"I Can Hear Music" (Ronettes) #100 10/29/1966

Normally I wouldn't care about a record that only got to #100, but this has a very compelling backstory. The remake by the Beach Boys did much better a few years later than the original here by the Ronettes, one of the legendary girl groups of the Sixties. In the mid 60's the girls made records, but producer Phil Spector wouldn't release them, fearing the group would become too popular and eclipse him in the music world. They were still a great live act, even opening for the Beatles on their final tour, but things soured to where the group broke up for a while. Lead singer Veronica (Ronnie) Bennett then married Phil (huh?!?!) and basically wound up as a prisoner in her own house. She eventually got away, Phil is now doing time for the murder of another woman, and the girls made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Of course, in the 80's Ronnie Spector appeared on Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight."