March 12, 2021 • 16 mins
In 2007, rock & roll legend Keith Richards inducted Ronnie Spector, Estelle Bennett, and Nedra Talley a.k.a the Ronettes. Growing up, these women shared dreams of success and fame through the power of their immense vocals. The Ronettes' siren sound and edgy image planted the group into the sonic memory of rock ‘n’ roll as well as the hearts of generations to come.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to Induction Vault, a production of I Heart Radio
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is about to begin.
It's time to take your seats. In two thousand seven,
rock and roll legend Keith Richard's inducted Ronnie Spector, Estelle
(00:28):
Bennett and nder Tali a k a. The Ronetts. Growing
up in New York Spanish Harlem, these women share dreams
of success and fame through the power of their immense vocals.
Pete says the scene of a nineties sixties music club,
dark hallways, the haze of cigarettes smoke, the lights of
the stage, and the wall of sound above it all
(00:50):
the Ronet siren voices sore, emanating out into the streets
and onto the radio, shattering racial and social barriers in
the process. The Ronets accept this award by thinking everyone
on their journey from their humble beginnings to a Hall
of Fame induction. Nador highlights their lasting impact on girl
groups in the form of a tougher, edgier sound and
(01:12):
a sexier, more confident image. They didn't know it at
the time, but the Ronets planted themselves into the sonic
memory of rock and roll and in the hearts of
generations to come. So you know, giant strides have been
(01:34):
made in medical science lately. And this is why I'm
able to be able to say to you, good evening,
ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. It works one. I guess I gotta set
(01:58):
the scene here, um ha ha ha um, and I
would take you back to a little, dark, dank, little
theater in London or north of England. I think a
(02:18):
d not busy. I'll shut up and on the road
as usual, you know. And I climbed out of now
a little cubicle, and I'm walking down that corridor and
(02:41):
it's green, it smells, it's damp, and it's dark, you know.
And as I get to the stairwell, I started to
hear these voices. I think I've already, you know, am
I overdone it already? But as I go down the stairwell,
I hear it's beautiful little chance set up by ned Arnist.
(03:06):
And I realized I'm listening to the ronnets and then
that pure, pure voice over the top singing beat my baby,
And as I went I got a command performance, you know,
all to myself from these I realized, despite Jack Newts's
beautiful arrangements, but they could sing all their way right
(03:30):
through a wall of sound. They didn't need anything. M. Yeah,
they've touched my heart right there and then, and they
touched it still. And so I guess to cut the
long story short. Let me say, let's welcome on Veronica
(03:51):
Bennett and the Ronets. After the break, we'll hear the
Runnets accepting speeches on the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame induction vault. Than yourself. God, M we waited so long.
(04:22):
I mean we really waited long. You know, we went
through a lot of ups and downs. But uh, we're
here and we're inducted into the Hall of Fame at
the World Off. I mean I grew up like a
(04:42):
hundred hundred a hundred blocks north of here in Spanish Harlem.
We all did. And uh, the Frankie Lyman told those
great pop voices. That's where why I got my voice.
From Frankie Lyman, the students. I could go on forever. Oh,
I have a speech. I was scared about that. Wow.
(05:05):
I never thought I'd get here, But here I am.
I am blown away all my life, all I ever
wanted to do was sing rock and roll. Uh. And
now to be honored this way, it feels like like
(05:26):
this is the way I always dreamed it would be.
M hm, m hm hm. Okay, I gotta turn a babe.
I grew I said that already. I grew up a
hundred blocks north uh and Spanish arlem. Um. Never thought
(05:48):
for a minute I would be in the world of
being recognized for what I love to do, sing and perform,
from emer tonight at the Apollo Theater to dancing on
the els at the Peppermint Lounge and singing with Joey
d and the Starlighters. Uh. The early sixties were as
great as they looked. Mhm. Thanks to Stu Phillips, I'll
(06:13):
first producer. Uh. I want to thank my sister Stell
and cousin Nager for being there in the beginning, share
for being my girlfriend in the sixties and taking me
around to all the cool places to shop in l A.
Jack Jack Niche, I don't want to look up. I
(06:35):
lose my space. Jack Jack Niche, who arranged all of
our hits h Murray Decay, the Brooklyn Fox before we
had any hit records. Um my mom who toured with us,
my dad who took me to baseball games. Sorry they
(06:55):
didn't live to see this. Ellie Grinned and Jeff Barry
Barry Man and Cynthia Wow. Thanks for the great material hmm.
George Harrison who produced my first solo recordings on Apple Records. Uh.
(07:19):
Then all the people who when I came back in
the early seventies tried to be there for me. Jimmy Hendrix,
my dear friend John Lennon who introduced me to Jimmy Iovine,
who gotten me involved with Springsteen and the Eastreet Band.
I love your Springsteen, Southside Johnny and Miami Steve. I
(07:44):
love you guys. Where where was I? Jimmy Iovine who
got with Eastreet Band? Okay? Uh? And Eddie Money take
me home tonight. I don't want to let you go
to your see the live Okay. I told you I
(08:06):
would get confused. Um, Jimmy Oliver and who got me involved. Oh,
I said that with h Eddie Money Take Me Home Tonight.
And my friend and producer Joey Ramone. I love you, Joe.
I also want to thank Patti Smith for contributing to
(08:30):
my new CD and being so supportive. Thank you, Patty Um.
Thanks to Frankie Lyman my iol for the inspiration. For
three years from nineteen six to nineteen sixty six, we
had the best times getting ready to go on stage.
(08:54):
Our dresses slit up the sides, I'll be hives up
to here with hairspray aquin it so did stay up
um Uh. The excitement from the crowd baby when we
would walk on on stage, whether a riot broke out
(09:15):
or boys were rolling around on the floor having orgasms.
When we performed live, I always said we weren't better,
we were just different. Thanks to those people that stood
by my side, by our side for the last couple
of decades. Chuck Ruben for hanging uh in there with
(09:38):
us and putting up with me. Alex Pelts for not
giving up, Okay, not turn the page, um, Susan Blande
for looking out Janet Asaroff What can I say? What
can I possibly say? She's great? And Bob Donald, I
(10:00):
can't thank you enough. Keith Richards. Whenever I see you,
it feels like it's ninety four and we're traveling through
the fog through UH together in the UK, Like um
you said to me. Ronnie they'd never thought we'd live
to see this. Ha. I guess, I guess we fool them. Ha.
(10:29):
It's true. Okay, So why to turn the page? Okay?
My kids, Austin and Jason for being there, um uh
so patient and understanding my need to rock. And Deborah
Greenfield for making me look good. I recorded a song
in the seventies with the line, so many faces in
(10:53):
and out of my life, so will laugh, so will
just be now and then. It's so true now and there. Okay.
So my last and biggest thanks goes to my partner
for the last twenty eight years, through the ups and downs,
(11:17):
oh stream and downs, he never left my side, Jonathan Greenfield,
And to all my fans, thanks for remembering. It's been
a long journey getting here. But now that I am here,
(11:38):
let's rock. I would just like to say thank you
very much for giving us this award. Thank you. I'm
a sellable by next. Thank you, Yeah, thank you, Stum,
(12:03):
thank you Ronnie. I would like to thank each and
every one of you for being here this evening, for
being a part of a dream of three young girls
fifteen seventeen, eighteen sixteen, those years in New York City,
which is a very big city. We were born and
raised here. We had a dream. But with a dream,
(12:26):
they need you need to have people behind you with
your dream. For us, my mom knocked on doors when
people didn't want to hire and and put under contract
three young pretty girls that they said, we're going to
change their minds down the road. I thank you for that.
God knows what you've done. But first of all, I
would like to say that I would like to thank
(12:48):
my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for being in my
life and making me who I am today. For saving
my life through open heart surgery. For are giving me
a husband that we're celebrating our fourtie anniversary. M for
(13:09):
for wonderful children, make me who I am. For six
more than wonderful grandchildren. For the family, thank you, I
love them. Show Business is a thing that it can
be great, but it can be bad too, and I
know that's that's really true. And for us, we had
(13:31):
a family that gave us a core to help stabilize
us in a very difficult, crazy world. It was a
fun time. I thank God truly for it. I thank
God that I'm here tonight and that we as the rawnets,
are being acknowledged for what we gave, but I didn't
(13:52):
have any idea what we were giving. I was very,
very young, and I didn't know that. You know, we
were setting style us for girls and and like the
Paul Shaffer's of the world who fell in love. I
didn't know that, honestly. But I thank every fan that
kept us in their hearts and in their minds for
(14:15):
all these years. Thank you for playing the music to
your children and to your children's children, and for the Ronetts.
I say for the unborn children that the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame is going to give a platform
for us that down the road a hundred years from now,
(14:36):
they're going to remember us, and they're going to remember
your generation, and they're gonna remember your music, and they're
gonna remember what you gave. And for each and every
person that helped us to be who we are, I
truly thank you. And for anybody I forgot, please forgive me.
Thank you. Thanks for joining us on this week's episode
(15:10):
of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Vault for
more on your favorite inductees, to shop inductee merch or
to plan your trip to the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. Visit rock hall dot com plus Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Induction Special on demand on HBO Max.
Our executive producers are Noel Brown, Shelby Morrison, and Esa Gurkey.
(15:31):
Supervising producer is Taylor Shakogn Research and archival assistants from
Isabelle Keeper and Shannon Herb. Thanks again for joining us
on this week's episode of Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame Induction Vault. Induction Ball is a production of I
Heart Radio and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(15:53):
For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the I
heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
favorite podcasts.
Welcome to Induction Vault, a production of I Heart Radio
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is about to begin.
It's time to take your seats. In two thousand seven,
rock and roll legend Keith Richard's inducted Ronnie Spector, Estelle
(00:28):
Bennett and nder Tali a k a. The Ronetts. Growing
up in New York Spanish Harlem, these women share dreams
of success and fame through the power of their immense vocals.
Pete says the scene of a nineties sixties music club,
dark hallways, the haze of cigarettes smoke, the lights of
the stage, and the wall of sound above it all
(00:50):
the Ronet siren voices sore, emanating out into the streets
and onto the radio, shattering racial and social barriers in
the process. The Ronets accept this award by thinking everyone
on their journey from their humble beginnings to a Hall
of Fame induction. Nador highlights their lasting impact on girl
groups in the form of a tougher, edgier sound and
(01:12):
a sexier, more confident image. They didn't know it at
the time, but the Ronets planted themselves into the sonic
memory of rock and roll and in the hearts of
generations to come. So you know, giant strides have been
(01:34):
made in medical science lately. And this is why I'm
able to be able to say to you, good evening,
ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. It works one. I guess I gotta set
(01:58):
the scene here, um ha ha ha um, and I
would take you back to a little, dark, dank, little
theater in London or north of England. I think a
(02:18):
d not busy. I'll shut up and on the road
as usual, you know. And I climbed out of now
a little cubicle, and I'm walking down that corridor and
(02:41):
it's green, it smells, it's damp, and it's dark, you know.
And as I get to the stairwell, I started to
hear these voices. I think I've already, you know, am
I overdone it already? But as I go down the stairwell,
I hear it's beautiful little chance set up by ned Arnist.
(03:06):
And I realized I'm listening to the ronnets and then
that pure, pure voice over the top singing beat my baby,
And as I went I got a command performance, you know,
all to myself from these I realized, despite Jack Newts's
beautiful arrangements, but they could sing all their way right
(03:30):
through a wall of sound. They didn't need anything. M. Yeah,
they've touched my heart right there and then, and they
touched it still. And so I guess to cut the
long story short. Let me say, let's welcome on Veronica
(03:51):
Bennett and the Ronets. After the break, we'll hear the
Runnets accepting speeches on the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame induction vault. Than yourself. God, M we waited so long.
(04:22):
I mean we really waited long. You know, we went
through a lot of ups and downs. But uh, we're
here and we're inducted into the Hall of Fame at
the World Off. I mean I grew up like a
(04:42):
hundred hundred a hundred blocks north of here in Spanish Harlem.
We all did. And uh, the Frankie Lyman told those
great pop voices. That's where why I got my voice.
From Frankie Lyman, the students. I could go on forever. Oh,
I have a speech. I was scared about that. Wow.
(05:05):
I never thought I'd get here, But here I am.
I am blown away all my life, all I ever
wanted to do was sing rock and roll. Uh. And
now to be honored this way, it feels like like
(05:26):
this is the way I always dreamed it would be.
M hm, m hm hm. Okay, I gotta turn a babe.
I grew I said that already. I grew up a
hundred blocks north uh and Spanish arlem. Um. Never thought
(05:48):
for a minute I would be in the world of
being recognized for what I love to do, sing and perform,
from emer tonight at the Apollo Theater to dancing on
the els at the Peppermint Lounge and singing with Joey
d and the Starlighters. Uh. The early sixties were as
great as they looked. Mhm. Thanks to Stu Phillips, I'll
(06:13):
first producer. Uh. I want to thank my sister Stell
and cousin Nager for being there in the beginning, share
for being my girlfriend in the sixties and taking me
around to all the cool places to shop in l A.
Jack Jack Niche, I don't want to look up. I
(06:35):
lose my space. Jack Jack Niche, who arranged all of
our hits h Murray Decay, the Brooklyn Fox before we
had any hit records. Um my mom who toured with us,
my dad who took me to baseball games. Sorry they
(06:55):
didn't live to see this. Ellie Grinned and Jeff Barry
Barry Man and Cynthia Wow. Thanks for the great material hmm.
George Harrison who produced my first solo recordings on Apple Records. Uh.
(07:19):
Then all the people who when I came back in
the early seventies tried to be there for me. Jimmy Hendrix,
my dear friend John Lennon who introduced me to Jimmy Iovine,
who gotten me involved with Springsteen and the Eastreet Band.
I love your Springsteen, Southside Johnny and Miami Steve. I
(07:44):
love you guys. Where where was I? Jimmy Iovine who
got with Eastreet Band? Okay? Uh? And Eddie Money take
me home tonight. I don't want to let you go
to your see the live Okay. I told you I
(08:06):
would get confused. Um, Jimmy Oliver and who got me involved. Oh,
I said that with h Eddie Money Take Me Home Tonight.
And my friend and producer Joey Ramone. I love you, Joe.
I also want to thank Patti Smith for contributing to
(08:30):
my new CD and being so supportive. Thank you, Patty Um.
Thanks to Frankie Lyman my iol for the inspiration. For
three years from nineteen six to nineteen sixty six, we
had the best times getting ready to go on stage.
(08:54):
Our dresses slit up the sides, I'll be hives up
to here with hairspray aquin it so did stay up
um Uh. The excitement from the crowd baby when we
would walk on on stage, whether a riot broke out
(09:15):
or boys were rolling around on the floor having orgasms.
When we performed live, I always said we weren't better,
we were just different. Thanks to those people that stood
by my side, by our side for the last couple
of decades. Chuck Ruben for hanging uh in there with
(09:38):
us and putting up with me. Alex Pelts for not
giving up, Okay, not turn the page, um, Susan Blande
for looking out Janet Asaroff What can I say? What
can I possibly say? She's great? And Bob Donald, I
(10:00):
can't thank you enough. Keith Richards. Whenever I see you,
it feels like it's ninety four and we're traveling through
the fog through UH together in the UK, Like um
you said to me. Ronnie they'd never thought we'd live
to see this. Ha. I guess, I guess we fool them. Ha.
(10:29):
It's true. Okay, So why to turn the page? Okay?
My kids, Austin and Jason for being there, um uh
so patient and understanding my need to rock. And Deborah
Greenfield for making me look good. I recorded a song
in the seventies with the line, so many faces in
(10:53):
and out of my life, so will laugh, so will
just be now and then. It's so true now and there. Okay.
So my last and biggest thanks goes to my partner
for the last twenty eight years, through the ups and downs,
(11:17):
oh stream and downs, he never left my side, Jonathan Greenfield,
And to all my fans, thanks for remembering. It's been
a long journey getting here. But now that I am here,
(11:38):
let's rock. I would just like to say thank you
very much for giving us this award. Thank you. I'm
a sellable by next. Thank you, Yeah, thank you, Stum,
(12:03):
thank you Ronnie. I would like to thank each and
every one of you for being here this evening, for
being a part of a dream of three young girls
fifteen seventeen, eighteen sixteen, those years in New York City,
which is a very big city. We were born and
raised here. We had a dream. But with a dream,
(12:26):
they need you need to have people behind you with
your dream. For us, my mom knocked on doors when
people didn't want to hire and and put under contract
three young pretty girls that they said, we're going to
change their minds down the road. I thank you for that.
God knows what you've done. But first of all, I
would like to say that I would like to thank
(12:48):
my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for being in my
life and making me who I am today. For saving
my life through open heart surgery. For are giving me
a husband that we're celebrating our fourtie anniversary. M for
(13:09):
for wonderful children, make me who I am. For six
more than wonderful grandchildren. For the family, thank you, I
love them. Show Business is a thing that it can
be great, but it can be bad too, and I
know that's that's really true. And for us, we had
(13:31):
a family that gave us a core to help stabilize
us in a very difficult, crazy world. It was a
fun time. I thank God truly for it. I thank
God that I'm here tonight and that we as the rawnets,
are being acknowledged for what we gave, but I didn't
(13:52):
have any idea what we were giving. I was very,
very young, and I didn't know that. You know, we
were setting style us for girls and and like the
Paul Shaffer's of the world who fell in love. I
didn't know that, honestly. But I thank every fan that
kept us in their hearts and in their minds for
(14:15):
all these years. Thank you for playing the music to
your children and to your children's children, and for the Ronetts.
I say for the unborn children that the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame is going to give a platform
for us that down the road a hundred years from now,
(14:36):
they're going to remember us, and they're going to remember
your generation, and they're gonna remember your music, and they're
gonna remember what you gave. And for each and every
person that helped us to be who we are, I
truly thank you. And for anybody I forgot, please forgive me.
Thank you. Thanks for joining us on this week's episode
(15:10):
of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Vault for
more on your favorite inductees, to shop inductee merch or
to plan your trip to the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame. Visit rock hall dot com plus Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Induction Special on demand on HBO Max.
Our executive producers are Noel Brown, Shelby Morrison, and Esa Gurkey.
(15:31):
Supervising producer is Taylor Shakogn Research and archival assistants from
Isabelle Keeper and Shannon Herb. Thanks again for joining us
on this week's episode of Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame Induction Vault. Induction Ball is a production of I
Heart Radio and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(15:53):
For more podcasts from my heart Radio, visit the I
heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
favorite podcasts.
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