Best Part of Breakin' Up" "Do I Love You?" "Walking in the Rain" "Ringo, I Love You" "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" "Just Once in My Life" "Is This What I Get for Loving You?" "Unchained Melody" "Ebb Tide" "River Deep - Mountain High" "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Proud Mary" "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" "The Long and Winding Road" "My Sweet Lord" "What is Life" "Power to the People" "Mother" "Try Some, Buy Some" "Bangla-Desh" "Imagine" "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" "Rock 'n' Roll High School" "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" "Silence is Easy"

Compilations

Other songs

Associates

Category

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