What was Ronnie Spector’s racial background?

What was Ronnie Spector’s racial background?

Most of her elementary school career was spent at PS 92, and she later attended George Washington High School. Her father, Louis Bennett, was Irish, and her mother, Beatrice Bennett, was African American and Cherokee, which resulted in identity confusion for Spector as a child.

What race were The Ronettes?

We came out of a family that, on Saturday nights, home for us was at our grandmother’s, entertaining each other.” The Bennetts’ mother was African-American and Cherokee; their father was Irish-American. Their cousin, Talley, is African-American, Cherokee and Puerto Rican.

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.

How is Ronnie Spector related to Zendaya?

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.

Were the Ronettes white or black?

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. >>

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.