Ronstadt, Linda

Ronstadt, Linda

▪ American singer
in full  Linda Marie Ronstadt  
born July 15, 1946, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
 
 American singer, with a pure, expressive soprano voice and eclectic artistic tastes, whose performances called attention to a number of new songwriters and helped establish country rock music.

      After winning attention with a folk-oriented trio, the Stone Poneys, in California in the mid-1960s, Ronstadt embarked upon a solo career in 1968, introducing material by songwriters such as Neil Young (Young, Neil) and Jackson Browne (Browne, Jackson) and collaborating with top country-oriented rock musicians (including future members of the Eagles (Eagles, the)). Produced by Briton Peter Asher, Ronstadt's album Heart Like a Wheel (1974) sold more than a million copies. It also established the formula she would follow on several successful albums, mixing traditional folk songs, covers of rock and roll standards, and new material by contemporary songwriters (e.g., Anna McGarrigle, Warren Zevon, and Elvis Costello (Costello, Elvis)).

      In the 1980s and '90s, with mixed success, Ronstadt branched out. She starred in the Broadway version of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical The Pirates of Penzance (1981–82) as well as the film (1983). Working with big-band arranger Nelson Riddle (Riddle, Nelson), she released three albums of popular standards, What's New (1983), Lush Life (1984), and For Sentimental Reasons (1986). Her two collections of Spanish-language songs, Canciones de mi padre (1987) and Mas canciones (1991), won Grammy Awards, as did her Latin album Frenesí (1992). A long-awaited collaboration with country singers Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris (Harris, Emmylou) resulted in Trio (1987), followed by Trio II (1999), which included the Grammy Award-winning single "After the Gold Rush." Her album of children's songs, Dedicated to the One I Love, also won a Grammy in 1996.

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