Review · Rock
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
The Ronettes' Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes reviewed: more a collection of singles than a single unit, including "Be My Baby" and "Chapel of Love."
The verdict
Released in 1964 and coming in #435 on the Rolling Stone list. This album is actually more of a collection of singles than a single unit.
Besides “Be My Baby,” I don’t know much about this group, and I also wouldn’t have been able to name them as the artist of that song without looking it up.
OK now I realize I do know “Chapel of Love” - it’s another one of those pizza joint basement buffet songs I grew up with. I knew every word of this song when I was 9, although I definitely didn’t think that was cool at the time. But now I realize it was totally awesome to learn the lyrics of 60’s songs while stuffing my face with subpar pizza.
This is a mega-classic that I’d listen to in any kind of restaurant, not just my local pizza joint. I’d even listen to it upstairs.
New/Newly remembered Jams
“Be My Baby”
“Chapel of Love”
Originally part of Why Music Curation is More Important Than Ever.