Ronnie Spector, giant soul voice at the helm of the Ronettes, dies

Soul singer

has died at age 78, according to a statement on her website.

"Ronnie has left this world after a brief fight against cancer," says the text, which recalls that the singer lived "with a sparkle in her eyes, a brave attitude, a perverse sense of humor and a smile on her face."

That twinkle in her eyes and the

were one of America's soundtracks in the mid-1960s, when the wonderful vocalist set radio stations and record players ablaze with her short romantic songs performed with overwhelming courage.

Always at the center of the

, the little singer (measuring 1.56 m) offered wild performances and an exotic image in front of the thousand and one girl groups that spread throughout the country.

"Walking in the Rain," "Do I Love You", "I Can Hear Music" and, of course, his immortal Christmas songs like "Sleigh Ride" and "Frosty the Snowman", were some of the greatest cathedrals of pop that Phil Spector erected for them. Facing, say, Diana Ross's elegant Supremes, the Ronettes offered the same crystal waters in their intertwined voices, but underneath was a turbulent stream of emotions and experiences.

And it also happened in her life that behind the sparkle in her voice and the crazed chervil in her hairstyles ran

.

Ronnie Spector, born in New York in 1943 (with the name Veronica Bennett), had formed The Ronettes

when they were young children who imitated the garish harmonies of the doo wop.

In 1961 they won a famous talent show at the Apollo Theater, which was like the center of the universe of black music in New York, and they began to record until in 63, when Ronnie was 20 years old, they were discovered by the ineffable producer Phil Spector. .

Phil Spector made them his greatest creation - he wrote some of his best songs and produced them with an ambition and bombast never before seen in pop.

They were youth symphonies for a new time in America, and the success was simply fabulous.

But those dreams were a two-sided letter that held tremendous nightmares on the other side.

Phil fell in love with Ronnie and turned his existence into a

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