ʻO ka Ronettes kekahi o nā hui kaulana loa o ʻAmelika i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1960 a me nā makahiki 1970. He ʻekolu kaikamahine i loko o ka hui: nā kaikuahine ʻo Estelle lāua ʻo Veronica Bennett, ko lāua hoahānau ʻo Nedra Talley.
I kēia ao, nui nā mea keaka, nā mele, nā hui a me nā mea kaulana like ʻole. Ma muli o kā lākou ʻoihana a me kā lākou kālena, kaulana loa lākou i waena o kā lākou "fans". ʻOiai ka mahalo o ka poʻe i nā mana o nā hōkū, makemake nui lākou i ko lākou ola pilikino a me kēlā me kēia lā. Eia hou, ua hoihoi ka "fans" i ke ʻano o ka lanakila ʻana o nā pilikino kaulana.
Ua kū mai ka hana ʻana o kahi trio nani ma New York i ka makahiki 1959. Ua hoʻoholo nā kaikamahine ʻōpio a me ka ikaika e hoʻāʻo iā lākou iho i kahi hoʻokūkū mele, kahi i lanakila ai lākou. I kēlā manawa ua kapa lākou iā lākou iho ʻo The Darling Sisters. Noho ka hui no 7 mau makahiki a lanakila i ka puʻuwai o nā mea nānā he nui.
ʻO ka ʻōpio o nā lālā o The Ronettes: pehea i hoʻomaka ai?
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, hīmeni nā kaikuahine i nā lā hoʻomaha me ko lākou mau kupuna wahine a me nā ʻohana. ʻOiai i kēlā manawa, ua ʻike ʻia ka hoihoi i ka hīmeni a me ke aloha i ke mele - ʻoi loa nā kaikamahine. A kani nui ko lākou leo, me he bele lā. I ka lilo ʻana o nā kaikamāhine i mau mākua, ua hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻomohala i kā lākou akamai mele a me ka hīmeni ʻana.
I ka makahiki 1957, ua komo ʻo Estelle i ke kula kiʻi kaulana ʻo Star Time, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka hula ʻoihana. Ua makemake ʻo Veronica i ka hui pōhaku kaulana ʻo The Teenagers. ʻO Veronica ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka hui ma 1959 a kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo The Ronettes. ʻO kā lākou hui mua mua i hana ʻia ma 1957 ma kahi hoʻokūkū talena.
Ka mooolelo o ka poe solo
ʻO Veronica lāua ʻo Estelle Bennett
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Veronica i ka makahiki 1943, ua hānau ʻia kona kaikuahine ʻo Estelle i ʻelua makahiki ma mua. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kaikuahine ua aneane hiki ʻole ke ʻike. He mau hoaaloha mau lākou a kaʻana like i nā hanana a pau i ke ola. ʻO Irish-ʻAmelika kona makuakāne, a ʻo kona makuahine ʻo ʻApelika-ʻAmelika a me Cherokee.
He hoahānau ʻApelika ʻAmelika lāua ʻo Tully, a ua hui maikaʻi nā kaikamahine. Ma ka ʻohana Bennet, he Pākē ke kupuna kāne. Ua makemake ʻo Veronica lāua ʻo Estelle i ke mele a me ke mele mai ka wā kamaliʻi, no laila ua ulu lāua ma kēia wahi me ka lanakila nui. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonohonoho pono nā kaikuahine i ko lākou ola pilikino, a he mau keiki kā kēlā me kēia o lākou.
Nedra Talley
He hoahānau pili loa ke kaikamahine no ka ʻohana Bennett. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Nedra ma Ianuali 27, 1946 ma kahi ʻohana ʻAmelika maʻamau. No Puerto Rican a ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻo ia. ʻEkolu makahiki o ke kaikamahine ma mua o kona mau kaikuahine (Veronica lāua ʻo Estelle). Akā, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopilikia i ko lāua pilina nui.
Ua hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ka mea mele i kona ola pilikino. Ua male ʻo ia iā Scott Ross a ʻehā mau keiki. Hana ʻo Talley ma ke kahua no 46 mau makahiki (mai 1959 a 2005). I kēia manawa he 74 mau makahiki o ka mea pena.
Nā lanakila a me nā mele mua a nā Ronettes
I ka makahiki 1961, lilo ʻo Colpix Records i mea hoihoi i ka hui. I ka manawa like, ua lanakila nā kaikamāhine i ka hoʻolei ʻana, me ka hoʻokani ʻana i ke mele What's So Cute About Sweet Sixteen?. He lanakila kēia no ka hui, no ka mea, ua manaʻo nui ʻia ke keena a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke hele i laila.
ʻEhā mele kaulana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke keena: Makemake wau i kahi keikikāne, He aha ka mea ʻono e pili ana i ka Sweet Sixteen?, E haʻalele wau i koʻu hele ʻana i mua a me kaʻu alakaʻi ʻānela. ʻO nā mele i manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā mele mua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou ma lalo o ka inoa kahiko o ka hui ʻo The Darling Sisters. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka studio i ʻelua mau mele Silhouettes ʻē aʻe a me kahi hoʻopuka hou ʻana o I'm Going to Quit While I'm a Head.
A laila ua uhaki nā kaikamahine i ka ʻaelike me ka studio a hoʻomaka e hui pū me Phil Spector a me kāna studio Philles Records. Ma ke ala, ua mare kekahi o nā soloists o ka hui, ʻo Veronica, iā Phil Spector. Mahalo i ka launa pū ʻana me kēia studio, ua kaulana loa nā kaikamahine. ʻO nā mele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he No ke aha lākou e aloha ʻole ai iā Letus Fallin?, The Twist, The Wah-Watusi, Mashed Potato Time a me Hot Pastrami.
Haʻihaʻi o The Ronettes
He nui nā huakaʻi i nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāina like ʻole me ka mele I Can Hear Music ʻaʻole i lawa ka pākī. Ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka kaulana i ka lanakila. I ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo nā kaikamāhine e hoʻopuehu a haʻalele i kā lākouʻoihana. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 1979 ua hoʻāla hou ʻia ka hui, akā ʻaʻole i lōʻihi. ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea mele kahiko o ka hui a makemake ʻole e hana ma ke kahua ma muli o nā pilikia pilikino.
No laila, ua haki ka hui a mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki 1980 ʻaʻole i ʻike hou ʻia ma ke kahua. Ua hoʻomau kēlā me kēia kaikamahine i kona ola, mālama i kona ʻohana a me kāna mau keiki, e poina ana i kona kaulana.
Ua make ʻo Veronica Bennett, ke alakaʻi o The Ronettes, ma Ianuali 12, 2021. Ua hakakā ʻo ia i ka maʻi kanesa no nā makahiki he nui.
