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Ronnie Spector

1943 - 2022

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Veronica Yvette Greenfield (née Bennett, formerly Spector; August 10, 1943 – January 12, 2022) was an American singer who co-founded and fronted the girl group the Ronettes. She is sometimes referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll".Ronnie formed the singing group with her older sister, Estelle Bennett, and their cousin, Nedra Talley, in the late 1950s. They were signed to Phil Spector's Philles label in 1963 and he produced the majority of their recording output. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronnie Spector has received more than 5,661,011 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ronnie Spector is the 433rd most popular singer (up from 1,366th in 2019), the 2,617th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,465th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ronnie Spector ranks 433 out of 3,528Before her are Barry Manilow, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Zeca Afonso, Peng Liyuan, Googoosh, and Carlo Bergonzi. After her are Facundo Cabral, Sabrina Salerno, Raina Kabaivanska, Anette Olzon, Carly Simon, and Patrick Hernandez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ronnie Spector ranks 171Before her are Dick Taylor, Ramón Sampedro, Rodney Alcala, Edward Herrmann, Bill Duke, and Barry Manilow. After her are Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Joanna Shimkus, Ian Kershaw, David Morrell, Dominik Duka, and Nicholas Negroponte. Among people deceased in 2022, Ronnie Spector ranks 127Before her are Ian McDonald, Michel Bouquet, Olavo de Carvalho, Eduard Kukan, Leonel Sánchez, and Gal Costa. After her are Pierre Soulages, Jürgen Grabowski, Alain Tanner, Mario Terán, Coolio, and Douglas Trumbull.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronnie Spector ranks 2,617 out of 18,182Before her are Chester Carlson (1906), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Annie Edson Taylor (1838), Michael Cunningham (1952), Michael H. Hart (1932), and Cy Young (1867). After her are Steve Fossett (1944), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Sal Mineo (1939), Brittany Murphy (1977), Ned Beatty (1937), and Dita Von Teese (1972).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ronnie Spector ranks 137Before her are Taylor Swift (1989), Don McLean (1945), Janet Jackson (1966), Cissy Houston (1933), Andy Williams (1927), and Barry Manilow (1943). After her are Carly Simon (1945), Coolio (1963), Bobby Darin (1936), Ice Cube (1969), Trini Lopez (1937), and Michael Bolton (1953).

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