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The quintessential ‘60s girl group, The Ronettes were fronted by the incredibly charismatic Ronnie Spector and backed up by her sister Estelle Bennett and cousin, Nedra Talley.

Born in Spanish Harlem, the girls took their look from the streets, merged it with attitude and brought it to the stage creating their ‘Bad Girl’ style with sky-high ‘beehive’ hairdos, Cleopatra make-up and slit-up-the-side skirts. ‘Ronnie and the Ronettes’ stage show was unlike any other female group at that time; smoldering with sexuality and frenetic dancing which induced audience hysteria and at times rioting.