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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 21 hr ago +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 20 hr ago +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 19 hr ago +22
I just listened to that yesterday. Guy was insane.
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put_it_in_a_jar 18 hr ago +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 18 hr ago +9
Too late 🤢
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LickMySmitty 18 hr ago +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 16 hr ago +3
If you haven’t already, I’d highly recommend Margaret Killjoy’s Cool People Do Cool Things.
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FormalMango 17 hr ago +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 16 hr ago +6
Good god im at the end of it. Definitely take a moment
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DreamTheaterGuy 15 hr ago +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 13 hr ago +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 13 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +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 16 hr ago +2
Wil is my favorite guest
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Remote-Ad-2686 22 hr ago +183
The end of an era. RIP songstress
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Same-Lion-5130 21 hr ago +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 21 hr ago +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 20 hr ago +25
I was a little surprised that the Best Part of Breaking Up is not Folgers in your Cup.
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Portlander 18 hr ago +8
I needed that little bit of whimsy tonight thank you
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majortom69 21 hr ago +19
They only made one album and it’s amazing from start to finish.
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cantproveidid 20 hr ago +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 16 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +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 17 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +3
He terrorized many a party in the 70s by only playing that song. Or shortenin bread.
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Aggravating_Life7851 13 hr ago +3
I’d kinda love to see that to be honest lol
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GoldenDragonTemple 17 hr ago +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 11 hr ago +2
I Wish I never saw the sunshine
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BabyLegsOShanahan 22 hr ago +12
RIP!
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Early_Key_823 18 hr ago +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 22 hr ago +8
Damn. RIP.
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frostbike 20 hr ago +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 18 hr ago +6
May they all rest in peace
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ReceptionUpstairs305 18 hr ago +5
Love The Ronettes. RIP, Nedra 💜
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Maleficent-Stormbee 18 hr ago +3
time to get my record player and listen in memory of them
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GrinchWhoStoleEaster 11 hr ago +3
Super sad news. Not many links back to those times left. :(
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UrbanArtifact 15 hr ago +2
Another famous Danbury CT person, Ronnie Spector.
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