Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector was an American singer who began her career in New York City in the late 1950s as the lead singer of the girl group the Ronettes, associated with 1960s pop and girl-group rock. Her vocal style and stage persona were closely aligned with the era's dense pop production aesthetics, and across her group and subsequent solo work she contributed to the girl-group sound that influenced later pop and rock artists.