The RIP Thread

I think it’s only Dawn French & James Fleet left now?

 

Yes, out of the seven regulars, just those two left.

 

RIP Gary

 

Brian Wison loved the song, Be my Baby so much, he said it was his all time favourite song.
Vale to Ronnie Spector for her efforts.

Carol Kaye, session guitartist / bass guitarist, played bass which launch her career from this song.
Carol went on to become one of the greatest and most used session guitarist of all time.

Vale to Ronnie Spector for her efforts.
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Ronnie Spector, leader of girl group The Ronettes, dies at 78
By Mark Kennedy
January 13, 2022 — 10.05am


When the Ronettes were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones remembered opening for the trio in England in the mid-1960s. “They could sing all their way right through a wall of sound,” Richards said. “They didn’t need anything. They touched my heart right there and then and they touch it still.”

After the Ronettes broke up, Spector continued to tour and make music, including Take Me Home Tonight with Eddie Money, recording Joel’s Say Goodbye to Hollywood with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and recording the 1999 EP She Talks to Rainbows, which included her first ever recording of Don’t Worry Baby, written for her by Brian Wilson.

The Ronettes’ sexy look and powerful voices — plus songwriting and producing help from Phil Spector — turned them into one of the premier acts of the girl-group era, touring England with The Rolling Stones and befriending the Beatles.


Spector, alongside her sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley, scored hits with pop masterpieces like Baby, I Love You, Walking in the Rain, I Can Hear Music and Be My Baby, which was co-written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.

“We weren’t afraid to be hot. That was our gimmick,” Spector said in her memoir. “When we saw The Shirelles walk on stage with their wide party dresses, we went in the opposite direction and squeezed our bodies into the tightest skirts we could find. Then we’d get out on stage and hike them up to show our legs even more.”

Spector, born Veronica Bennett, and her multiracial bandmates grew up in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. They began singing and dancing in clubs as Ronnie and the Relatives, becoming noteworthy for their liberal use of eyeliner and mascara.

“The louder they applauded, the more mascara we put on the next time,” she wrote in her memoir. “We didn’t have a hit record to grab their attention, so we had to make an impression with our style. None of it was planned out; we just took the look we were born with and extended it.”

In March 1963, Estelle Bennett managed to arrange an audition in front of Phil Spector, known for his big, brass-and-drum style dubbed the “wall of sound.” They were signed to Phillies Records in 1963. After being signed, they sang backup for other acts until Spector had the group record Be My Baby and Baby I Love You.

In 2006, she released Last of the Rock Stars, her first album in 20 years and it featured appearances by the Raconteurs, Keith Richards, Patti Smith and the Raveonettes. In 2010 she released a doo-wop Christmas EP called Ronnie Spector’s Best Christmas Ever and in 2016 released English Heart, her covers of songs from Britain in the ’60s.

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She is survived her husband, Jonathan Greenfield, and two sons, Jason and Austin.

 

Our part time poster @DanishQPR worked with Mick Leach after he retired from playing football and only has the highest praise for him as a human being. By all accounts a lovely man.

 

The unsung here of that great 70’s side

 

Singer Meat Loaf. R.i.p.

 

Meat loaf dead…..not a great fan but seemed like a nice bloke when on TV
RIP big man

 

Never realised he was in 65 films including fight club. He had a fantastic voice and presence. He was the "Eddie" in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
RIP

 

Not meatloaf
Noooooooooo
Getting far too close for my liking

 

R.I.P. MEATLOAF

 

Not sure many would agree but i preferred bat out of hell two

 

He'll be riding that bat straight back to hell today (or.maybe all the way up to the great gig in the sky)

RIP big man

 

Just my thoughts…..for what their worth (nothing), but isn’t it funny how once a pop or rock star dies, everyone is suddenly their number 1 fan and loves every piece of music they ever released.
Not saying anyone on here, more in general.
I mean when Mensi or Jake Black died…being a fan of their music I felt emotionally connected and genuine grief as I’d listened, enjoyed and grew up to their music for years.
Just seems every politician, z list celebrity and tv presenter are now massive Meatloaf fans.
Wonder how many can name more than 10 Meatloaf songs ?

 

He would do anything for love but he wouldn't pay it

 

I heard that they found him laying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun...

 

Never forget a girl in my class wearing a denim jacket with a big Meatloaf badge on the back. I made a comment like “what the #### is that” and received a long tirade of abuse but more importantly information regarding Meatloaf. So after that I would always kept an eye out for him. I saw him in many shows and films and although his music wasn’t my thing, I could see why people liked him. A showman, a performer and big presences. 74 no age.
RIP