Beehive Hairdos, Rock ‘n Roll, and a Dirty Rotten Ex-husband

Ronnie Spector’s tight dresses were only a small part of her story

Karen Traub
Age of Empathy
Published in
4 min readJan 25, 2022

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Ronnie Spector with hand on chin and beehive hairdo
https://www.ronniespector.com/

Like a lot of kids who grew up in the sixties, I wanted to be the lead singer of a girl group like the Ronettes. I wanted to wear tight dresses, eyeliner and mascara. I didn’t know Ronnie Spector’s real name was Veronica Bennet, or that she grew up in…

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