I formed the Ronettes with my sister Estelle and cousin Nedra, but we couldn’t get a hit. When we did shows, we’d be on the bill as “and others”. It was an awful period. Then one day Estelle called Philles Records, which was run by Phil Spector. He was probably the hottest producer in America, but he answered the phone himself. The next night, we had an audition and he just freaked out. “That’s th