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  2. Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music . Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, [3] three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.

    • Discography

      The singles discography of American singer Linda Ronstadt...

    • Linda Ronstadt

      Linda Ronstadt is an eponymous studio album by American...

    • Greatest Hits

      Greatest Hits is Linda Ronstadt's first major compilation...

    • Hasten Down The Wind

      Hasten Down the Wind is the seventh studio album by Linda...

    • Silk Purse

      Silk Purse is a studio album by American singer Linda...

    • Prisoner in Disguise

      Prisoner In Disguise (1975) is Linda Ronstadt's sixth solo...

    • For Sentimental Reasons

      For Sentimental Reasons is an album by American singer,...

    • Stone Poneys

      Stone Poneys (also the Stone Poneys, Linda Ronstadt and the...

    • Lush Life

      Lush Life is an album by American singer Linda Ronstadt,...

    • Don't Cry Now

      Don't Cry Now is the fourth solo studio album by American...

    • Who Is Linda Ronstadt?
    • Early Life and Career
    • Solo Success
    • Later Career
    • Battle Against Parkinson's Disease
    • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction
    • Personal Life

    Born in Arizona in 1946, Linda Ronstadt began performing with the Stone Poneys in the 1960s before finding success as a solo artist. Her breakout 1974 album, Heart Like a Wheel, earned her the first of 12 Grammy Awards. The singer was celebrated for her ability to adapt to a diverse range of styles, delivering albums that featured country, rock, ja...

    Singer Linda Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona, and grew up surrounded by music. One of Ronstadt's early musical influences was the Mexican songs her father taught her and her siblings. Her mother played the ukulele and her father played the guitar. Following in her father's footsteps, she learned to play guitar and performed w...

    By the end of the 1960s, Ronstadt had become a solo act. She put out several albums with a series of backing bands, one of them the nucleus of the group that would become the Eagles. Her early efforts were not particularly successful, though she earned a Grammy Award nomination in 1971 for the ballad "Long, Long Time." Following a stronger receptio...

    In the 1980s, Ronstadt tried her hand at jazz and pop standards. 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 1987 she collaborated with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the album Trio, which garnered four huge country hits, including "To ...

    In August 2013, Ronstadt revealed the reason she had been absent from the music scene in recent years: She had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which prevented her from singing. "I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t figure out why," Ronstadt explained to aarp.org. "I think I’ve had it for seven or eight years already, because of the symptoms that...

    In April 2014, Ronstadt was honored for her iconic career with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Although her health left her unable to attend the ceremony, she did make it to the White House in July, where she received the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. That year, longtime fans also enjoyed the release of Duets, ...

    Following Adieu False Heart, Ronstadt focused more energy on her personal life and her family, including her adopted children, Mary Clementine and Carlos. For many years, she lived in her hometown of Tucson with her kids. She now lives in San Francisco. Despite relationships with former California governor Jerry Brown and filmmaker George Lucas, Ro...

  3. Feb 1, 2023 · Linda Ronstadt is one of the greatest singers of all time, with a career spanning many decades and music genres. Her work includes music in rock, country, opera, easy listening standards, and Latin. She has won 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award.

  4. Apr 19, 2024 · Linda Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.) is an 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.

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  5. Sep 1, 2019 · The New Yorker Interview. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice. The singer on living with Parkinson’s, the perils of stardom, and mourning what the border has become. By Michael Schulman....

  6. Throughout her career, Linda Ronstadt has prized community over competition, collaboration over egocentrism. Some of her most celebrated and popular records were those she made with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton for their “Trio” albums in 1987 and 1999.

  7. Sep 5, 2019 · Linda Ronstadt, Retired From Singing, Is Still a Glorious Voice - The New York Times. The 73-year-old is the subject of a new documentary and a Kennedy Center honoree. She’s also as...

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