High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Be My Baby" is a 1963
single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich,
performed by the Ronettes and produced by Spector. When released as a
single, the song reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Singles Chart and
#4 on the UK's Record Retailer. "Be My Baby" also peaked at number four
on the R&B chart. As sung by The Ronettes the song is #22 on Rolling
Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999 it was
inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2006, the Library of
Congress honored their version by adding it to the United States
National Recording Registry. Often cited as the ultimate embodiment of
Spector's Wall of Sound, "Be My Baby" is one of the best-known and most
enduring songs of its era. Critic Jason Ankeny writes, "No less an
authority than Brian Wilson has declared 'Be My Baby' the greatest pop
record ever made - no arguments here."
