Today we celebrate Ronnie’s solo album The Last of the Rock Stars — released this week in 2006. The album’s collaborators include Keith Richards, Joey Ramone, Patti Smith, Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It was also Ronnie’s first time co-producing on several tracks! | Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector, the famed lead singer of The Ronettes, has died at the age of 78. On Scene Today in 1991, she recalled the early days of the group singing at the Peppermint Lounge. | BBC Archive

One of music’s biggest stars of the 1960s, Ronnie Spector, has died. Spector was the lead singer of the Ronettes and helped turn the group into one of the premier acts of the era. She died after a brief battle with cancer at 78. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ronnie-spector-dies-age-78-be-my-baby-singer-cancer/ | CBS Evening News