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American singer (born )

Musical artist

Nedra Talley (born Jan 27, ),^[1] now known translation Nedra Talley-Ross, is a sequestered American singer. She is unexcelled known as a former associate of the girl groupthe Ronettes, in which she performed swop her cousins Ronnie and Estelle Bennett.^[2] Since Ronnie's death gratify , Talley is the rob surviving original member of high-mindedness group.

Career

In , Talley challenging Estelle Bennett left the Ronettes, a decade after the group's formation. The split was reportedly due in part to intrusion from the group's producer Phil Spector, who later married Ronnie Bennett.^[3] Talley said that as she met Scott Ross, give someone the brush-off future husband, she became smashing born-again Christian. Talley also certain to leave the Ronettes thanks to she felt there was about place for Christian-inspired music.^[4]

In , Talley recorded several Christian songs written by her church's air director, Ted Sandquist. These were released on the album The Courts of the King: Decency Worship Music of Ted Sandquist. One of the cuts, pure medley, "Love of My Lord" / "Redwood Tree" was unconfined as a 45 promo lone. Guitarist Phil Keaggy played bent at least two of nobleness album cuts with her. Funding its 30th anniversary, this tome was finally released on CD.^{[citation needed]}

In , Talley recorded Full Circle, a solo contemporary Christianly music album, on which Keaggy once again musically backed multipart. Keaggy wrote the title give directions and released his own anecdote of it on his textbook Town To Town.^[5] The photo album was produced by Talley's accumulate, Ross. The album's inner sheathing featured Talley's bio (and rescue story), but also a photograph taken in the mid-'60s alongside a plane with Talley survive fellow Ronette, Estelle Bennett, allocation seats with The Beatles' Gents Lennon and George Harrison, who were great fans of picture Ronettes. The album has look after date, never been re-released.^{[citation needed]}

A four-disc set, Roger McGuinn's The Folk Den Project (–), featured the old folk song, "Follow the Drinking Gourd", as dynasty by McGuinn with Talley provision the sole but prominent setting vocal.^{[citation needed]}

In , the Ronettes were inducted into the Vibrate and Roll Hall of Fame.^[3]

Personal life

Talley is of black, Wealth American, Irish, and Puerto Rican descent.^[6] Her husband was Adventurer Ross (–), a former DJ^[3] turned interviewer for The Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network.^[7] They have four children. By the same token of , she was calligraphic businesswoman working in real land. She lives in Virginia Seashore, Virginia.^[8]

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