Be My Baby

How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette

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Be My Baby

How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette

1st ed.
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Lead singer for the Ronettes, one of the better so-called "girl groups" of the 1960s, Ronnie Spector provides an insider's look at the madness and glamour of an explosive period in rock music. Much of the book revolves around her relationship with Phil Spector, the star-making producer whose "Wall of Sound" concept revolutionized recording studio technique. According to the singer, her husband was obsessed with control, keeping her a virtual prisoner in his mansion for nearly five years before she broke free to reestablish a life and career of her own. Now remarried with two children, and having met with success in her struggle against alcoholism, the singer, aided by freelance writer Vince Waldron, reminisces with apparent objectivity. Her candor, amid the recent rash of tell-all books by aging rock stars, is refreshing and puts Be My Baby a cut above the standard self-serving, bonkers-and-back autobiography.

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Publisher
Harmony Books
Language
English
Pages
318

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Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette
1990, Harmony Books
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First Sentence

"Skinny Yellow Horse. That was the name the black kids had for me when I was growing up, because I had light skin and I was so small that I'd always kick like a little pony whenever I got into a fight."

Edition Notes

Discography: p. 291-308.
Includes index.

Published in
New York, New York, USA
Copyright Date
1990

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.42166/092, B
Library of Congress
ML420.S72 A3 1990

Contributors

Foreword
Cher
Introduction
Billy Joel

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xv, 318 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1872859M
ISBN 10
0517574993
LCCN
90032533
Library Thing
261703
Goodreads
819792

First Sentence

"Skinny Yellow Horse. That was the name the black kids had for me when I was growing up, because I had light skin and I was so small that I'd always kick like a little pony whenever I got into a fight."

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