What is The Ronettes?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Ronettes | Img = The Ronettes.JPG | Img_alt = | Img_capt = L-R: Nedra Talley, Veronica Bennett (Ronnie Spector), Estelle Bennett | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[New York City]], [[United States]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock and roll]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1959–1966 | Label = [[Colpix Records|Colpix]], [[Philles Records|Philles]] | Associated_acts = | URL = | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Ronnie Spector|Veronica Bennett]]<br/>[[Estelle Bennett]]<br/>[[Nedra Talley]]<br>Elaine Mayes (a cousin, Beatles 1966 American tour only); Chip Fields Hurd (1973-74); and Diane Linton (1973-74)}} [[File:Ronnie Spector (1971).png|thumb|right|230px|Ronnie Spector in 1971]] '''The Ronettes''' were an [[United States|American]] [[girl group]]. They were based in [[New York City]] and were popular in the 1960s. The girls began singing as [[adolescent]]s around [[Spanish Harlem]] in 1959. They were originally a five-member group, '''Ronnie and the Relatives''', who became a permanent act at the ''Peppermint Lounge'', earning $10 a night per girl to dance ''[[The Twist]]'' and sing a song during the show. Later, Ronnie and the Relatives became 'The Ronettes'.<ref name=Ronnie/> They had eight songs on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Top 100. They were the only girl group to tour with the [[Beatles]], in August 1966. The group broke up in 1967. == Influence of Phil Spector == The trio worked with [[Phil Spector]] from 1963. Veronica Bennett was married to Phil Spector from 1968 to 1974, and took his name professionally. She claimed he abused her physical