The Ronettes

There isn't a moment in rock 'n' roll music quite like the beginning of "Be My Baby" -- or the rest of these songs for that matter. This collection gives you more than you may really need from Phil Spector's favorite group, but "Baby, I Love You" and "Do I Love You?" are both superb. Any song by the Ronettes with the words "baby" or "love" in the title is awesome.

When you think of Phil Spector's legendary Wall of Sound, you hear the instruments: the
strings, horns, thundering percussion, sleigh bells, cascades of guitars, all recorded in
mono, all awash in an endless amount of echo. Then, of course, there are the voices.
Spector worked with some of the greatest singers in rock & roll history - Darlene Love, Tina
Turner and John Lennon among them. But the perfect singer for Phil Spector's la... More >