Linda Ronstadt
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Biography
[Edit]With roots in the Los Angeles country and folk-rock scenes, Linda Ronstadt became one of the most popular interpretive singers of the '70s, earning a string of platinum-selling albums and Top 40 singles. Throughout the '70s, her laid-back pop never lost sight of her folky roots, yet as she moved into the '80s, she began to change her sound with the times, adding new wave influences. After a brief flirtation with pre-rock pop, Ronstadt settled into a pattern of adult contemporary pop and Latin albums, sustaining her popularity in both fields.
While Ronstadt was a student at Arizona State University, she met guitarist Bob Kimmel. The duo moved to Los Angeles, where guitarist/songwriter Kenny Edwards joined the pair. Calling themselves the Stone Poneys, the group became a leading attraction on California's folk circuit, recording their first album in 1967. The band's second album, Evergreen, Vol. 2, featured the Top 20 hit "Different Drum," which was written by Michael Nesmith. After recording one more album with the group, Ronstadt left for a solo career at the end of 1968.
Ronstadt's first two solo albums — Hand Sown Home Grown (1969) and Silk Purse (1970) — accentuated her country roots, featuring several honky tonk numbers. Released in 1971, her self-titled third album was a pivotal record in her career. Featuring a group of session musicians who would later form the Eagles, the album was a softer, more laid-back variation of the country-rock she had been recording. With the inclusion of songs from singer/songwriters like Jackson Browne, Neil Young, and Eric Anderson, Linda Ronstadt had folk-rock connections as well. Don't Cry Now, released in 1973, followed the same formula to greater success, yet it was 1974's Heart Like a Wheel that perfected the sound, making Ronstadt a star. Featuring the hit covers "You're No Good," "When Will I Be Loved," and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," Heart Like a Wheel reached number one and sold over two million copies.
Released in the fall of 1975, Prisoner in Disguise followed the same pattern as Heart Like a Wheel and was nearly as successful. Hasten Down the Wind, released in 1976, suggested a holding pattern, even if it charted higher than Prisoner in Disguise. Simple Dreams (1977) expanded the formula by adding a more rock-oriented supporting band, which breathed life into the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice" and Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me." The record became the singer's biggest hit, staying on the top of the charts for five weeks and selling over three million copies. With Living in the U.S.A. (1978), Ronstadt began experimenting with new wave, recording Elvis Costello's "Alison"; the album was another number one hit. On 1980's Mad Love, she made a full-fledged new wave record, recording three Costello songs and adopting a synth-laden sound. While the album was a commercial success, it signaled that her patented formula was beginning to run out of steam. That suspicion was confirmed with 1982's Get Closer, her first album since Heart Like a Wheel to fail to go platinum.
Sensing it was time to change direction, Ronstadt starred in the Broadway production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, as well as the accompanying movie. Pirates of Penzance led the singer to a collaboration with Nelson Riddle, who arranged and conducted her 1983 collection of pop standards What's New. While it received lukewarm reviews, it was a considerable hit, reaching number three on the charts and selling over two million copies. Ronstadt's next two albums — Lush Life (1984) and For Sentimental Reasons (1986) — were also albums of pre-rock standards recorded with Riddle.
At the end of 1986, Ronstadt returned to contemporary pop, recording "Somewhere Out There," the theme to the animated An American Tail, with James Ingram; the single became a number two hit. She also returned to her country roots in 1987, recording the Trio album with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. That same year, Ronstadt recorded Canciones de Mi Padre, a set of traditional Mexican songs that became a surprise hit. Two years later, she recorded Cry Like a Rainstorm - Howl Like the Wind — her first contemporary pop album since 1982's Get Closer. Featuring four duets with Aaron Neville, including the number two hit "Don't Know Much," the album sold over two million copies.
Ronstadt returned to traditional Mexican and Spanish material with Mas Canciones (1991) and Frenesi (1992). She returned to pop with 1994's Winter Light, which failed to generate a hit single, as did 1995's Feels Like Home. In 1996, she released the children's album Dedicated to the One I Love; We Ran followed in 1998. Two years later, Ronstadt delivered the holiday collection A Merry Little Christmas. Another collection of standards, Hummin' to Myself, arrived in 2004, followed by Adieu False Heart, a collaboration with Ann Savoy of the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band in 2006.
As it turned out, Adieu False Heart would be Ronstadt's last studio album. She supported it with a tour in 2007, including an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, and although it didn't rise above 146 on the Billboard charts, it did receive a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album. In 2010, she appeared on the Chieftains San Patricio album, but a year later, she told the Arizona Daily Star she was retired. Three years later, she published her autobiography Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir and, in its pre-release publicity, Ronstadt confessed that she had Parkinson's disease, explaining that it was a factor in her retirement. Early in 2014, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; although she wasn't able to attend, an inter-generational all-star group performed in her honor, including Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, and Carrie Underwood. Around the time of her induction, the compilation Duets was released on Rhino.
Title: The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Punk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Don't Cry Now
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Artist: Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Country Pop
Title: Western Wall: The Tuscon Sessions
Artist: Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Title: Hand Sown... Home Grown / Silk Purse / Linda Ronstadt (CD1)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock
Title: Hasten Down the Wind
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Heart Like a Wheel
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic, Classical
Title: Linda Ronstadt
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Prisoner in Disguise
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Silk Purse
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Simple Dreams
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The '70s Collection
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Transmission Impossible Vol. 1
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: We Ran
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt (Remastered)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic, Classical
Title: Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt (CD2)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Transmission Impossible Vol. 2
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt (CD1)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Jardín Azul - Las Canciones Favoritas / Jardin Azul - Las Canciones Favoritas
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Latin
Title: Hand Sown...Home Grown
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: The '80s Collection
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas (US Release)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Title: Lush Life
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Hand Sown... Home Grown / Silk Purse / Linda Ronstadt (CD2)
Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock
Collections
Title: American Made 2017 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Absolute 80s Unwind (3CD) (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: SmoothFM - Countdown Favourites (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Acoustic 70s (CD3)
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: Acoustic 70s - 60 Hit Chart Tracks 2017 (CD2)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Wings Hits Of The 70s
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Hard Rock, Post Grunge, Heavy Metal, Country, Disco, Funk
Title: Soft Rock Forever (CD3)
Title: American Vocal Standards 2018
Genre: Soul, Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: World Times 70s Greatest Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Funk, Classical, Folk
Title: World Times 70s Greatest Hits (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Funk, Classical, Folk
Title: Tailgate Party 2018
Genre: World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Folk
Title: Top 40 Duets - The Ultimate Top 40 Collection (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest Chilled Pop (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Country Weekend 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Outlaw Country
Title: US Rock Hits Of The 1980s
Title: Country BBQ
Genre: Rock & Roll, Country, Country Rock
Title: 70s Beach Music
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Acoustic, Folk
Title: Prime Country From The 80s & 90s
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever 2019 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Disco, Acoustic, Classical, Smooth Jazz, Folk
Title: WestCoast Classics (Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group)
Genre: Rock, Jazz Rock, New Wave, World Music, Disco, Pop, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest Songs (Best Songs Of The Year) (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Acoustic Rock Vol. 3
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: 100 Ballads 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, World Music, Pop, Acoustic, Classical, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: 70s Styles (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Hard Rock, Punk, Heavy Metal, Funk
Title: Solid Gold Hits 2020
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Pop, Classical, Folk
Title: Smooth 70s Moods
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel, Contemporary Jazz, Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Pop Superstars
Genre: Pop
Title: 80 Tracks Easy 60s Playlist Spotify 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, World Music, Country, Sunshine Pop, Folk
Title: 70's Best 100 (CD2)
Title: Love Lyrics Songs (CD2)
Title: Great Country Anthems
Genre: Country
Title: Essential Country Anthems 2020
Genre: Country
Title: The Classic Chanteuse 2020
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: 70s Dinner Party
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Soft Rock Dinner Party
Title: 50 Years Of Country Rock
Genre: Country Rock
Title: 70's US Hits (CD2)
Title: NOW The 60s Girls Then He Kissed Me (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Acoustic, Indie, Classical
Title: Country & Western Anthems
Genre: Country
Title: Yacht Rock 100 (CD1)
Title: 70's Americana 2021
Genre: Blues, Psychedelic Rock, World Music, Country, Acoustic, Indie, Experimental, Folk
Title: Baker Street - 100 Classics From The 70's (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Dreams - Magic 70's (CD2)
Title: 100 Greatest Duets Of All Time (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dance Rock, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Greatest Duets Of All Time (2021) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Country, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Classic Country 45s
Genre: Country
Title: Mellow 70's Gold (CD1)
Title: ’70s Hits Essentials (CD2)
Title: '70s Country Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: '70s Country Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Best of Duets
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Duets (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Genre: Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: The Essential Chieftains
Artist: The Chieftains
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration
Artist: The Chieftains
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: 70: A Seventieth Birthday Celebration
Artist: Rosemary Clooney
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: An American Tail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: James Horner
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: The Best of Little Feat (Remastered)
Artist: Little Feat
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition
Artist: Philip Glass, The Philip Glass Ensemble
Genre: Opera
Title: Blue Kentucky Girl (Expanded & Remastered) (US Release)
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: The Mambo Kings Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Mambo Kings Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Emmylou Harris Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: Rock, Country, Country Rock
Title: Bye Bye Love (Original Soundtrack Album)
Artist: Bye Bye Love Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Must Love Dogs-Music from the Motion Picture [Clean]
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Pop
Title: The Very Best Of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Country Rock, Progressive Country
Title: An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: James Horner
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Jeremiah Years 1979-81
Artist: Hoyt Axton
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk