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May 17, 2021 · Linda Ronstadt did a lot to bring Warren Zevon's songs to a wider audience. Her covers are probably the best known version of some of his songs. His albums were too quirky for mainstream acceptance. I prefer his versions but I am glad she recorded his songs. This is a list of covers of Zevon…
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Singles like “Heat Wave,” “The Tracks of My Tears” and “That’ll Be the Day” followed. 1977’s Simple Dreams yielded three more hits including the Top 5 singles “Blue Bayou” and “It’s So Easy” plus a cover of Warren Zevon’s “Poor Poor Pitiful Me.”. First, here’s Zevon’s original recording.
Linda Ronstadt: August 21, 1976: Warren Zevon: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Linda Ronstadt: 2000: Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra: Hay unos ojos: Linda Ronstadt: 1987: Heartbeats Accelerating: Linda Ronstadt: November 1993: Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Heart Like a Wheel: Linda Ronstadt: 1974: McKendree Spring: Heat Wave ...
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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.
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written and first recorded by American musician Warren Zevon in 1976. With gender references reversed, it was made a hit twice: first as a top-40 hit for Linda Ronstadt, then almost 2 decades later by Terri Clark, whose version topped the Canadian country charts and reached the country top five in the U.S.
Jan 24, 2015 · Linda Ronstadt (no stranger to covering Zevon – see No. 9 on our list of the Top 10 Warren Zevon Songs) had a Top 40 hit with "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" in 1978. But she toned down some of...
Various covers have followed. These include: Zevon himself recorded it four years later, in 1976, on his self-titled album. Linda Ronstadt recorded a well known version in 1977 on her Simple Dreams album. GG Allin; Flaco Jimenez; Texas Tornados; Los Super Seven) recorded a version featuring Dwight Yoakam for his 1992 album Partners.
