The Clue Was There in 1980: Linda Ronstadt’s ‘I’ve Got a Crush on You’ on The Muppet Show
On The Muppet Show in 1980, Linda Ronstadt turned I’ve Got a Crush on You...
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The Softest Song in 1986 Still Reached No. 2: Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram’s Somewhere Out There from An American Tail
A song written for a little immigrant mouse became one of the most moving adult...
She Didn’t Chase Patsy Cline — Linda Ronstadt’s Crazy on Hasten Down the Wind Became a 1977 Heartache All Her Own
Linda Ronstadt did not treat Crazy like a museum piece; on Hasten Down the Wind,...
The Left Turn Nobody Expected: Linda Ronstadt’s Girls Talk and the Mad Love Jolt of 1980
On Girls Talk, Linda Ronstadt turned gossip into voltage, and on Mad Love she proved...
Three Voices, One Reckoning: Linda Ronstadt’s 1987 “After the Gold Rush” With Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
On the 1987 Trio album, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris turned After the...
The Quiet Crossroads of 1980: How Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther’s Hearts Against the Wind Gave Urban Cowboy Its Soul
A tender soundtrack duet, Hearts Against the Wind caught Linda Ronstadt between honky-tonk heartache and...
The 1980 Edge Nobody Expected: Linda Ronstadt’s I Can’t Let Go on Mad Love Recast a Hollies Classic
On Mad Love, Linda Ronstadt took I Can’t Let Go out of its swinging 1960s...
A 1957 Classic, Suddenly Grown Up: Linda Ronstadt’s That’ll Be the Day Became 1976’s Definitive Buddy Holly Cover
Linda Ronstadt did not simply revive That’ll Be the Day in 1976. On Hasten Down...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt’s 1972 Love Has No Pride Was Already Her First Great Heartbreaker
Love Has No Pride was one of those early Linda Ronstadt recordings that seemed to...
The Duet That Sealed Their Magic: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville’s When Something Is Wrong with My Baby on 1989’s Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
On When Something Is Wrong with My Baby, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville did more...
It Was More Than a Comeback: Linda Ronstadt’s 1992 Frenesí and the Grammy-Winning Heart of Mas Canciones
Frenesí let Linda Ronstadt do something rare: honor a classic Mexican love song while revealing...
The Quietest Moment on Trio: Emmylou Harris’ Hobo’s Meditation With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt Carries Jimmie Rodgers Forward
On Hobo’s Meditation, the women of Trio turn an old railroad prayer into a hushed...
One Quiet Masterpiece: Why Linda Ronstadt’s 1984 When I Grow Too Old to Dream Feels Like the Peak of Her Nelson Riddle Years
In 1984, Linda Ronstadt turned When I Grow Too Old to Dream into more than...
The Quietest Heartbreak of 1976: Linda Ronstadt’s Someone to Lay Down Beside Me Defines Hasten Down the Wind at 50
At the heart of Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt sings loneliness without spectacle, making...
The Cover That Carried More Pain: How Linda Ronstadt’s Tracks of My Tears Hit No. 25 from Prisoner in Disguise
On Prisoner in Disguise, Linda Ronstadt turned Tracks of My Tears into a softer, deeper...
When Linda Ronstadt Toughened Up: Tumbling Dice and the FM-Fueled Road to Living in the USA
Tumbling Dice became something sharper in Linda Ronstadt’s voice: not a copy of the Rolling...
That Quiet 1992 Heartbreak: Linda Ronstadt’s Perfidia in The Mambo Kings Still Casts a Spell
In The Mambo Kings, Linda Ronstadt turned Perfidia into more than a soundtrack selection. She...
Where Her Voice Turned Home: Linda Ronstadt’s La Cigarra and the 1987 Canciones de Mi Padre Mariachi Turning Point
On the 1987 album Canciones de Mi Padre, La Cigarra became more than a song...
Before Trio Had a Name, Emmylou Harris’ Light of the Stable United Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt in a Sacred 1979 Moment
Light of the Stable is one of those rare Christmas songs that feels humble and...
The Power Was in the Whisper: Linda Ronstadt’s 1974 “Willin’” on Heart Like a Wheel Is Vocal Mastery Hiding in Plain Sight
On “Willin’”, Linda Ronstadt proves that true vocal greatness does not always arrive in a...
The Magic Was in the Blend: Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor Made Get Closer One of 1982’s Warmest Duets
A bright 1982 duet on the surface, Get Closer reveals something deeper when Linda Ronstadt...
When Linda Ronstadt Sang ‘Alison,’ Elvis Costello’s Hurt Became the Tender Soul of 1978’s Living in the USA
Linda Ronstadt did not simply cover ‘Alison’; on Living in the USA, she quietly transformed...
That 1980 Top 10 Jolt: Linda Ronstadt’s How Do I Make You Gave Mad Love Its Electric Edge
With “How Do I Make You”, Linda Ronstadt turned longing into urgency, delivering a 1980...
The Song Too Many Missed: Linda Ronstadt’s “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me” Gave Hasten Down the Wind Its Quietest Heartbreak
On Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt turned “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me” into...
The Remake That Soared: How Linda Ronstadt’s Blue Bayou Turned a Roy Orbison Classic Into a 1977 Chart Landmark
Blue Bayou became far more than a remake on Simple Dreams—it was the moment Linda...
The Moment Their Voices Met: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville Made When Something Is Wrong with My Baby the Tender Duet of 1989
On When Something Is Wrong with My Baby, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville turn devotion...
She Didn’t Just Cover It: Linda Ronstadt’s Love Is a Rose Became a 1975 Country Gem
In Linda Ronstadt’s hands, “Love Is a Rose” became more than a cover—it turned into...
The Moment Linda Ronstadt Changed Course: How “Get Closer” With James Taylor Defined Her 1982 Pop-Rock Turn
A warm, deceptively easy duet on the surface, “Get Closer” captured Linda Ronstadt in motion—leaning...
When No. 5 Felt Like a Crown: Linda Ronstadt’s It’s So Easy Gave Simple Dreams One of 1977’s Defining Hits
On Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt turned It’s So Easy into more than a cover: she...
Before It Was a Standard, Linda Ronstadt’s “Desperado” on Don’t Cry Now Turned Pure Heartbreak Into Art
On Don’t Cry Now, Linda Ronstadt transforms “Desperado” from western allegory into a torch song...