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Veronica Yvette Bennett was born on the 10th August 1943 in East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA of Irish and American descent and is a singer perhaps still best known as the front woman of the girl group The Ronettes in the 1960s and ‘70s. As the member of the above mentioned band, Ronnie has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. More, Spector has had a relatively successful solo career. Ronnie has been active in the music industry since 1959.

So just how rich is Ronnie Spector? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of her wealth is as much as $1.5 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Music is the main source of Spector’s net worth and popularity.

To begin with, the sisters Ronnie, Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley made their first joint performances in 1959, won a talent contest and were regularly on the stage as the Darling Sisters. In 1961, they released their first single, and shortly afterwards they changed their name to The Ronettes. From 1963, The Ronettes were produced by the well known producer Phil Spector (the future husband of Ronnie). With the proven composer Jeff Barry, they wrote an extremely successful single with “Be My Baby” (1963), and what is more, the five following singles in a row landed in the Billboard Top 40, and four of them were also placed in the UK charts. The album “Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica” (1965) was not so successful on the charts, but was later ranked 427 of the 500 Best Albums of all Time in Rolling Stone magazine. However, the following singles did not meet expectations. After both Estelle Bennett and Nedra Talley were married in 1966, the group finally split up, but Ronnie’s net worth was established.

Moreover, Ronnie Spector continued her musical career with changing success. In 1973, she united with two other singers as Ronnie and the Ronettes, but then continued solo with her own recordings, in the background accompanied by Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Money, with whom she recorded his biggest hit “Take Me Home Tonight” (1986). In 1999, she released the EP album “She Talks to Rainbows” which was critically acclaimed yet poorly received by public. Then, she collaborated with such bands as The Misfits “Project 1950” (2003) and with The Raveonettes “Pretty in Black” (2005). In 2009, Ronnie released her own album “Last of the Rock Starts” which did not enter the music charts. Recently, Spector released the studio album “English Heart” which peaked in 6th position on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have increased the total size of Ronnie Spector’s net worth.

Finally, in the personal life of the singer, she married Phil Spector in 1968, and they adopted three children. However, the two decided to part ways in 1974. In 1982, Ronnie married Jonathan Greenfield; they have two children, and the family now resides in Danbury, Cennecticut.

IMDB Wikipedia “English Heart” (2016) “Last of the Rock Stars” (2006) “Last of the Rock Starts” (2009) “Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica” (1965) “Pretty in Black” (2005) “Project 1950” (2003) “She Talks to Rainbows” (EP “Something’s Gonna Happen” (2003) “Take Me Home Tonight” (hit song $1.5 million 1943 1986 1999 2017 She Rocks Awards (2017 NAMM Show) 5 ft 1 in (1.562 m) African American August 10 Austin Drew Greenfield Donte Phillip Spector East Harlem Estelle Bennett Gary Phillip Spector Indigenous peoples of the Americas Irish American Jason Charles Greenfield Jeff Barry Jonathan Greenfield Jonathan Greenfield (m. 1982) Louis Phillip Spector Musician Native Americans in the United States Nedra Talley New York New York City Phil Spector Phil Spector (m. 1968–1974) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ronnie Spector Ronnie Spector Net Worth Singer Singers The Ronettes United States United States of America Veronica Bennett Veronica Spector Veronica Yvette Bennett

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Veronica Yvette Bennett Quotes

• It’s about me; I’m the girl from the ghetto. It was originally “Girl from the Gutter”, and I thought: “I’m not from the gutter. I may have been from the ghetto, but not the gutter,” so I changed it. Elvis Presley sang “ghetto” and that was OK. But I stick to my hits, mostly, in the show. When I go to see old shows where people don’t play their hits, I’m so disappointed. You have to please your audience. When I hear that applause, it’s like I’m having an orgasm.
• [Amy Winehouse] was too shy to meet me, but she was so sweet to me. I read articles where she said: “I love girl groups, especially The Ronettes.” I think she liked us because we were different. I had a black and Cherokee mom and a white father, and that was different. And we were pretty. We didn’t have wigs like the other girl groups, it was our real hair. We gave Dusty Springfield a beehive – she’d come in and say: “Can I have a blast of Aquanet [hairspray]?” All that hair is mine today. As you get older (8) your hair thins a little, so you get extensions in the back.
• [We made money] when we were performing live. As a matter of fact, we got paid more than any other act for our show. We did the Brooklyn Paramount, the Apollo for a week … We made money from personal appearances, not record royalties. We were the most popular girl group ever for bar mitzvahs – people wanted The Ronettes.
• {John Lennon’] loved my voice and the way I performed and Phil was the opposite – he didn’t like guys in the audience screaming at me. Maybe I would’ve been better off marrying John Lennon or Keith Richards. I always fantasise about that. I would cry myself to sleep at night because Phil wouldn’t let me perform. My [second] husband and I have been married for 31 years and together for 34. He helped me reclaim my life.
• I talk about Phil Spector, but I say good things about him, too. I did love him. I just tell the truth. It’s the difference between ripping someone’s head off and telling the damn truth, and I tell the damn truth. Before Phil got involved, we were already going over better than some of the other acts, and I had my style way before Phil came along. He did one thing – he gave us hit records.
• The “bad girl” came from when the Ronettes would walk out onstage and we didn’t have a hit record yet and all the other groups did – Marvin Gaye, The Crystals. We didn’t have a hit record, but we had attitude. When the three Ronettes walked onstage, people went nuts because we were different. We wore tight dresses when everyone else wore those flared dresses, we had long hair when people had short hair; it was like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones wearing suits – that’s what made them different. The Stones got the long-hair idea from us, when they supported us on tour in the UK in 1964. I love having attitude onstage, and the “bad girl” thing still runs through my entire show.
• Nobody calls me Veronica unless I go to California. A few people there only knew me as Veronica, such as my ex-husband’s (1) secretary – I was out there [recently] and she left me a card saying: “Hello, Veronica!” But my relatives called me Ronnie. I used to read the Betty and Veronica comics, and Veronica was called Ronnie, so I wanted to be Ronnie too. It’s a cute name.
• I think I was [the godmother of punk]. In the ’70s it started, and I’d go to [Manhattan music venue] CBGB and see Blondie and the Ramones, and they were calling me up onstage. I didn’t know punk, but they knew me. Everybody knew me, but I didn’t know anybody – Patti Smith and all those people who were punkers. I didn’t get it. It was like Amy Winehouse, they wanted to be like me.
• I used to wish I could get my hands on [Amy Winehouse] and show her how to do a proper beehive. She came to one of my shows. I was singing “Back to Black” and there was a tear in her eye.
• You’d have to ask Phil Spector [about the glass coffin in the basement.] He told my mother he had it, but I never went down to the basement. Do you think I’d go down there and look at my own coffin?

Veronica Yvette Bennett Important Facts

• First wife of Phil Spector.
• Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Ronettes, on March 12, 2007.
• Ranked #67 on VH1’s Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
• Two sons with Greenfield, Austin Drew and Jason Charles.
• Lead singer of the 1960s group, The Ronettes.
• Cousin of Nedra Talley
• Younger sister of Estelle Bennett.

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