Greazy Will

She wore dramatic eye makeup, teased her hair into towering beehives, and moved with a swagger that contrasted with her petite frame.

She was creating an image that felt simultaneously innocent and dangerous, an aesthetic that would later become iconic in 1960s pop culture.

Sophie, if you would, please show Phil and the lovely ladies of the Ronettes.

Yeah.

Beautiful woman.

They didn't invent that beehive hairdo, but they're the reason it became popular, right?

It was like their adoption of it was the thing that made that... I mean, that was iconic.

My grandmother had one of those when I was a kid still, and it was like the 80s.

It stayed on for 20-some years, how popular that was.

So it's like their cultural relevance just cannot be understated in any way.

They were incredibly important to the look of the early 60s.

So breaking into the professional music industry proved difficult for them.

The Ronnys performed at clubs and talent contests, dance venues all throughout New York City, struggling to secure recording contracts or industry attention.

Their persistence reflected both ambition and necessity.

Because music was important to Ronnie.

It was get rich or die trying on this.

She was 50 Cent and hard right now.

Eventually, the group secured opportunities to perform at venues that exposed them to evolving pop and rhythm and blues scene of the 1960s New York.

They performed at the Peppermint Lounge and other popular clubs.

And again, Ronnie driving the way.