the hairdo. "We came from Spanish Harlem", recalls the group's veteran lead singer, Veronica "Ronnie" Spector, in a Village Voice interview. " 'We had high hair anyway.' So the Ronettes made their hair still higher—'We used a lot of Aqua Net' ". The B-52's, a new wave rock band took their name from the hairstyle which was worn by members Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson. Coronation Street character Bet Lynch wore a platinum blonde beehive since the 1970s. The Manchester Evening News dubbed this the "worst haircut in soap history" even while acknowledging that it made her one of the series' most memorable characters. Marge Simpson from The Simpsons is a well known fictional character with the hairdo. The character Flo, a waitress in the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, as well as the subsequent TV series wore her hair in a beehive. Sheila Broflovski from South Park wears her hair in a beehive. Mari Wilson, British singer probably best known for her hit "Just What I Always Wanted" in the '80s, was well known for her beehive hairstyle throughout that decade. Amy Winehouse's beehive was inspired by Ronnie Spector's from the 60's group, the Ronettes. "Ronnie Spector—who, it could be argued, all but invented Winehouse's style in the first place when she took the stage at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with her fellow Ronettes more than 40 years ago—was so taken aback at a picture of Winehouse in the New York Post that she exclaimed, "I don't know her, I never met her, and when I saw that pic, I thought, 'That's me!' But then I found out, no, it's Amy! I didn't have on my glasses." Former Arizona governor, Rose Mofford was known for her signature beehive hairdo. In regard to the beehive of Janice Rand from Star Trek: The Original Series, Tor.com stated, "When you think of the '60s and science fiction hairstyles, the first image is probably Rand’s beehive hair". Patsy Stone from Absolutely Fabulous always wore her blonde hair in a beehive with a fringe; a signature trait of the character. See also Bouffant List of hairstyles References External links Hairstyles 1960s fashion