Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica

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Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Studio album by The Ronettes
Released	1964
Recorded	1963-1964
Genre	Rock
Label	Philles 4006
Producer	Phil Spector
Phil Spector chronology
A Christmas Gift for You (1963) Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica (1964) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1964)

Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica is an album by the girl group The Ronettes, produced by Phil Spector, Philles 4006, released in 1964. It peaked at #96 on the Top Pop Albums chart.

The debut album by the group, it includes the hit singles "Be My Baby" (US #2), "Walking in the Rain" (US #23), "Baby, I Love You" (US #24), "Do I Love You?" (US #34), and "The Best Part of Breakin' Up" (US #39). The track "So Young" had been released as a single credited to Veronica, a.k.a. Ronnie Bennett, although the other Ronettes, Estelle Bennett and Nedra Talley, appear on the record.

Nine of the tracks appear on the Spector box set, the omissions being "How Does It Feel?," "Chapel of Love," and the Ray Charles cover. The album is long out of print, as of June of 2007 never having been issued on compact disc. Original vinyl copies change hands for hundreds of dollars.

There has been, however, a re-issue on vinyl in 1975 on the Phil Spector International label (Super 2307 003). Featuring no bonus-tracks and extensive liner notes by New Musical Express author Roy Carr, it was Vol. 1 of the six volume "Phil Spector Wall Of Sound" re-issue series.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

1. "{Walking} In The Rain" (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Phil Spector) - 3:16
2. "Do I Love You?" (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector) - 2:50
3. "So Young (1964 song) (William Tyus) - 2:36
4. "{The Best Part Of} Breakin' Up" (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector) - 3:02
5. "I Wonder" (1964 song) (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) - 2:51
6. "What'd I Say?" (Ray Charles) -

[edit] Side Two

1. "Be My Baby" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) - 2:40
2. "You, Baby" (Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Phil Spector) - 2:56
3. "Baby, I Love You" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) - 2:50
4. "How Does It Feel?" - (Vini Poncia, Pete Andreoli, Phil Spector) - 2:40
5. "When I Saw You" (Phil Spector) - 2:43
6. "Chapel Of Love" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) -