Be My Baby

Be My Baby, How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette, by Ronnie Spector.

This is an effing fabulous book! The title alone is great.  I feel like I am sitting on my couch, talking to Ronnie Spector!  What a life she has led, too.  I love old rock-n-roll and Ronnie was there in the beginning.  She's frank and disarming and you can tell, she was having a great time, saying to herself, "Wow!  I can't even believe I'm living this!"

Phil Spector, in case you didn't know, is a total nutjob.  I give Ronnie a whole lot of kudos for sticking with him as long as she did because he is crazier than a box of hangers.

She dishes.  She dishes a lot.  Oh, and she made out with John Lennon.

My buddy Scott at www.findadeath.com had this book and left it in a pub in England.  He doesn't know it, because he is shitty at reading his email, but I am sending it to him, along with Hollywood Babylon, which my dear friend Nadine sent me.  Hollywood Babylon is also full of dish and is great.

If you are a rock-n-roll fan, don't miss Be My Baby.  I want to go find Ronnie Spector and give her a big hug and listen to The Ronettes, now.  They had that Wall Of Sound and that harmonizing, don't you know?

Comments

[vero]

Both those books sound like good reads. Thanks, Lisa!

[CG]

Lisa, if you are interested in reading how bizarre Phil Spector is, go to the Los Angeles County Superior court web site:

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/

and click on news & media and then high profile cases. The court docs are there. He is a true nutcase.

[T]

Thanks for the tip on the Spector book! Big fan of the Ronettes and Crazy Phil's production techniques. His stuff with the Righteous Brothers makes my head spin. Of course, The Beatles hated his production on Let It Be so much they re-released it without all the bells and whistles and called it Let It Be--Nake. Oh--it's also worth noting he produced the Ramones "End of the Century" album. Dee Dee Ramone always told the story about how Phil pulled a gun on the band in the studio. Classic rock-n-roll story! Yea, Lisa--how cool is it that Ronnie Spector got busy with John Lennon! Didn't George also make out with one of the Ronettes? Nedra Talley? I don't know--seem to recall reading that in one of the thousands of Beatle books I've read!

[scott]

Lisa, you are wonderful. Thank you so much for the Ronnie book and for the babble on! I'm reading the Black Dahlia Files now, but Ronnie is neggst on my list. Thanks so much. x

[Nancy S. Albright]

Hello Lisa, My daughter, Sandra Louise Belmore was the victim of Allen Leroy Gray in 1993 in Iron Mountain, Michigan. It has been 14 years now and every April she has her bad memories and days. She's tough and a survivor, but still has and probably always will have those bad memories and demons to deal with. If you could do me a favor, I'd surely appreciate it. I don't know how to do it on the computer. I would like to find out if Allen Leroy Gray is going to be up for parole at any time during his life sentence. Because if he is, I definitely want to be at that hearing. Please let me know if you can find this out for me. Thank you so much for writing this article about that monster which is exactly what he is. I only hope he'll never get out of prison. Again, thank you. Very sincerly yours, Nancy Albright

Nancy Albright 316 Pine St. Apt. # 710 Marquette, MI. 49855 (906) 228-8542