Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes is the only studio album by the American girl group the Ronettes (credited to "the Ronettes featuring Veronica"). Produced by Phil Spector and released in November 1964 through his label, Philles Records, the album collects the group's singles from 1963–1964. In 2004, it was ranked number 422 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[2]
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes | ||||
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Released | November 1964 | |||
Studio | Gold Star, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 36:34 | |||
Label | Philles | |||
Producer | Phil Spector | |||
Phil Spector production chronology | ||||
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Singles from Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Record Mirror | [1] |
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Total length: | 36:34 |
Personnel
editThe Ronettes
- Estelle Bennett – vocals
- Veronica Bennett – vocals
- Nedra Talley – vocals
Production
- Phil Spector – producer
- Jack Nitzsche – arranger
- Larry Levine – engineer
Additional musicians
- Don Randi – piano
- Al De Lory – piano
- Larry Knechtel – piano, bass guitar
- Leon Russell – piano
- Harold Battiste – piano
- Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Lou Blackburn, Roy Caton – horns
- Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
- Jimmy Bond – bass guitar
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Barney Kessel – guitars
- Tom Tedesco – guitars
- Carol Kaye – guitars
- Bill Pitman – guitars
- Vincent Poncia Jr. – guitars
- Frank Capp – percussion
- Julius Wechter – percussion
- Sonny Bono – percussion
References
edit- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (15 May 1965). "The Ronettes: The Fabulous Ronettes" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 218. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.