A music icon in the true sense of the word, on a personal level Ronnie has been inextricably linked with Joey Ramone, ever since my 9-year old self experienced Ramones' cover of The Ronettes' Baby I Love You in 1980. Ronnie returned the favour the same year by covering their song Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Ronnie and Joey got together at the end of the 20th century when he produced her EP She Talks To Rainbows, and duetted on another Ramones cover, Bye Bye Baby.
Ronnie's meeting with infamous producer Phil Spector was life-changing and her awful experience as his protege and wife is well documented. Yet her strength of character and that incredible voice overcame and will be always be a gift and inspiration and a constant source of joy. Thank you, Ronnie.