
Be My Baby
A Memoir
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Rosie Perez
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"This heartfelt, brilliantly narrated memoir—with an introduction by Keith Richards—is one of the best I have ever listened to."—Washington Post
"...actress Rosie Perez stepped in to read the audiobook, and, go figure: She’s a total dream."—Vulture
"With her indefatigable energy, Rosie Perez emerges as the perfect choice to read this emotional roller-coaster ride of an account."—Booklist
"Rosie Perez convincingly narrates this memoir by Ronnie Spector, lead singer of the Ronettes, a complicated woman who was socially naïve, emotionally fearless, and prone to melodrama."—AudioFile
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond.
With a new introduction by the late—and very great—Ronnie Spector.
Ronnie Spector’s first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, “Be My Baby,” stunned the world and shot girl group the Ronettes to stardom. No one could sing as clearly, as emotively as Ronnie. But her voice was soon drowned out in Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, and lost in Ronnie and Phil’s ensuing romance and marriage.
Ronnie had to fight tooth and nail to wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And while she regained her footing, Ronnie found herself recording with Stevie Van Zandt, partying with David Bowie, and touring with Bruce Springsteen.
Smart, humorous, and self-possessed, Be My Baby is a whirlwind account of the twists and turns in the life of an artist. More than anything, Be My Baby is a testament to the fact that it is possible to stand up to a powerful abuser and start on a second—or third, or fifth—act.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
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Maurice--Earth, Wind and Fire
- By Linda Ealey on 02-28-17
By: Maurice White, and others
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Society's Child
- My Autobiography
- By: Janis Ian
- Narrated by: Janis Ian
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of 15, when her soul-wrenching song "Society's Child" became a hit. But this was only the beginning of a long and illustrious career. In Society's Child, Janis Ian provides a relentlessly honest account of the successes and failures - and the hopes and dreams - of an extraordinary life.
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I know why this won the grammy
- By Pamela J on 02-24-13
By: Janis Ian
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Miracle and Wonder
- Conversations with Paul Simon
- By: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Gladwell, and Gladwell’s oldest friend and co-writer, journalist and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music, to his childhood in Queens, NY, to his frequent collaborators including Art Garfunkel and the nature of creativity itself.
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A lifelong companion who will never know my name
- By scsurfer on 11-16-21
By: Malcolm Gladwell, and others
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Rememberings
- By: Sinéad O'Connor
- Narrated by: Sinéad O'Connor
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song.
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Brilliant
- By Lora on 06-05-21
By: Sinéad O'Connor
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More Myself
- A Journey
- By: Alicia Keys, Michelle Burford
- Narrated by: Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, Bono, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache - over the challenging and complex relationship with her father, the people-pleasing nature that characterized her early career, the loss of privacy surrounding her romantic relationships, and the oppressive expectations of female perfection.
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Title should be Safe Version of Myself
- By Mel on 04-05-20
By: Alicia Keys, and others
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Miles
- The Autobiography
- By: Miles Davis
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he encountered in the music business and in American society generally. And he discusses the women in his life.
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A man untroubled by his own contradictions
- By Barry on 12-07-12
By: Miles Davis
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The Last Showman
- Words + Music, Vol. 41
- By: Usher, Gerrick Kennedy
- Narrated by: Usher
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.
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love you Ursher
- By Amazon Customer on 02-06-25
By: Usher, and others
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Life
- By: Keith Richards, James Fox
- Narrated by: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley
- Length: 23 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Now at last Keith Richards pauses to tell his story in the most anticipated autobiography in decades. And what a story! Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records in a coldwater flat with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, building a sound and a band out of music they loved. Finding fame and success as a bad-boy band, only to find themselves challenged by authorities everywhere....
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Ins and outs
- By Jesse on 11-07-10
By: Keith Richards, and others
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Girl in a Band
- A Memoir
- By: Kim Gordon
- Narrated by: Kim Gordon
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.
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Maskenfreiheit: The Freedom Conferred by Masks
- By Darwin8u on 10-12-15
By: Kim Gordon
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High School
- By: Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
- Narrated by: Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the '90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents’ divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.
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I'm such a big fan.
- By Andrew J Montano on 09-26-19
By: Tegan Quin, and others
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Simple Dreams
- A Musical Memoir
- By: Linda Ronstadt
- Narrated by: Linda Ronstadt, Kathe Mazur
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and ‘70s.
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Wonderfully crafted book about her career.
- By Chelsea Burroughs on 03-18-21
By: Linda Ronstadt
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The Vegas Diaries
- Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention
- By: Holly Madison
- Narrated by: Holly Madison
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're Holly Madison...there's no place like Las Vegas. After making the sudden decision to reclaim her life, Holly broke free from the sheltered, deceptive confines of the mansion (which meant exiting a hit television show) and was determined to start her life over...from scratch. Without the security of a job or a relationship, she set out to reinvent herself on no one's terms but her own.
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Wait is this Mother Teresa or Holly Madison?
- By Veruka on 05-19-16
By: Holly Madison
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Just Kids
- By: Patti Smith
- Narrated by: Patti Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late 60s and 70s and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.
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Darkly Self Centered & Narrow View
- By Sara on 10-05-15
By: Patti Smith
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- Sandra Day O'Connor
- By: Evan Thomas
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
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She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings - doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness.
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Remarkable woman, well served in this book.
- By KathrynVB on 04-05-19
By: Evan Thomas
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- deb hedrick
- 01-05-23
Ronnie comes to life.
Rosie Perez was an excellent choice to read this story aloud. I felt as if I was in a coffee shop talking with an old friend. No one else could have read the part. brava!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-27-24
Amazing!!!
Rosie Perez is a gift. What a life, what a heart. All praises to Ronnie!!!!
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- melody
- 02-09-24
What an interesting life!
This woman had So many fantastic stories to tell. Love that it was narrated by Rosie Perez. 
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- Mom in Mass
- 07-31-22
Incredible story
I fully enjoyed every moment of this book. Rosie was amazing and the perfect choice to narrate the story. I laughed, I cried, I was angry. Wow! There was so much I didn’t know about Ronnie and her life. She really did live quite the life. It’s too bad about the adopted sons, I cannot imagine that things turned out so great for them, Phil was a creep and people should not idolize him, he should be remembered for the freak he was!!
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- Augiesma
- 01-15-24
Loved it
The story of Ronnie’s life is amazing and I loved the narration. Couldn’t stop listening.
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- Rich909
- 06-24-22
Wonderful narration.
Captivating story told with humor and style. An example of what makes audio books a real treat.
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- sandra brown
- 08-08-22
happy ending
good read for this boomer! I felt I was eavesdropping on some juicy gossip. If you think you know everything about Phil Spector think again. highly recommend Be my Baby.
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- StoneFox
- 08-14-24
Ronnie is a legend!!
Rosie Perez’s narration brought Ronnie’s story of humble beginnings, success, struggle and redemption bouncing off the page. No one could have done a better job. Ronnie’s spirit, strength and effervescent personality should be celebrated with a biopic. Her story deserves to live on the big screen. She is a legend and timeless icon. God bless you Ronnie and thank you for the beautiful songs and inspiration.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-30-23
What a Life!
I enjoyed the novel, reading about her life. I only knew her as the performer
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- Abbey
- 04-07-23
Great story!!
It was hard to stop listening to! Very interesting and engaging.. kept you wanting to hear more.
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