She earned an Emmy Award in 1989 for her performance of a stage show by the same name, and that year also released the multi-platinum album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989), which featured the hit duet "Don't Know Much" with Aaron Neville. That same year Ronstadt also explored her Hispanic heritage by recording a Spanish-language album, Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), which was filled with traditional Mexican songs like the ones her father loved. In 1987 she collaborated with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the album Trio, which garnered four huge country hits, including "To Know Him Is to Love Him" and a remake of Phil Spector's 1958 hit track "The Teddy Bears." The album catapulted to the top of the Country charts for five weeks, was nominated for numerous music awards, and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. She worked with famed arranger Nelson Riddle, with whom she put out the albums What's New (1983), Lush Life (1984) and For Sentimental Reasons (1986). In the 1980s, Ronstadt tried her hand at jazz and pop standards. Linda Ronstadt performs live in Amsterdam, 1976. Also in 1980, Ronstadt made the move to Broadway to star in the operetta Pirates of Penzance, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination.R Simple Dreams (1977) featured the Roy Orbison-penned "Blue Bayou," which became a major hit, along with her popular covers of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy," Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," and The Rolling Stones' "Tumbing Dice." Showing no signs of slowing down, Ronstadt again topped the charts with Living in the USA (1978), which featured her version of Smokey Robinson's "Ooh Baby Baby," and followed with the successful Mad Love (1980). That year, her Greatest Hits also hit stores although it drew criticism for being released so early in her career, the album generated enormous sales. The recording featured the Neil Young cover "Love Is a Rose" and her take on the Smokey Robinson classic "The Tracks of My Tears." With 1976's Hasten Down the Wind, her third straight album to top 1 million in sales, Ronstadt took on the Buddy Holly classic "That'll Be the Day" and "Crazy" by Willie Nelson. In 1975, Ronstadt delivered a highly successful follow-up with Prisoner in Disguise. Don't Cry Now would eventually be certified double platinum. In addition to the hits "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved," the album featured a cover of Hank Williams's "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)," which earned the singer the first of her 12 Grammy Awards.
Her early efforts were not particularly successful, though she earned a Grammy Award nomination in 1971 for the ballad "Long, Long Time."įollowing a stronger reception for her 1973 album Don't Cry Now, Ronstadt finally hit it big with Heart Like a Wheel (1974).
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She put out several albums with a series of backing bands, one of them the nucleus of the group that would become the Eagles. Solo Successīy the end of the 1960s, Ronstadt had become a solo act. However, their only hit was "Different Drum," which was written by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees. The group enjoyed modest success with their second album, Evergreen Vol.
Ronstadt and Kimmel teamed up with Kenny Edwards to form the Stone Poneys, and the folk trio released their first album in 1967. She stayed put and enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson, but soon left school to join Kimmel in L.A. A few years her senior, Kimmel moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career, and tried to convince Ronstadt to do the same. While a student at Catalina High School, Ronstadt met local folk musician Bob Kimmel. Following in her father's footsteps, she learned to play guitar and performed with her brother and sister as a trio. Her mother played the ukulele and her father played the guitar. One of Ronstadt's early musical influences was the Mexican songs her father taught her and her siblings. Singer Linda Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona, and grew up surrounded by music. She also published her memoir Simple Dreams that year. In 2013, Ronstadt revealed that she could no longer sing because of the effects of Parkinson's disease. The singer was celebrated for her ability to adapt to a diverse range of styles, delivering albums that featured country, rock, jazz and Spanish-language classics. Her breakout 1974 album, Heart Like a Wheel, earned her the first of 12 Grammy Awards. Born in Arizona in 1946, Linda Ronstadt began performing with the Stone Poneys in the 1960s before finding success as a solo artist.
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