“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes

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“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes is a landmark 1963 girl-group pop song produced by Phil Spector, renowned for its “Wall of Sound” production and enduring influence on popular music.

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Label	Occurrences
“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedMovement	Brill Building era ⓘ
associatedProducerStyle	Wall of Sound ⓘ surface form: Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound
B-side	"Tedesco and Pitman" ⓘ
backingMusiciansEnsemble	The Wrecking Crew ⓘ
chartPosition	Canada #1 ⓘ UK Singles Chart top 5 ⓘ U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ surface form: US Billboard Hot 100 #2
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	highly influential on 1960s pop production ⓘ landmark girl-group recording ⓘ
drummer	Hal Blaine ⓘ
engineer	Larry Levine ⓘ
era	early 1960s American pop ⓘ
featuresOpeningDrumFigure	iconic four-beat drum intro ⓘ
firstReleasedAs	7-inch single ⓘ
genre	Brill Building pop ⓘ girl group ⓘ pop ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
includedInList	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
influencedArtist	Billy Joel ⓘ Brian Wilson ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ
influencedWork	"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Don't Worry Baby ⓘ surface form: "Don’t Worry Baby" by The Beach Boys
language	English ⓘ
length	2:39 ⓘ
notableRecognition	widely regarded as one of the greatest pop singles of all time ⓘ
orchestration	dense orchestral arrangement with strings and percussion ⓘ
performer	The Ronettes ⓘ
producer	Phil Spector ⓘ
recordedAt	Gold Star Studios ⓘ surface form: Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles
recordingDate	1963-07-05 ⓘ
recordLabel	Philles Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1963-08-01 ⓘ
side	A-side ⓘ
songwriter	Ellie Greenwich ⓘ Jeff Barry ⓘ Phil Spector ⓘ
theme	romantic devotion ⓘ
usesProductionTechnique	Wall of Sound ⓘ
vocalArrangement	lead vocal with girl-group harmonies ⓘ
vocalist	Ronnie Spector ⓘ surface form: Veronica Bennett (Ronnie Spector)

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