The Ronettes' hits included Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Walking in the Rain.

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Spector was married to Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett, a member of the Ronettes, but they divorced in 1974.

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Back in the day, he helped mould the careers of The Beatles, Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers and The Ronettes.

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Rockers Van Halen, singer Patti Smith, hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash and 1960s girl group The Ronettes will also be honoured at a ceremony in March.

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Mr. Barry and Greenwich soon joined Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Trio Music and began churning out songs for the Crystals, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las and other girl groups.

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M, Patti Smith and The Ronettes.

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