Artist: Ronettes
Author: Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector
Label: Philles
Year: 1963
N°2 US, birth of the Wall of Sound. With Ronnie Spector as the only Ronette. Other voices: Nino Tempo, Darlene Love, Sonny & Cher (her very first recording). Leon Russell on keyboards.
Covers:
Surfs [as Tu seras my baby]
Andy Kim [top 20 US]
Rachel Sweet [in medley with Then He Kissed Me]
Eddie Money [in Take Me Home Tonight with Ronnie Spector; top 5 US]
Sheila [as Comme aujourd'hui]
Brian Wilson [live; was obsessed by the original]
Hal Blaine's drum motiv at the beginning was borrowed by Billy Joel (Say Goodbye To Hollywood), The Jesus & Mary Chain (Just Like Honey), Amy Winehouse (Back To Black) and Manic Street Preachers (Everything Must Go).
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