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News & Current Events Apr 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM

Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving Ronette, dies at 80

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Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving Ronette, dies at 80 | CNN
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Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving Ronette, dies at 80 | CNN
Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s girl band The Ronettes, has died. She was 80 years old.
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RSquared Apr 27, 2026 +143
It's weird that the Behind the Bastards on Phil Spector (Ronnie's husband, producer for several top bands of all time, murderer, and massive piece of shit) just came out a few weeks ago. Not too much on Nedra but lots about the Ronettes. Baider-Meinhoff for me since I just started listening to it today.
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SmokiesHikers Apr 27, 2026 +29
Same I been listening to those episodes on my runs recently and it’s kinda weird seeing the Ronettes mentioned
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SerRaziel Apr 27, 2026 +22
I just listened to that yesterday. Guy was insane.
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put_it_in_a_jar Apr 27, 2026 +24
Hey fellow BTB listener. Please, don't jump right into the Jimmy Saville episodes they just dropped. Do a book episode for something light to take a break, because it gets f****** DARK.
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SerRaziel Apr 27, 2026 +9
Too late 🤢
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LickMySmitty Apr 28, 2026 +13
Rot in piss Jimmy. That was one of the worst episode series I’ve heard in a long time on BTB. Definitely needed a palate cleanser.
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FormalMango Apr 28, 2026 +3
If you haven’t already, I’d highly recommend Margaret Killjoy’s Cool People Do Cool Things.
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FormalMango Apr 28, 2026 +9
I had to stop after episode 3, and take a break. It’s probably going to be a long hiatus for me. I’ve listened to a *lot* of BtB, and I’ve cried and raged at the depths the human race can sink to… but the Jimmy Savile episodes are the ones that broke me.
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Tomahawk72 Apr 28, 2026 +6
Good god im at the end of it. Definitely take a moment
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DreamTheaterGuy Apr 28, 2026 +3
I just read the wikipedia, and im FUMING. How in the world was not stopped much earlier? Interviews and shit, he was practically out in the open with it!
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callisstaa Apr 28, 2026 +5
He was protected without doubt. Johnny Rotten talked about him being a nonce and was immediately cancelled. It’s wild to see how people hold the BBC in such high regard when they absolutely enabled this shit just because he was a cash cow and more recently tried to cover Phillip Schofield for doing exactly what Kevin Spacey did.
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Hesitation-Marx Apr 28, 2026 +4
Yeahhhhhh, I saw that one and passed. The Epstein files have been bad enough, and my soul doesn’t need any more flaying for a bit. My husband listened to all of them. He’s not okay.
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hirudoredo Apr 28, 2026 +2
my partner and I were talking about producers earlier and we decided that we now rate them based on number of guns owned. bonus points for aiming at john lennon. leonard cohen optional.
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RayzTheRoof Apr 28, 2026 +2
Wil is my favorite guest
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Remote-Ad-2686 Apr 27, 2026 +183
The end of an era. RIP songstress
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Same-Lion-5130 Apr 27, 2026 +67
Be My Baby is one of my favorite songs, but I’m unfamiliar with the rest of their work. Does anyone have any recs?
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marchhare44 Apr 27, 2026 +50
YES. “Baby, I Love You” “You Came, You Saw, You Conquered” “I Can Hear Music” “(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up” Also really anything written by Ellie Greenwich is gonna be a banger of that era too.
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puddinfellah Apr 27, 2026 +25
I was a little surprised that the Best Part of Breaking Up is not Folgers in your Cup.
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Portlander Apr 27, 2026 +8
I needed that little bit of whimsy tonight thank you
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majortom69 Apr 27, 2026 +19
They only made one album and it’s amazing from start to finish.
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cantproveidid Apr 27, 2026 +16
Also three Christmas cover songs (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride) on "A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector". Covers of classic Christmas Songs by various Phil Spector artists.
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bbb26782 Apr 28, 2026 +4
“A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Specter” is a freaking ominous title given everything that we know about him.
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cantproveidid Apr 28, 2026 +3
The Christmas album came out in 1963. Ironic that Phil died of Covid-19 (he was still in prison, but sent to an outside hospital to be intubated) in January 2021.
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bockrocker Apr 28, 2026 +7
Ronnie has a cover of the Beach Boys "Don't worry baby" that's pretty good with the genders reversed. I think that's from about 2000 on a little ep with a ramone producing. There's also "you mean so much to me" with Southside Johnny. 1977? I think that was when she first escaped or whatever, and before she did the big Eddie money features.
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Aggravating_Life7851 Apr 28, 2026 +5
That’s so special because Brian Wilson was OBSESSED with Be my Baby! His daughter said he played the intro on drums every single morning
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DeineCable Apr 28, 2026 +3
He terrorized many a party in the 70s by only playing that song. Or shortenin bread.
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Aggravating_Life7851 Apr 28, 2026 +3
I’d kinda love to see that to be honest lol
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GoldenDragonTemple Apr 28, 2026 +2
Their only studio album (Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica) is amazing, and then they have a bunch of assorted non-album singles you can usually find on "best of" compilations. Non album singles: >!Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love, Born to Be Together, Is This What I Get for Loving You?, Paradise, Here I Sit, I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine, Everything Under the Sun, I Can Hear Music, You Came You Saw You Conquered!<
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BretMichaelsWig Apr 28, 2026 +2
I Wish I never saw the sunshine
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BabyLegsOShanahan Apr 27, 2026 +12
RIP!
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Early_Key_823 Apr 27, 2026 +11
***Be My Baby*** is still pure gold. Listen to it a few times a month. 101 WCBS Effff Emmmm - Newwww Yawwwwk Memories .... Sweet Memories...
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hairijuana Apr 27, 2026 +8
Damn. RIP.
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frostbike Apr 27, 2026 +14
In case anyone else is surprised by her being only 80 years old, she was first signed to Colpix Records in 1961 at age 15.
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Intelligent-Invite79 Apr 27, 2026 +6
May they all rest in peace
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ReceptionUpstairs305 Apr 28, 2026 +5
Love The Ronettes. RIP, Nedra 💜
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Maleficent-Stormbee Apr 27, 2026 +3
time to get my record player and listen in memory of them
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GrinchWhoStoleEaster Apr 28, 2026 +3
Super sad news. Not many links back to those times left. :(
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UrbanArtifact Apr 28, 2026 +2
Another famous Danbury CT person, Ronnie Spector.
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