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The Ronettes began as a family act where the girls grew up in washington heights manhattan according to Nedra Talley, the girls started singing during their childhood visits to their grandma's house.
Estelle and Veronica are sisters," she said in a later interview.
I'm their cousin. Our mothers are sisters. We came out of a family that, on Saturday nights, home for us was at our grandmother's, entertaining each other.
"By the time I was eight, I was already working up whole numbers for our family's little weekend shows.
Ronnie later recalled.
Then Estelle would get up onstage and do a song, or she'd join Nedra or my cousin Elaine and me in a number we'd worked out in three-part harmony.
Furthering their interest in show business, Estelle was enrolled at Startime, a popular dancing school in the 50s while Ronnie became fascinated with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
In 57, Ronnie formed the group which would later become known as The Ronettes.
Composed of Ronnie, her sister Estelle, and there cousins Nedra Diane and Elaine.
the five girls learned how to perfect their harmonies first at their grandmother's house, and they became proficient in songs such as “Goodnight Sweetheart and red red robin Emulating Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the girls added their male cousin Ira to the group, and were signed up for a Wednesday-night amateur show at the apollo theatre by a friend of Ronnie and Estelle's mum.
The show started out as a disaster when the house band started playing Frankie Lymon's Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Ira didn't sing a word, so Ronnie took over.
I strutted out across the stage, singing as loud as I could Ronnie later recalled.
When I finally heard a few hands of scattered applause, I sang even louder.
That brought a bit more applause, which was all I needed.
The Ronettes began as a family act where the girls grew up in washington heights manhattan according to Nedra Talley, the girls started singing during their childhood visits to their grandma's house.
Estelle and Veronica are sisters," she said in a later interview.
I'm their cousin. Our mothers are sisters. We came out of a family that, on Saturday nights, home for us was at our grandmother's, entertaining each other.
"By the time I was eight, I was already working up whole numbers for our family's little weekend shows.
Ronnie later recalled.
Then Estelle would get up onstage and do a song, or she'd join Nedra or my cousin Elaine and me in a number we'd worked out in three-part harmony.
Furthering their interest in show business, Estelle was enrolled at Startime, a popular dancing school in the 50s while Ronnie became fascinated with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
In 57, Ronnie formed the group which would later become known as The Ronettes.
Composed of Ronnie, her sister Estelle, and there cousins Nedra Diane and Elaine.
the five girls learned how to perfect their harmonies first at their grandmother's house, and they became proficient in songs such as “Goodnight Sweetheart and red red robin Emulating Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the girls added their male cousin Ira to the group, and were signed up for a Wednesday-night amateur show at the apollo theatre by a friend of Ronnie and Estelle's mum.
The show started out as a disaster when the house band started playing Frankie Lymon's Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Ira didn't sing a word, so Ronnie took over.
I strutted out across the stage, singing as loud as I could Ronnie later recalled.
When I finally heard a few hands of scattered applause, I sang even louder.
That brought a bit more applause, which was all I needed.
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