Just phenomenal. Their best single, for me, and so cool to hear live vocals

They are the best female group of all time-and the most beautiful!!

Look at Estelle on the right, how great she looks, how she moves, that gorgeous hair!! Estelle was never the same after the Ronettes broke up. She was quiet, but she loved the life...she loved dressing up, and she always read Vogue and Glamour for ideas for their dresses. When the Ronettes split up in late 1966 Estelle realized that the excitement went out of her life. She fought emotional and physical health issues the rest of her life...and for her to die in her apartment...it is so sad.

in my opinion these girls blew the Supremes away

OMG,that voice gives me chills everytime i hear it! damn!! i am a 26 yo blk male and never in my 26 yrs have i heard a voice so pure,different, raw and rare!!they are great!!

I always thought this was the BEST song for me to really learn the sound of Ronnie's voice. It is a quieter song and slow enough that you can catch the vibrations and inflection in her voice that set her apart from everyone else. Ronnie's voice was VERY unique.

wow...perfection caught on camera.

I simply adore this. I've never seen the Ronettes perform this live. I feel like I've gone to heaven and back. Thank you for posting this

A beautiful song sung by beautiful ladies!!

Amazing voice of Ronnie Spector! ❤

AHHH!!!!! Who agrees that the sixties were (in music + fashion) THE BEST DECADE EVER!?!?!?!?!!

WOW, indeed! Each one is beautiful in a different way. Real women. So glad I'm able to see and hear them. Nothing lifts my spirits quite like listening (and watching!) them.

No voice overs or slip syncing this is pure music at it's purest form, the acoustis are phenominal, why you can hear it when they are clapping. Phil did a great job in his productions with them, his genius & talent with productions, engineering, an his famous wall of sound is remarkable legacy. On the other hand his personal affairs were strange to say the least including his marriage to Veronica (Ronnie) Bennett. This song is timeless and shall be with us for years to come regardless of how it came forth I am truly grateful for it as many of you are. Peace 2 ya who remember to days of good music one could dance to or just listen, close your eyes, and enjoy.

Great performance of a great song! Ronnie's voice is as beautiful as the rest of her. :)

this is just pure class and style and talent

Just amazing - how good to see The Ronettes performing this one in the flesh. This is a great song and the girls look fantastic. Ronnie was born to perform - so confident and with good reason. Have a version of this by Marianne Faithfull and it's good too.

impossible de passer un jour sans les Ronettes

seriously, i've never heard a group like the ronettes, they are truly unique, in a league of their own.

This song came out in May /June '65. Happy anniversary to a beautiful, but sadly over-looked song in it's day by The Ronettes.

It is so sad about Estelle...I think that she looked just beautiful in this video.. She always had the best, longest hair and could really do things with it! And she is trim in this video, although constantly fighting her weight. Estelle was the quietest Ronette and often seen reading Glamour and Vogue for fashion ideas. Nedra says that guys found Estelle super-sexy because she carried herself in a quiet but sophisticated way. To think about Estelle dying all alone is devastating to me.

superb vocals... and so amazing and simple dance. wow.

Saw her at the Hoboken music festival - she still has it. This video is a classic acopella, just listen, you can even hear them clapping as Ronnie sings the echo Nedra is a Knockout. The Choreography is sensual at the 1:28 with the little "Shimmy" was a little enticing for that time period, but these city gals put it all together. Rare footage...Thank you for Posting.

What a stunner Ronnie was!

Love the way they move to this song!! They all look great in this video.Never knew this live performance of this song exsisted until you posted it on You tube. Thanks!

This was a great generation of music, 1970,s and before, there is nothing good about todays music

Absolute class!

Real-pretty ladies; all of them. They're also quite talented. I was only five years old when they sang this song. It makes me wish that I had been older though so I could have enjoyed listening to them more at the time. What do you know when you're only five years old right? Ronnie is such a heart-throb, real sweetheart too. History will certainly never forget these great ladies. Thanks to all of them for all their great music! :)

Veronica:"I should get paid more because I sing all the leads" Nedra:"When that happens,count me out! We came in as a trio and that's the way I stay." (Bravo, Nedra!)

"What would there be left for me? It's such a cruel world to be alone in. I always needed you to look out for me..." #chills

Gotta love Veronica.

The Genius-Monster has gone away.............

God does not let you die alone, he is there and all of the family you thought you had lost, love embraces you and takes you to your sleep with angels. We loved your music we loved you, till we meet again Estelle.....

The two brightest lights in the Sixties - Syd Barrett and the unique Ronnie Spector. Caught a clip of her on London tv in 1964 when I was six. Total respect to Ms Bennett. Shine on. Ta for uploading

Beautiful song

The great thing about this video is that Ronnie IS NOT lipsyncing. She's singing live over the recorded background. As a result we get a live, spontaneous, outstanding performance. . I wish there was more of this kind of performance

Amazing!!! She's the best singer of 60's

Rest in peace, Estelle.

Fantastic song, never heard it before......What a great group of ladies

I love Ronnie Spector love her music it takes me back to a Time

thanks awesome did any see Ronnie lately?he still okks amazing

stunning.

This should have been a much bigger hit.

rasc1944: Oh My Word !! Ty so very much for posting this I had the biggest crush on Ronnie Bennett Spector,to me she was the cutest,sexiest,little doll to ever grace a stage. I loved her singing and would dream she would "Be My Baby" Ty again for this video of my teen idol, hope you have more of her.

Perfectly ❤️❤️❤️🙏🥰✨✨✨👑👑👑

I wish Tarantino would put this song in a soundtrack, it would be an epic thriller.

You're right CrankCase...I don't know what I was thinking! However, it's a shame some of these great songs are relatively unheard these days.

Estelle Bennette. One of the prettiest women in music

Estelle is the most beautiful

I just love the Ronettes,classic sound of the sixties.

This could well be Ronnie's best vocal of all - she just puts me right in the situation she's singing about. Interestingly, this has never occurred to me before, but this song and the production seem like the prototype for 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling'. Thanks for uploading.

I was just a babe, too! But age should not stop ANY of us from admiring 'true class'... And the Ronettes were in a league all their own!

This music is awesome in stead of people enjoying they look for faults in everything .Those were the days

i love this song!

I remember seeing those lips take up the whole television screen in the early 60's on top of the pops when I was about seven.It was like being struck by lightning,and it fixed in my mind the glorious chemistry between female sensuality and pop music.

Ronnie's voice here is the epitome of it's uniqueness! Her accent, her speech, and the way she pronounces her words! Aaagh! OAN: It's so strange how much I can hear Phil speaking through these lyrics. He had her sing what it was that he felt about her. The song is saying how he was hopelessly in love with her and didn't want to lose her.

@FayDeLucie Getting back to the subject, I've seen pictures of the Ronettes other cousin/stand-in Elaine, and she was just as beautiful! She should have been the 4th Ronette! Damn her Ultra-Religious Mom Hermean!!! She was pulled from the group in 1961.

Simplemente adorables..

beautiful...ronettes were excellent

A couple of years ago before she died, Estelle Bennett did a UK Documentary called "I'm In A Girl Group". They interviewed members from US Groups like Mary Wilson of The Supremes as well members of The Pussycat Dolls as the members of Sister Sledge. Most who were interviewed were from UK Groups like The Saturdays, The Nolan Sisters, Girls Aloud. The UK do some amazing documentaries.

I like your knowledge on this group. I was only 3 or 4 but i will read this more. thanks for your comments

Great performance. I went looking for a Ronnie look-a-like for my first high school sweetie after seeing her TV spots.

ronnie and the ronettes,the ultimate girl group.fabulous!!!!!

What a voice and the way they look! WOW! These girls were every young boys wet dream cum true. Go Ronettes..

A beautiful song!

The Ronettes and the Shangri-Las. The two best ever girl groups.

a classic pop song. was this ever a hit? i seem to think it did poorly. a wonderful marianne f. was around as well. thank you so much.

Grande Ronnie

what a beautiful song

Such a wonderful record and such a wonderful (and important) moment in pop history. Didn't catch on as it should have but that does not diminish the accomplishment.

Dear "oldflagship"... I hadn't thought about it, but you are quite right. Back in the day, the Ronettes moving like they did on "You Baby" probably had the censors giving a close look! The girls were hot, and that '60's eye make-up and teased hair still looks great. The girls knew how to sell themselves, that's for sure! And who could blame Phil Spector for having a crush on Ronnie?! (I personally fantasize about Nedra!) I sure wish there were more of the old Ronettes' videos around!

On this day in 1965 {April 27th} the Ronettes featuring Veronica performed "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" on the NBC-TV weekly program 'Hullabaloo! {the above video is from this episode of the show}'.. Just under a month later on May 23rd the song entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; the following week it moved to #79, and on it's third and fourth week on the chart it peaked at #75, then it fell off the Top 100... Between 1963 and 1966 the trio had eight Top 100 records; one made the Top 10, "Be My Baby", it peaked at #2* for 3 weeks in 1963... * The three weeks that "Be My Baby" was at #2, the #1 record for those three weeks was "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs...

the angels came down from heaven and made music...

Ahh love this song.

I did, thanks I love this record, i have it as a favorite, I appreciate your insight on this group. I want to understand this stuff but I was only 5 yrs old but why am I so fascinated with this! I wanted to produce girl groups but my mother made me go to medical school!

very nice

Thanks 4 bringing this great rare video back!!!

i love this song

Hmmm...thanks for the info. I knew about the Bennett sisters but I wasn't sure about Nedra. Thanks for clearing that up.

I know what you mean. I have the Phil Spector Box Set at Home and when I first heard it I was blown away. Phil Spector sometimes was too far ahead of his time. Remember, alot of his songs had Classical Instruments that people didn't think fit in properly in Rock 'N Roll.

fantastic clip these songs are so good, powerfull with passion Phil Spector music was good, but the girls are superb, nedra the perfect woman

I get a little sad watching this- this was their last chart song- I know "I Can Hear Music" got in at #100 but I think only Ronnie sings on that. This is the only one of the Phillies singles that's sad- on the others Ronnie is happily in love. In retrospect they're saying Goodbye.

I loved this song when it first came out and love it now. Ronnie doesn't always sound so well when doing a live performance without the studio to back her up, but here she does well. Note the song is a little different here than the record. It was such a downer that this release only reached number 75 on the charts...I think it should have been a major hit but the Ronettes were up against the "British Invasion" and also Motown by this time

RIP Estelle Bennett

Fabulous LIVE performance (no lipsyncing)!!!

The opening lines of this song knock me sideways me every time I hear them - "There's been a lot of talk around That you've been seen with a certain party" Ronnie is so hurt she can't even say her name - an by saying 'certain party' she shows she's full of contempt. Brilliant. And those shoulder shakes at the end .... wooo hoo, go girls !

Epic.

In order to sing over Spector's wall of sound he needed a belter such as Darlene Love, Tina Turner and in this case Ronnie Spector. This performance was live and raw! I'm in my mid 20's and for some reason I'm captivated by the 60's. This performance is an example of why :-)

That's what I got for loving you, the door.

SO much hairspray...but hey it was the 60's. gotta love the ronettes..i dont think ive ever heard a ronettes song with negative influence

They were singing live but the music track was pre-recorded.I have the record and the musicin this clip is identical to the original recording.

I love Nedra!

This one relates to someone very close lj

Oh Ronnie...love you kid but, I still can't take my eyes off of Nedra!

The girl groups rocked!!!!!!!!!!

Ronnie sounded fantastic here, I wish we heard Estelle and Nedra more on the harmonies tho

Wow ..

Ronnie s book had the subtitle HOW I SURVIVED MINI SKIRTS but here, at the end of their hit making era, the hemline was below the knee. I bought this record when it came out and WMCA radio in NY gave it some airplay. We didn t have the Internet in those days or an uncensored press. The truth about rock stars was hard to come by. Mercury records had a Jewish Lesbian, Lesley Gore, doing choir practise and singing about boys. I didn t know about the prison record of The Four Seasons until Jersey Boys. I don t blame Ronnie for going after Phil Spector although he was married. But the truth was not reported back then if it clashed with a goody goody bio. You would never hear the Beatles manager Brian Epstein was Gay and that John Lennon took a private vacation to Spain with him in order to put the group on the map. Today, maybe we have too much celeb gossip but in the 1960s images were built on lies

Nedra - WOW !

This song was in the middle of the British Invasion, wow!

@Niteowl128 represent!