Amy Winehouse’s music endures because of her voice, obviously — that sultry Billie Holiday-esque sound that could lend timelessness to lyrics that referenced Slick Rick. Her regular producers, such as Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, imbued her classical jazz training with a pop sound that borrowed from ’60s and ’70s soul as well as contemporary garage rock and hip hop. Her image was a knowing collage of vintage looks, but while you can’t talk about Winehouse’s hair without referencing Ronnie Spector, that amalgamation of “bad girl” styles became entirely her own. She had the unique ability to cultivate originality from a self-conscious fusion of different musical designs; any traces of influences disappeared under the weight of sampling and swagger.
The gap between Winehouse’s music and her troubled personal life was never as dichotomous as people insisted; her personal demons fueled her music, and she nurtured a refreshingly rebellious persona.
The gap between Winehouse’s music and her troubled personal life was never as dichotomous as people insisted; her personal demons fueled her music, and she nurtured a refreshingly rebellious persona.
- 4/10/2024
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
For her “unofficial” 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Johnson had so little music to work with that the opening chord of “Hard Day’s Night” pretty much had to carry the whole movie. You might think that history would repeat for Back to Black, the short but fast-lived story of Amy Winehouse, who rose to international fame in her teens and never saw 28, never mind 30. Surprisingly, the Winehouse estate is all in, and although one might argue that the singer’s trainwreck notoriety has been slightly snow-washed to protect the living, there’s still a surprisingly hard edge here, in a rare film that gives rock ’n’ roll agency to a woman for once, like a reverse-angle Sid & Nancy.
In a way, any music biopic is off to a bad start, since there’s always going to be the curse of symmetry: everything must square with what we already know,...
In a way, any music biopic is off to a bad start, since there’s always going to be the curse of symmetry: everything must square with what we already know,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Mary Weiss, leader of Sixties New York band Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75.
Her death was confirmed to Rolling Stone on Friday by Miriam Linna of Norton Records label, which released the singer’s only solo album Dangerous Game, in 2007. “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation and of all generations,” Linna said. “It was an honor to work with Mary to record and release what would be her final records. She epitomized New York City to me,...
Her death was confirmed to Rolling Stone on Friday by Miriam Linna of Norton Records label, which released the singer’s only solo album Dangerous Game, in 2007. “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation and of all generations,” Linna said. “It was an honor to work with Mary to record and release what would be her final records. She epitomized New York City to me,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
John Lennon said he wanted to be like The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector or The Chiffons when he recorded one of his albums. He worked on the record with a musical genius who was arguably the most famous producer of all time. The record gave us one of John’s most famous and lovely covers.
John Lennon wanted to be like The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector when he made ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’
During a 1975 interview with Spin, John said he started transitioning from a political activist to a regular musician with the release of his album Mind Games. He decided he wanted to have some fun with his next release by singing a collection of rock ‘n’ roll songs.
“I don’t even wanna be the producer,” he said. “I’ll do it with Phil Spector. ‘Cause I’ve worked with him before. It took me three weeks to talk him into...
John Lennon wanted to be like The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector when he made ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’
During a 1975 interview with Spin, John said he started transitioning from a political activist to a regular musician with the release of his album Mind Games. He decided he wanted to have some fun with his next release by singing a collection of rock ‘n’ roll songs.
“I don’t even wanna be the producer,” he said. “I’ll do it with Phil Spector. ‘Cause I’ve worked with him before. It took me three weeks to talk him into...
- 11/9/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sometimes, it’s shocking how little classic rock artists enjoy their best work. The Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector didn’t want to record a George Harrison song but she did anyway. She discussed how fans reacted to her recording. Whether she liked the song or not, her version became a bigger chart hit than George’s.
Ronnie Spector told George Harrison she didn’t like 1 of his songs to his face
Ronnie Spector was the lead singer in The Ronettes, a girl group most known for their classic pop single “Be My Baby.” During a 2016 interview with Entertainment Weekly, she discussed working with George. “I was friends with The Beatles, real friends — we’d sit on the floor at home and have finger sandwiches and play 45s,” she recalled. “When I came to the U.K. to join [the band’s] Apple Records, I didn’t recognize George Harrison. It was during the Maharishi [Mahesh Yogi] days,...
Ronnie Spector told George Harrison she didn’t like 1 of his songs to his face
Ronnie Spector was the lead singer in The Ronettes, a girl group most known for their classic pop single “Be My Baby.” During a 2016 interview with Entertainment Weekly, she discussed working with George. “I was friends with The Beatles, real friends — we’d sit on the floor at home and have finger sandwiches and play 45s,” she recalled. “When I came to the U.K. to join [the band’s] Apple Records, I didn’t recognize George Harrison. It was during the Maharishi [Mahesh Yogi] days,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Tipper Gore was scandalized by Madonna’s “Dress You Up” and Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop.” They were two of several songs that inspired a government hearing. Nevertheless, “Dress You Up” was a big hit in the United States.
Madonna‘s “Dress You Up” is a pretty innocuous song. However, “Dress You Up” was once considered so dirty that it inspired a government hearing. Subsequently, the hearing changed music forever.
Madonna’s ‘Dress You Up’ upset activist Tipper Gore, the wife of Al Gore
According to Rolling Stone, Tipper Gore, Al Gore’s wife, helped found the Parents Music Resource Center. The group created an infamous list called the “Filthy Fifteen,” which included the recent songs they found the most objectionable. The “Filthy Fifteen” included Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop,” Prince and the Revolution’s “Darling Nikki,” and Madonna’s “Dress You Up,” among others.
The Senate’s...
Tipper Gore was scandalized by Madonna’s “Dress You Up” and Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop.” They were two of several songs that inspired a government hearing. Nevertheless, “Dress You Up” was a big hit in the United States.
Madonna‘s “Dress You Up” is a pretty innocuous song. However, “Dress You Up” was once considered so dirty that it inspired a government hearing. Subsequently, the hearing changed music forever.
Madonna’s ‘Dress You Up’ upset activist Tipper Gore, the wife of Al Gore
According to Rolling Stone, Tipper Gore, Al Gore’s wife, helped found the Parents Music Resource Center. The group created an infamous list called the “Filthy Fifteen,” which included the recent songs they found the most objectionable. The “Filthy Fifteen” included Cyndi Lauper’s “She Bop,” Prince and the Revolution’s “Darling Nikki,” and Madonna’s “Dress You Up,” among others.
The Senate’s...
- 7/25/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Julie Cohen’s latest documentary, “Every Body,” premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, starts with clips of gender reveal parties. As a male-sung rendition of Ronnie Spector’s “Be My Baby” plays, we see happy couples celebrating their upcoming pregnancies, as pink and blue smoke/confetti/etc swirls in the air. But juxtaposed with this happy scene is the knowledge that, as the doc lays out, 1.7% of people have intersex traits, ie they are born with a combination of male and female biology.
These numbers are skewed, according to Cohen, because people are too afraid to disclose whether they belong to the intersex community, and as the rise in anti-trans legislation starts to take hold, it leaves intersex people even more fearful of advocating for themselves. Into this world Cohen introduces the audience to three intersex advocates: Sean Saifa Wall, Alicia Roth Weigel and River Gallo. Each have a unique...
These numbers are skewed, according to Cohen, because people are too afraid to disclose whether they belong to the intersex community, and as the rise in anti-trans legislation starts to take hold, it leaves intersex people even more fearful of advocating for themselves. Into this world Cohen introduces the audience to three intersex advocates: Sean Saifa Wall, Alicia Roth Weigel and River Gallo. Each have a unique...
- 6/11/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
Sometimes, when a documentary has a great subject, it can explore that subject with an intimacy that’s arresting, only to treat other aspects of the story with a kind of cavalier casualness. “Love to Love You Donna Summer” is that kind of documentary. Co-directed by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano (who is Summer’s daughter), it’s full of home movies and photographs and archival footage of Donna Summer, and it creates an eye-opening portrait of the ambitious yet deeply disconsolate woman she was. We see her when she was growing up in Boston, where she sang gospel in church and felt a gift passing through her, knowing that she was going to be famous, or when she moved to Munich in 1968, at 19, to be in the German production of “Hair”, or later on, after she’d become a pop star, at home with her daughters, lost in the empty mirror of fame.
- 3/15/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In 1980, John Lennon died after a fan shot him outside his apartment building, and the lives of many musicians were changed forever. Some knew Lennon personally; others had grown up with his songs. Regardless, his death sent shockwaves through the music world. Here’s how seven different musicians reacted to Lennon’s death.
John Lennon | Helmut Reiss/United Archives via Getty Images Dolly Parton recalled watching the news coverage
For Dolly Parton, The Beatles were the soundtrack of her teenage years. She explained that she had planned to go out on the night of his death but ended up staying in to watch the news coverage.
“Everyone was so heartbroken,” she told Today. “Like all young teenage girls back then, I fell in love with the Beatles. Back there in the Smoky Mountains, it was like something had been dropped from outer space.”
Parton went on to cover Lennon’s song “Imagine.
John Lennon | Helmut Reiss/United Archives via Getty Images Dolly Parton recalled watching the news coverage
For Dolly Parton, The Beatles were the soundtrack of her teenage years. She explained that she had planned to go out on the night of his death but ended up staying in to watch the news coverage.
“Everyone was so heartbroken,” she told Today. “Like all young teenage girls back then, I fell in love with the Beatles. Back there in the Smoky Mountains, it was like something had been dropped from outer space.”
Parton went on to cover Lennon’s song “Imagine.
- 3/4/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It was another difficult year in 2022, and the sadness extended to many beloved and groundbreaking people in the show business and media worlds who died during the past 12 months.
Scroll through a photo gallery above, which also includes the obituaries.
The acting world lost giants including Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury, along with such big names as James Caan, Anne Heche, Bob Saget, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Nichelle Nichols, William Hurt, Louise Fletcher, Robert Clary, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman, Robbie Coltrane, Monica Vitti, Leslie Jordan, John Aniston, Tony Sirico, Charlbi Dean, Tony Dow, Irene Papas, Howard Hesseman and Seinfeld moms Estelle Harris and Liz Sheridan.
We also pay tribute to directors including Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich and Marvin J. Chomsky.
Musicians who left us this past year include Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Ronnie Spector, Naomi Judd, Ramsey Lewis, Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Coolio. Many key...
Scroll through a photo gallery above, which also includes the obituaries.
The acting world lost giants including Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury, along with such big names as James Caan, Anne Heche, Bob Saget, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Nichelle Nichols, William Hurt, Louise Fletcher, Robert Clary, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman, Robbie Coltrane, Monica Vitti, Leslie Jordan, John Aniston, Tony Sirico, Charlbi Dean, Tony Dow, Irene Papas, Howard Hesseman and Seinfeld moms Estelle Harris and Liz Sheridan.
We also pay tribute to directors including Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich and Marvin J. Chomsky.
Musicians who left us this past year include Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Ronnie Spector, Naomi Judd, Ramsey Lewis, Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Coolio. Many key...
- 12/31/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Throughout 2022, we will continue to update this In Memoriam photo gallery with notable celebrity deaths from film, television, theater and music. The first major entertainment figures to be honored in the 2022 gallery are beloved TV legend Betty White (who actually died on the final day of 2021), legendary actress and seven-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury, Oscar-winning actors Louise Fletcher, Sidney Poitier and William Hurt, Oscar-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar nominee James Caan, Oscar/Emmy/Grammy winner Marilyn Bergman, actor/comedian Bob Saget, Emmy and Tony winner Robert Morse, Emmy winner Kirstie Alley, Emmy winner Ray Liotta, Emmy winner Leslie Jordan, Grammy winner Olivia Newton-John, Country Music Hall of Fame member Loretta Lynn and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Jerry Lee Lewis, Ronnie Spector, Christine McVie and Taylor Hawkins.
In the previous year of 2021, our gallery featured talk show host Larry King, Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, Oscar and Emmy winner Cloris Leachman,...
In the previous year of 2021, our gallery featured talk show host Larry King, Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, Oscar and Emmy winner Cloris Leachman,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
There are several moments throughout Showtime’s four-part docuseries on music producer Phil Spector that could frustrate audience members — and they all revolve around how we talk about Spector. In case you need a refresher: Phil Spector is an integral element in the creation of pop music. His “Wall of Sound” method of production resulted in some of the biggest hits of the ’50s and ’60s, including The Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.” Spector also was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson and was serving 19 years to life in prison before his death from Covid in 2021.
So on the one hand, musical genius. On the other, murderer. Where do the two halves meet? Can they ever? It’s a trend we’ve seen explored in documentaries like 2019’s “Leaving Neverland” and W. Kamau Bell’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby” earlier this year. In fact, Bell...
So on the one hand, musical genius. On the other, murderer. Where do the two halves meet? Can they ever? It’s a trend we’ve seen explored in documentaries like 2019’s “Leaving Neverland” and W. Kamau Bell’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby” earlier this year. In fact, Bell...
- 11/4/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
‘Spector’ Examines the Life and Crime of Phil Spector, and Reclaims Lana Clarkson’s Story: TV Review
The pop hits of Phil Spector — and there are many of them — depend on a theatrical maximalism. As a producer, Spector’s innovation was the “Wall of Sound,” a shock-and-awe approach to music that is as dazzling as it is overwhelming. Just listen to the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” or Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep — Mountain High” to understand his approach: The songs are so densely orchestrated that they’re practically tactile.
Spector’s reputation today is, rightly, more rooted in the events of his life than in the art he made. But “Spector,” a four-part documentary series on Showtime directed by Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott, works to make a case that his music — its particular qualities and the stressful process by which it was made — helps explain the man.
Like many artists, Spector drew from life; his first hit, the Teddy Bears’ “To Know Him Is to Love Him,...
Spector’s reputation today is, rightly, more rooted in the events of his life than in the art he made. But “Spector,” a four-part documentary series on Showtime directed by Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott, works to make a case that his music — its particular qualities and the stressful process by which it was made — helps explain the man.
Like many artists, Spector drew from life; his first hit, the Teddy Bears’ “To Know Him Is to Love Him,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Only two episodes in to “Ms. Marvel,” Kamala Khan, played by Iman Vellani, is Marvel’s newest superhero, winning fans around the world. The teen superfan-turned-superhero has just discovered her powers, and as she goes on this journey, music supervisor Dave Jordan and co-music supervisor Shannon Murphy have accompanied her adventures with lots of banging needle drops.
Here are some tracks featured in the series. While this only highlights some of the tracks from the first two episodes, if this is anything to go by, there will be plenty more to come, as new episodes drop every Wednesday.
Eva B – “Rozi”
The Pakistani musican and rapper’s tune, “Rozi” appeared in the first episode of the series as the end credits rolled. The song was originally recorded in 2019 and recreated for the “Ms. Marvel” show.
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The Weeknd – “Blinding...
Here are some tracks featured in the series. While this only highlights some of the tracks from the first two episodes, if this is anything to go by, there will be plenty more to come, as new episodes drop every Wednesday.
Eva B – “Rozi”
The Pakistani musican and rapper’s tune, “Rozi” appeared in the first episode of the series as the end credits rolled. The song was originally recorded in 2019 and recreated for the “Ms. Marvel” show.
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The Weeknd – “Blinding...
- 6/15/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
In the weeks before her death at the age of 78, Ronnie Spector finalized the newly revised Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, her acclaimed memoir originally released in 1990. She died of cancer in January. Now, as the 2022 edition arrives on May 3, an audiobook version narrated by Rosie Perez is set to follow on June 7.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be narrating the audiobook for Be My Baby,” Perez shared in a statement. “I have admired Ronnie throughout my life. It is a privilege to be...
“It’s a tremendous honor to be narrating the audiobook for Be My Baby,” Perez shared in a statement. “I have admired Ronnie throughout my life. It is a privilege to be...
- 5/3/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
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The 2022 Grammys featured an emotional performance from Rachel Zegler, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Ben Platt. Their performance accompanied the In Memoriam montage, and they only sang songs by Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim, who wrote music for shows including "West Side Story," "Sweeney Todd, "Sunday in the Park With George," and "Company," died in November 2021 at the age of 91. During his lifetime, he was nominated for Grammys 17 times, winning seven times. He also received the Grammy's trustees award in 2008.
The group sang a montage of the Sondheim songs "Not a Day Goes By" from "Merrily We Roll Along," "Send In the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music," and "Somewhere" from "West Side Story." "Send In the Clowns" won the award for song of the year in 1976.
The four performers all have strong ties to the world of musical theater. In 2021, Zegler made her...
The 2022 Grammys featured an emotional performance from Rachel Zegler, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Ben Platt. Their performance accompanied the In Memoriam montage, and they only sang songs by Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim, who wrote music for shows including "West Side Story," "Sweeney Todd, "Sunday in the Park With George," and "Company," died in November 2021 at the age of 91. During his lifetime, he was nominated for Grammys 17 times, winning seven times. He also received the Grammy's trustees award in 2008.
The group sang a montage of the Sondheim songs "Not a Day Goes By" from "Merrily We Roll Along," "Send In the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music," and "Somewhere" from "West Side Story." "Send In the Clowns" won the award for song of the year in 1976.
The four performers all have strong ties to the world of musical theater. In 2021, Zegler made her...
- 4/4/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony will return to its normal two-hour live format on TNT and TBS. One of the highlights each year is the special In Memoriam segment. It’s been a particularly rough year with over 100 deaths of prominent actors and actresses who were likely members of SAG/AFTRA. Show producers typically are able to include approximately 40-50 people in a tribute. The 2021 segment saluted 55 people because they had responsibility for 14 months instead of 12.
Among that group will certainly be previous SAG president Ed Asner, who was also a life achievement award recipient. That honorary award was also presented to Sidney Poitier and Betty White, who both died this past year.
SEECelebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
Who else might be featured in the 2022 tribute? Look for Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, Oscar nominees Ned Beatty, Peter Bogdanovich and Dean Stockwell, plus Emmy champs Louie Anderson, Michael Constantine, Charles Grodin,...
Among that group will certainly be previous SAG president Ed Asner, who was also a life achievement award recipient. That honorary award was also presented to Sidney Poitier and Betty White, who both died this past year.
SEECelebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
Who else might be featured in the 2022 tribute? Look for Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, Oscar nominees Ned Beatty, Peter Bogdanovich and Dean Stockwell, plus Emmy champs Louie Anderson, Michael Constantine, Charles Grodin,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Dolly Parton’s public life for the last 60 years has been like a daily act of performance art. While her interior life may or may not mirror the colorful, quirky exterior, there’s an air of rock & roll spectacle to the way she’s walked in those high-heeled shoes day after day.
“Iconic” is a word that gets misused and overused, but it feels appropriate for Parton: Her face shows up in murals and art galleries in Tennessee, but is recognizable in virtually every corner of the world.
Now she...
“Iconic” is a word that gets misused and overused, but it feels appropriate for Parton: Her face shows up in murals and art galleries in Tennessee, but is recognizable in virtually every corner of the world.
Now she...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
After Ronnie Spector died on Wednesday, Zendaya — who is set to play the early rock-and-roll titan in an A24 biopic — took to Instagram to honor the late singer.
“This news just breaks my heart. To speak about her as if she’s not with us feels strange as she is so incredibly full of life,” Zendaya wrote. “There’s not a time I saw her without her iconic red lips and full teased hair, a true rockstar through and through. Ronnie, being able to know you has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Added Zendaya, “Thank you for sharing your life with me, I could listen to your stories for hours and hours. Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. There is absolutely nothing that could dim the light you cast. I admire you so much and...
“This news just breaks my heart. To speak about her as if she’s not with us feels strange as she is so incredibly full of life,” Zendaya wrote. “There’s not a time I saw her without her iconic red lips and full teased hair, a true rockstar through and through. Ronnie, being able to know you has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Added Zendaya, “Thank you for sharing your life with me, I could listen to your stories for hours and hours. Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. There is absolutely nothing that could dim the light you cast. I admire you so much and...
- 1/13/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Ronnie Spector, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who fronted classic 1960s girl group the Ronettes, delivered the iconic vocal on their hit “Be My Baby” and counted many of rock’s biggest names as fans, died today of cancer. She was 78.
Here family shared the news on her official website:
Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer. She was with family and in the arms of her husband, Jonathan.
Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude.
Her joyful sound, playful nature and magical presence will live on in all who knew, heard or saw her.
Spector sang lead on the influential stone classic “Be My Baby,” which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song,...
Here family shared the news on her official website:
Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with cancer. She was with family and in the arms of her husband, Jonathan.
Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude.
Her joyful sound, playful nature and magical presence will live on in all who knew, heard or saw her.
Spector sang lead on the influential stone classic “Be My Baby,” which hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song,...
- 1/12/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Ronnie Spector remembered her ex-husband and the Ronettes’ producer Phil Spector following his death Saturday at the age of 81.
“It’s a sad day for music and a sad day for me,” Ronnie wrote on Instagram Sunday. “When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best. He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days. Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale.”
She continued, “The magical music we were able to make together,...
“It’s a sad day for music and a sad day for me,” Ronnie wrote on Instagram Sunday. “When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best. He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days. Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale.”
She continued, “The magical music we were able to make together,...
- 1/17/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Singer Ronnie Spector was married to producer Phil Spector, who died today at 81, from 1968-1974. Although the marriage saw much commercial success, with hits like Be My Baby, Baby, I Love You, The Best Part of Breakin’ Up, Do I Love You? and Walking in the Rain, Ronnie Spector later claimed abuse during their relationship.
She posted on Facebook today about the relationship and her memories.
“It’s a sad day for music and a sad day for me.
“When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best. He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.
Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale.
The magical music we were able to make together, was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.
She posted on Facebook today about the relationship and her memories.
“It’s a sad day for music and a sad day for me.
“When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording studio, I knew I was working with the very best. He was in complete control, directing everyone. So much to love about those days.
Meeting him and falling in love was like a fairytale.
The magical music we were able to make together, was inspired by our love. I loved him madly, and gave my heart and soul to him.
- 1/17/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features backup vocalist Cindy Mizelle.
Mariah Carey praises a lot of singers in her new memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, but she’s particularly...
Mariah Carey praises a lot of singers in her new memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, but she’s particularly...
- 12/16/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
You don’t know her. Nobody knows her. The one and only Mariah Carey has always been She Who Must Not Be Known, and her new book The Meaning of Mariah Carey (with Michaela Angela Davis) is an instant classic of pop diva lit. For any connoisseur of music memoirs, it’s more than just Mariah’s blessing to the suffering world of 2020; it’s the diva leadership we need and deserve right now. Every page is packed with her over-the-top personality — dishy, funny, moody, chatty, with more shade than a Christmas tree farm.
- 10/8/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Zendaya recently made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in HBO’s series Euphoria. Now it sounds like she might be making a run for Oscar gold by playing famed singer Ronnie Spector, first known as Veronica Bennett, the lead singer of […]
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- 9/30/2020
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Zendaya in Talks to Play Ronnie Spector in Singer Biopic — A24 Entertainment is putting together a film project that will potentially have Zendaya — the Emmy winning star of Euphoria — attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in a biopic about her life. Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My [...]
Continue reading: Zendaya in Talks to Play Ronnie Spector in the Singer’s Biopic...
Continue reading: Zendaya in Talks to Play Ronnie Spector in the Singer’s Biopic...
- 9/30/2020
- by Scott Mariner
- Film-Book
Zendaya will play Ronnie Spector in A24’s upcoming adaptation of the iconic rock and roll singer’s 1990 biography Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, And Madness, according to Variety. The 24-year-old Zendaya recently made history as the youngest actress to win an Emmy lead actress in a drama series. She is only the second Black woman to win the award, after Viola Davis for her role on How to Get Away with Murder in 2015. Spector personally chose Zendaya to portray her.
Former Disney Channel star Zendaya won the Emmy for her role as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria, which is produced by A24. The independent entertainment company is teaming with New Regency again. They are also working with them on the Malcolm & Marie film and previously worked together on The Lighthouse, which was directed by Robert Eggers. Zendaya is also one of producers, along with Marc Platt,...
Former Disney Channel star Zendaya won the Emmy for her role as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria, which is produced by A24. The independent entertainment company is teaming with New Regency again. They are also working with them on the Malcolm & Marie film and previously worked together on The Lighthouse, which was directed by Robert Eggers. Zendaya is also one of producers, along with Marc Platt,...
- 9/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Fresh off her surprise Emmy win for “Euphoria,” it appears that Zendaya is already lining up more future projects. Now, it appears the young actress is set to star in a new biopic about the famous singer, Ronnie Spector.
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According to Deadline, Zendaya is set to star in an untitled biopic about Ronnie Spector that will be produced by A24.
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According to Deadline, Zendaya is set to star in an untitled biopic about Ronnie Spector that will be produced by A24.
Continue reading Zendaya To Portray Singer Ronnie Spector In The Upcoming A24-Produced Biopic at The Playlist.
- 9/30/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Zendaya is reportedly in talks to star in a big movie.
The 24-year-old actress has been tapped to play the role of Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of iconic girl group The Ronettes in an upcoming biopic film.
The new biopic will focus on the early stages of Spector’s career, especially on the formation of the Ronettes band. The upcoming movie will also feature her divorce from Phil Spector and her famous fight for her rights to the music of The Ronettes in the divorce proceedings.
The film, which is yet to be titled, will be handled by A24 and New Regency, and Marc Platt will serve as a producer, reports Deadline. Jonathan Greenfield and Ronnie
Spector will be serving as executive producers along with Zendaya herself.
According to the agency, the production companies have procured Ronnie Spector’s life rights along with the rights to her autobiography Be My Baby,...
The 24-year-old actress has been tapped to play the role of Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of iconic girl group The Ronettes in an upcoming biopic film.
The new biopic will focus on the early stages of Spector’s career, especially on the formation of the Ronettes band. The upcoming movie will also feature her divorce from Phil Spector and her famous fight for her rights to the music of The Ronettes in the divorce proceedings.
The film, which is yet to be titled, will be handled by A24 and New Regency, and Marc Platt will serve as a producer, reports Deadline. Jonathan Greenfield and Ronnie
Spector will be serving as executive producers along with Zendaya herself.
According to the agency, the production companies have procured Ronnie Spector’s life rights along with the rights to her autobiography Be My Baby,...
- 9/30/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
Fresh off of winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Euphoria, Deadline has reported that Zendaya is slated to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life. Coming from A24 and New Regency, the film will be based on "Be My Baby," the book Spector wrote with Vince Waldron. Ronnie Spector was the lead singer…...
- 9/30/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Zendaya is stepping into the shoes of Ronnie Spector, frontwoman of musical group the Ronettes, in an A24 and New Regency-produced biopic of her life.
Variety has confirmed that the film companies have acquired Spector’s life rights in addition to her autobiography “Be My Baby,” which Spector wrote with Vince Waldron. They are eyeing Pulitzer-winner Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the script.
The biopic will place emphasis on Spector’s early career, particularly on the formation of the Ronettes group and their subsequent signing to Phil Spector’s Philles Records. While at the label, the band recorded their hit “Be My Baby,” and Spector eventually married the record producer. The film will also follow their eventual divorce and Spector’s battle to gain back the rights to her music.
Marc Platt, who is currently producing “The Little Mermaid,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Wicked” film adaptations, has been tapped as a producer on the project.
Variety has confirmed that the film companies have acquired Spector’s life rights in addition to her autobiography “Be My Baby,” which Spector wrote with Vince Waldron. They are eyeing Pulitzer-winner Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the script.
The biopic will place emphasis on Spector’s early career, particularly on the formation of the Ronettes group and their subsequent signing to Phil Spector’s Philles Records. While at the label, the band recorded their hit “Be My Baby,” and Spector eventually married the record producer. The film will also follow their eventual divorce and Spector’s battle to gain back the rights to her music.
Marc Platt, who is currently producing “The Little Mermaid,” “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Wicked” film adaptations, has been tapped as a producer on the project.
- 9/29/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Zendaya is in talks to star in a biopic about the life and career of Ronnie Spector, The Ronettes singer known for songs like “Be My Baby” and “The Best Part of Breakin’ Up,” that A24 and New Regency are teaming up on.
Marc Platt would produce the film, and A24 has acquired the life rights for Spector and the rights to Spector’s autobiography “Be My Baby,” which she wrote with Vince Waldron. No director or writer is formally attached.
Zendaya would also produce the film if her deal closes, and Spector would also executive produce with Johnathan Greenfield.
Ronnie Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ronettes in 2007 as the original “bad girl of rock and roll,” and the trio produced two Top 100 hits in 1965 after being signed by Phil Spector, whom she married in 1968. After the group broke up, she launched...
Marc Platt would produce the film, and A24 has acquired the life rights for Spector and the rights to Spector’s autobiography “Be My Baby,” which she wrote with Vince Waldron. No director or writer is formally attached.
Zendaya would also produce the film if her deal closes, and Spector would also executive produce with Johnathan Greenfield.
Ronnie Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ronettes in 2007 as the original “bad girl of rock and roll,” and the trio produced two Top 100 hits in 1965 after being signed by Phil Spector, whom she married in 1968. After the group broke up, she launched...
- 9/29/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Updated: I’ve learned that A24 will team on the Ronnie Spector film with New Regency. The two partnered previously on the Robert Eggers-directed The Lighthouse, and they are part of the Malcolm & Marie film.
Exclusive: A24 is putting together a film package that will have Emmy-winning Euphoria star Zendaya attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life. Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My Baby, the memoir she wrote with Vince Waldron. I’m hearing that early conversations are happening with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the script.
The film will be produced by Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Mark Itkin, Tom Shelly and Zendaya. Jonathan Greenfield and Spector will be the exec producers.
Much the way that Aretha Franklin personally endorsed Jennifer Hudson to play her in the upcoming MGM biopic Respect, Spector chose...
Exclusive: A24 is putting together a film package that will have Emmy-winning Euphoria star Zendaya attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life. Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My Baby, the memoir she wrote with Vince Waldron. I’m hearing that early conversations are happening with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the script.
The film will be produced by Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Mark Itkin, Tom Shelly and Zendaya. Jonathan Greenfield and Spector will be the exec producers.
Much the way that Aretha Franklin personally endorsed Jennifer Hudson to play her in the upcoming MGM biopic Respect, Spector chose...
- 9/29/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Read: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers 9th Wonder Johntá Austin A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Mick Avory
The Kinks Glen Ballard Alice Bag Bas Jon Batiste Big Boi Beyoncé Branko Michael Brun Eric Burdon
The Animals John Cale
The...
- 9/22/2020
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: The story of Phil Spector, murderer and musical genius, is being told through a new narrative podcast series from the team behind Disgraceland and iHeartRadio.
Blood on the Tracks launches August 12 and features the fictionalized voices of the likes of Lenny Bruce, Ronnie Spector, Ike Turner, Keith Richards, John Lennon and Debbie Harry talking about the Wall of Sound creator and Let It Be producer.
It comes after iHeartRadio and Disgraceland creator and host Jake Brennan teamed up last year to create a slate of shows through Double Elvis Productions.
Brennan told Deadline that Spector’s life was the “perfect mix” of music and true crime.
He said that he has paid particularly attention to the sound of the podcast. “I wanted the show to sound new, it sounds unlike any podcast you’ve ever heard, I hope, if I’m doing my job correctly. I wanted to take...
Blood on the Tracks launches August 12 and features the fictionalized voices of the likes of Lenny Bruce, Ronnie Spector, Ike Turner, Keith Richards, John Lennon and Debbie Harry talking about the Wall of Sound creator and Let It Be producer.
It comes after iHeartRadio and Disgraceland creator and host Jake Brennan teamed up last year to create a slate of shows through Double Elvis Productions.
Brennan told Deadline that Spector’s life was the “perfect mix” of music and true crime.
He said that he has paid particularly attention to the sound of the podcast. “I wanted the show to sound new, it sounds unlike any podcast you’ve ever heard, I hope, if I’m doing my job correctly. I wanted to take...
- 8/12/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Midway through Lethal Weapon 2, there’s a scene where Detective Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) brings Rika van den Haas (Patsy Kensit) to his beachside trailer for a date, even though she’s the secretary of an evil apartheid-era South African government official that’s determined to kill him along with much of the Lapd. Before long, he’ll be fishing her lifeless body out of the ocean and vowing to avenge her death, but prior to that unpleasantness they enjoy a few beers and listen to the new Beach...
- 4/16/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and John Mellencamp will perform with Sting at the 30th annual Rainforest Fund benefit concert. Hosted by Robert Downey Jr., the event is set to take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on December 9th.
Named “We’ll Be Together” after a 1987 Sting single, the lineup also features Shaggy, Eurythmics, H.E.R., Ricky Martin, Bob Geldof and Mj Rodriguez. Benefit Level tickets start at $1,000; remaining tickets will be available on November 1st via Ticketmaster.
Founded in 1989 by Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, the Rainforest Fund...
Named “We’ll Be Together” after a 1987 Sting single, the lineup also features Shaggy, Eurythmics, H.E.R., Ricky Martin, Bob Geldof and Mj Rodriguez. Benefit Level tickets start at $1,000; remaining tickets will be available on November 1st via Ticketmaster.
Founded in 1989 by Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, the Rainforest Fund...
- 10/24/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Following the death of Eddie Money, Ronnie Spector – the Ronettes legend whose career was revitalized in the Eighties thanks to her appearance on Money’s 1986 hit “Take Me Home Tonight” – paid tribute to the singer.
“Eddie’s voice was soulful Rock & Roll, I just loved it. That’s really why we got together in the first place,” Spector said in a statement. “I loved his voice, he loved mine. He introduced me to a whole new generation of fans in the 1980s with our recording and video of ‘Take Me Home Tonight.
“Eddie’s voice was soulful Rock & Roll, I just loved it. That’s really why we got together in the first place,” Spector said in a statement. “I loved his voice, he loved mine. He introduced me to a whole new generation of fans in the 1980s with our recording and video of ‘Take Me Home Tonight.
- 9/14/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As he himself would have admitted, Eddie Money was no one’s idea of a conventional rock star. His stage moves were always a little gawky and spasmodic, his borderline hoarse voice in need of a lozenge or two. Emerging during the punk era though never part of it, he preferred the stadium-friendly shout-along choruses of mainstream rock and adopted the suit-and-tie New Wave look while keeping his hair unfashionably long. He was even an NYPD cop — a career move that, while utterly honorable, didn’t jibe with the traditional,...
- 9/13/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Sep 13, 2019
Eddie Money, a major hitmaker of the '70s and '80s, always looked like he was having fun.
Eddie Money, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist best known for radio-friendly hit songs like “Baby Hold On,” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” died from complications from cancer on Friday, Sept. 13, according to Variety. He was 70.
"The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning," his family announced in a statement. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Money revealed he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer during season 2 of his reality show, Real Money, which aired Sept. 12, 2018." “What I don’t want to do is I don’t want to keep the fact that I have cancer from everybody,...
Eddie Money, a major hitmaker of the '70s and '80s, always looked like he was having fun.
Eddie Money, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist best known for radio-friendly hit songs like “Baby Hold On,” and “Two Tickets to Paradise,” died from complications from cancer on Friday, Sept. 13, according to Variety. He was 70.
"The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning," his family announced in a statement. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Money revealed he had been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer during season 2 of his reality show, Real Money, which aired Sept. 12, 2018." “What I don’t want to do is I don’t want to keep the fact that I have cancer from everybody,...
- 9/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Eddie Money, the star of the Axs TV reality series Real Money and the classic rock mainstay behind 1970s and 1980s hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Think I’m In Love,” “Walk on Water,” “Shakin'” and “Baby Hold On,” died Friday, less than a month after announcing his esophageal cancer diagnosis. He was 70.
Money, born Eddie Mahoney, died at his home in Los Angeles. A statement provided by his family: “The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning. It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Real Money premiered in April 2018 and followed the singer’s life both at home and on the road and featured his wife, Laurie, and their five children.
Money, born Eddie Mahoney, died at his home in Los Angeles. A statement provided by his family: “The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning. It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Real Money premiered in April 2018 and followed the singer’s life both at home and on the road and featured his wife, Laurie, and their five children.
- 9/13/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Eddie Money, the singer-saxophonist whose string of hits include “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight,” died Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 70.
“The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,” the family said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Money suffered a...
“The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,” the family said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.”
Money suffered a...
- 9/13/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a sunny spring day in 2016 and Ronnie Spector is seated at a New York hotel bar. As she looks back on her career, she pinpoints the session she did with the Wrecking Crew for “Be My Baby.” The first time she heard Hal Blaine play the song’s opening rhythm — thump, thump-thump, clap! — she had an out-of-body experience. “It was like I’d gone to heaven,” she said. “It all fit. It all was like a puzzle and once my voice was put on, the puzzle was complete.
- 3/12/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“Hal Blaine was such a great musician and friend that I can’t put it into words,” Brian Wilson wrote on Twitter Monday after news of the legendary session drummer’s death began to circulate. “Hal taught me a lot, and he had so much to do with our success — he was the greatest drummer ever.”
Blaine’s résumé backs up Wilson’s statement: tens of thousands of recording dates, ranging from Simon & Garfunkel to Sam Cooke, and hundreds of hits, often recorded as part of L.A. studio all-star team the Wrecking Crew.
Blaine’s résumé backs up Wilson’s statement: tens of thousands of recording dates, ranging from Simon & Garfunkel to Sam Cooke, and hundreds of hits, often recorded as part of L.A. studio all-star team the Wrecking Crew.
- 3/12/2019
- by David Browne and Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Hal Blaine, the venerated drummer who played on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and “Good Vibrations,” the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” as a member of the Wrecking Crew, a group of elite Los Angeles session players, died Monday at age 90. The musician’s family confirmed the news in a statement via Facebook.
“May he rest forever on 2 and 4,” they wrote, referencing the backbeat that defines rock & roll. “The family appreciates your outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Hal from around the world,...
“May he rest forever on 2 and 4,” they wrote, referencing the backbeat that defines rock & roll. “The family appreciates your outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Hal from around the world,...
- 3/12/2019
- by Ryan Reed and Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The record industry might be tanking, but the music industry is thriving within the film and TV business. Employer contributions to a residuals fund for musicians whose work is heard on the big and small screens hit a record $100 million last year, according to the latest report from the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund.
Last year, the fund distributed more than $81 million to 17,000-plus musicians but is holding more than $5 million in unclaimed checks for more than 6,000 musicians for whom the fund has no current address or contract information. They iinclude Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Axl Rose, Tony Bennett, Cyndi Lauper, Nelly Furtado, Blake Shelton, Kanye West, Annie Lennox, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Spector, Brian Eno, Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth, Peter Gabriel, the Monkees’ Michael Nesmith, Dave Clark, Johnny Depp, Jared Leto and all three Hanson brothers – Taylor, Zac and Isaac.
The estates...
Last year, the fund distributed more than $81 million to 17,000-plus musicians but is holding more than $5 million in unclaimed checks for more than 6,000 musicians for whom the fund has no current address or contract information. They iinclude Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Axl Rose, Tony Bennett, Cyndi Lauper, Nelly Furtado, Blake Shelton, Kanye West, Annie Lennox, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Spector, Brian Eno, Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth, Peter Gabriel, the Monkees’ Michael Nesmith, Dave Clark, Johnny Depp, Jared Leto and all three Hanson brothers – Taylor, Zac and Isaac.
The estates...
- 6/21/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Watch the “Maybe She’s Not Such a Heinous Bitch After All” on mute, and it looks like one of the happiest things “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has ever done. But as with the rest of the musical sequences on the show, there’s always more behind what Rebecca Bunch tells herself.
There’s Rebecca (Rachel Bloom), just off one of the lowest points in her life, finally being Ok with moving back home and living with her mom Naomi (Tovah Feldshuh). As she starts to accept Naomi’s sudden change in attitude, complete with homemade milkshakes and TV-watching cuddle sessions, her thoughts take the form of a Ronettes-style, Wall of Sound tribute. Singing the song takes her from Naomi’s living room, straight through to a black-and-white TV performance, with a pair of backup singers for good measure.
IndieWire was on set for the filming of “Maybe She’s Not Such...
There’s Rebecca (Rachel Bloom), just off one of the lowest points in her life, finally being Ok with moving back home and living with her mom Naomi (Tovah Feldshuh). As she starts to accept Naomi’s sudden change in attitude, complete with homemade milkshakes and TV-watching cuddle sessions, her thoughts take the form of a Ronettes-style, Wall of Sound tribute. Singing the song takes her from Naomi’s living room, straight through to a black-and-white TV performance, with a pair of backup singers for good measure.
IndieWire was on set for the filming of “Maybe She’s Not Such...
- 11/10/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
In conversation, it’s impossible not to fall head-over-heels for Ronnie Spector. Even over a tiny cell phone speaker, her strong voice bursts forth with electric excitement, full-bodied passion, and the occasional flirtatious giggle. It’s the voice—a mix of street tough New Yorker and tender schoolgirl vulnerability—that provided the heart, soul and swagger of the iconic ’60s group the Ronettes. Alongside her sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley, the trio scored hits with pop masterpieces like “Be My Baby,” “Walking in the Rain,” and “I Can Hear Music.” Spector’s incendiary live performances established her as...
- 6/24/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Photo by Debra Greenfield. If you’re of a certain post-Baby Boomer age, you probably recognize Ronnie Spector for two things: Being in that Eddie Money video from the 80s where he sings, “Just like-a Ronnie said.” And being one of the featured performers on the album A Christmas Gift for You, which was released in 1963 and has been played on repeat ever since, especially in suburban shopping malls and Christmas parties hosted by your parents. The record is bursting at the seams with classic moments—like Darlene Love belting out “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and Phil Spector’s creepy spoken-word greeting at the end, where he stops just short of saying, “Merry Christmas, everyone. Now get the hell back in my basement!”—but, at least for me, it’s the handful of songs by the Ronettes that make it such an iconic record. From Spector’s sex-kitten vocals...
- 12/16/2010
- Vanity Fair
Listen, dear readers, I'm going to level with you: I have a headache, I still have to pack for my train ride tomorrow and find knitting supplies to keep myself busy for the 17 hours I'll be spending on said train, and it's been a long week already. I will make up for the lack of introduction at a later date. Here's your Wednesday night TV:
8:00pm: "Human Target" on Fox
"Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Natalie Cole and David McCullough" on PBS
"The Sing-Off" on NBC
"Survivor" on CBS
9:00pm: "Criminal Minds" on CBS
"Friday Night Lights" on DirecTV
"Hell's Kitchen" on Fox. 8th season finale.
"Third Reich: The Fall" on History
"I'll Do Anything" on Bbca
"Man vs. Food: Carnivore Chronicles 8: Magnificence of Meatiness" on Travel
"Mythbusters" on Discovery. It's a Green Hornet special, which sounds totally lame to me but that's probably because...
8:00pm: "Human Target" on Fox
"Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Natalie Cole and David McCullough" on PBS
"The Sing-Off" on NBC
"Survivor" on CBS
9:00pm: "Criminal Minds" on CBS
"Friday Night Lights" on DirecTV
"Hell's Kitchen" on Fox. 8th season finale.
"Third Reich: The Fall" on History
"I'll Do Anything" on Bbca
"Man vs. Food: Carnivore Chronicles 8: Magnificence of Meatiness" on Travel
"Mythbusters" on Discovery. It's a Green Hornet special, which sounds totally lame to me but that's probably because...
- 12/15/2010
- by Intern Rusty
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