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The self-titled album Linda Ronstadt signifies a pivotal moment in Ronstadt’s career, encapsulating the essence of her early ’70s sound. This album blends rock, country, and folk, featuring standout tracks like “Rock Me on the Water” and her rendition of “I Fall to Pieces.”
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- "You’re No Good" Ronstadt notched her sole Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper with this inescapable 1975 hit. The song was first recorded by Dee Dee Warwick in 1963 and written by Clint Ballard, Jr.
- "Don’t Know Much" Ronstadt teamed with Aaron Neville (known for soul hits like “Tell It Like It Is”) on this 1989 collaboration, which came just short of crowning the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 2.
- "Blue Bayou" Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, “Blue Bayou” reached the top 30 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for Orbison in 1963. Ronstadt’s rendering of the song, released in 1977, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- "It's So Easy" Written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, “It’s So Easy” was originally released by Holly’s group The Crickets, though it did not chart. Ronstadt released a cover version of the song in 1977 as part of her album Simple Dreams, and the song entered the top five of the Hot 100 in December 1977, the same month it was joined by “Blue Bayou,” from the same album.
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- 'Long, Long Time' Another baroque-pop ballad, this one has more gravitas than "Different Drum." It opens with dramatic strings, pulling back to reveal an acoustic guitar and Ronstadt exercising pure restraint, setting the tone with a vulnerable reading of "Love will abide, take things in stride" before letting the full power of her voice be felt on "Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side."
- 'Different Drum' This was the first we'd heard of Linda Ronstadt, a baroque-pop ballad written by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees. He was hoping his group would record it but the show's producers turned him down, although they allowed him to rush through a version as part of a comedy bit on the show.
- 'You're No Good' Ronstadt's initial reaction to Peter Asher's guitar-driven production on her first chart-topping single, as revealed in the Grammy-winning documentary, "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice"?
- 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' The most subdued of Ronstadt's Buddy Holly covers (this one written by Paul Anka) takes its cue from the despair in Anka's lyrics, not the skip in Holly's step on the original recording.
Ronstadt captured the sounds of country music and the rhythms of ranchera music – which she likened in 1968 to "Mexican bluegrass" – and redirected them into her rock 'n' roll and some of her pop music.
Linda Ronstadt is one of the top-selling female rock artists of all time, and a trailblazer in successfully testing the boundaries of popular music across Rock, Pop, Latin, Folk, Country,...
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Jul 15, 2021 · She may no longer record, but in a 40-year oeuvre liberally decorated in platinum and almost every award imaginable, she was already assured of her position as one of the definitive voices of American popular music. Here's a list of her best songs from Holler: 18. Capitol Records LLC | 1967.
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