Are the Ronettes black or white?

Are the Ronettes black or white?

The Bennetts’ mother was African-American and Cherokee; their father was Irish-American. Their cousin, Talley, is African-American, Cherokee and Puerto Rican. The trio also had a great-grandfather who was Chinese.

What was Ronnie Spector’s racial background?

She grew up in Spanish Harlem with her mother, father and older sister, Estelle. The daughter of an Irish father and a mother of African American and Cherokee descent, Spector struggled as a child to reconcile both sides of her mixed ethnic heritage, a rarity for the time period.

Are the Ronettes Native American?

The Ronettes were multiracial, which was a very unusual sight during the ’60s. The Bennetts’ mother was black and Native American and their father was white. In her autobiography, Ronnie Spector said that she was not sure if she was black or white at one point in her childhood. >>

How is Zendaya related to Ronnie Spector?

Zendaya’s upcoming biopic will be based on Spector’s autobiography Be My Baby, which the singer co-wrote with Vince Waldron, as reported in September 2020. According to Variety, Spector hand-picked Zendaya to play her in the A24-produced movie, and she was serving as an executive producer on the project.

Did the Ronettes wear wigs?

I read articles where she said: “I love girl groups, especially the Ronettes.” I think she liked us because we were different. I had a black and Cherokee mom and a white father, and that was different. And we were pretty. We didn’t have wigs like the other girl groups, it was our real hair.

Is Nedra Talley black?

Talley is of African American, Native American and Puerto Rican descent. She is married to Scott Ross, a former DJ turned interviewer for The 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network. They have four children.