{"id":799457,"date":"2019-09-14T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=884490"},"modified":"2019-09-14T07:45:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T13:45:01","slug":"ronnie-spector-pays-tribute-to-eddie-money-i-loved-his-voice-he-loved-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/ronnie-spector-pays-tribute-to-eddie-money-i-loved-his-voice-he-loved-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Spector Pays Tribute to Eddie Money: \u2018I Loved His Voice, He Loved Mine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the death<\/a> of Eddie Money<\/a>, Ronnie Spector<\/a> \u2013 the Ronettes legend whose career was revitalized in the Eighties thanks to her appearance on Money\u2019s 1986 hit \u201cTake Me Home Tonight\u201d \u2013 paid tribute to the singer.<\/p>\n

\u201cEddie\u2019s voice was soulful Rock & Roll, I just loved it. That\u2019s really why we got together in the first place,\u201d Spector said in a statement. \u201cI loved his voice, he loved mine. He introduced me to a whole new generation of fans in the 1980s with our recording and video of \u2018Take Me Home Tonight.’\u201d<\/p>\n

As noted in Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s tribute to Money<\/a>, \u201cTake Me Home Tonight\u201d was among the first songs to use a \u201clive sample\u201d of a previous hit: Rather than simply integrating the Ronettes\u2019 \u201cBe My Baby\u201d into the song, Money recruited Spector \u2013 who had largely left the music industry at the time \u2013 to re-record the classic hook for the song.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking in the studio with Eddie was way different from any other sessions I\u2019ve been involved in,\u201d Spector continued. \u201cHe had a crazy, great sense of humor, and was a real character, with the kind of positive vibe that we don\u2019t see today, but we sure could use more of. Eddie brought joy to a lot [of] people with his music and performing, and he never stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Ronnie Spector (@RonnieSpectorGS) September 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Money died Friday following complications from a recent heart valve surgery; the singer-saxophonist was also battling stage 4 esophageal cancer at the time of his death at the age of 70.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie passed away peacefully early this morning,\u201d the family said in a statement to Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cIt is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our loving husband and father. We cannot imagine our world without him. We are grateful that he will live on forever through his music.\u201d<\/p>\n