Book
Be my baby : a memoir / Ronnie Spector with Vince Waldron.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250837196 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Henry Holt edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes discography and index. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 782.42166092 Spect | 31681010277143 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes story--newly updated, and with an especially timely message--of how the original bad girl of rock and roll, Ronnie Spector, survived marriage to a monster and carved out a space for herself amid the chaos of the 1960smusic scene and beyond. Ronnie's first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, 'Be My Baby,' shot Ronnie and the Ronettes to stardom. No one sounded like Ronnie, with her alluring blend of innocence and knowing, but her voice would soon be silenced as Spector sequestered her behind electric gates, guard dogs, and barbed wire. It took everything Ronnie had to escape her prisonlike marriage and wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And as shown in this edition, which includes a 2021 postscript from Ronnie, her life became proof that our challenges do not define us and there is always the potential to forge a fuller life. In Be My Baby, the incomparable Ronnie Spector offered a whirlwind account of the ever-shifting path of an iconic artist. And, more than anything else, she gave us an inspiring tale of triumph"--Book jacket. - Baker & Taylor
This revised version of the 1960s iconâs memoir features a new introduction by the late singer completed in the weeks before her death as well as a foreword from her friend Keith Richards. Simultaneous. - McMillan Palgrave
âDo I have to tell you that Ronnieâs got one of the greatest female rock-and-roll voices of all time? She stands alone.â
âKeith Richards
Be My Baby is the behind-the-scenes storyânewly updated, and with an especially timely messageâof how the original bad girl of rock and roll, Ronnie Spector, survived marriage to a monster and carved out a space for herself amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond.
Ronnieâs first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, âBe My Baby,â shot Ronnie and the Ronettes to stardom. No one sounded like Ronnie, with her alluring blend of innocence and knowing, but her voice would soon be silenced as Spector sequestered her behind electric gates, guard dogs, and barbed wire.
It took everything Ronnie had to escape her prisonlike marriage and wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And as shown in this edition, which includes a 2021 postscript from Ronnie, her life became proof that our challenges do not define us and there is always the potential to forge a fuller life.
In Be My Baby, the incomparable Ronnie Spector offered a whirlwind account of the ever-shifting path of an iconic artist. And, more than anything else, she gave us an inspiring tale of triumph.
