Ronnie Spector - 1989-12-23 - New York, NY (Late Show) (Ex Aud)

Ronnie Spector 

with The Pussywillows

Late Show

1989-12-23

Village Gate

New York, NY

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. I Wonder

02. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

03. Baby, I Love You

04. Do I Love You?

05. Something's Gonna Happen

06. Walking In The Rain

07. Frosty The Snowman

08. You, Baby

09. Communication

10. (The Best Part of) Breakin' Up

11. Sleigh Ride

12. Be My Baby

13. Take Me Home Tonight

Ronnie Spector - 1989-12-23 - New York, NY (Late Show) (Ex Aud)

1989 - In the early 1960s, the Ronettes, with Ronnie Spector as lead singer, scored nukerous chart hits, including Be My Baby, Baby, I Love You, Walking In The rain and I Can Hear Music, just to name a few. The Ronettes also recorded 3 tracks for the album A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector - Frosty The Snoman, Sleigh Ride and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus> (Of Note - Darlene Love and The Crystals were also major contributors to the albim).  The disc went to #10 on the Billboard charts and was ranked #142 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 and 2012 lists of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. In 2019, rolling Stone ranked it as the greatest Christmas album of all time. Ronnie's connection to that album continued to her death, as she often performed Christmas shows in New York clubs.  This excellent audience recording captures her 1989 Christmas performance at the Village Gate, on December 23, 1989, 33 years ago today.