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RONSTADT Linda
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:

15.07.1946

(Tucson, Arizona, USA)

Appearances:

cca 1966-1968

The Stone Poneys

Line-Up:

Linda Ronstadt - voc,g
Waddy Wachtel - g
Dan Dugmore - steel g
Andrew Gold - kb,g
Brock Walsh - kb,g
Kenny Edwards - bg
Mike Botts - ds

Former Members:

Gregg Attoway (ds); Don Henley (ds,voc, 1971)
Richard Bowden (g); Glenn Frey (g,voc, 1971)
David Lindley (viol, slide g, cca 9/75)
David Lovelace (kb)
Randy Meisner (bg,voc, 1971)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Hand Sown ... Home Grown	4/1969	Capitol
2.	Silk Purse	9/1970	Capitol
3.	Linda Ronstadt	2/1972	Capitol
4.	Don't Cry Now	10/1973	Asylum			45
5.	Different Drum	2/1974	Capitol			92
6.	Heart Like A Wheel produced by: Peter Asher	12/1974	Capitol			1
7.	Prisoner In Disguise	9/1975	Asylum			4
8.	Summit Meeting & Dr John & Todd Rundgren & Keith Emerson	5/1976	Charisma
9.	Hasten Down The Wind produced by: Peter Asher	13.08.1976	Asylum		32	3
10.	Greatest Hits	10.12.1976	Asylum		25	6
11.	Retrospective (2LP)	5/1977	Capitol
12.	Simple Dreams produced by: Peter Asher	02.09.1977	Asylum		15	1
13.	Living In The U.S.A.	9/1978	Asylum		39	1
14.	The Southern Belle	11/1978	EMI
15.	Mad Love	2/1980	Asylum		65	3
16.	Greatest Hits Vol 2	11/1980	Asylum			18
17.	Get Closer	10/1982	Elektra			11
18.	What's New & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra	07.10.1983	Asylum		31	3
19.	Blue Bayou	1984
20.	Lush Life & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra	11/1984	Elektra		100	13
21.	Prime Of Life	1986
22.	For Sentimental Reasons & Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	9/1986	Asylum/Elektra			46
23.	Round Midnight (box set)	11/1986	Asylum			124
24.	Trio & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	3/1987	Warner Bros		60	6
25.	Canciones De Mi Padre (My Father's Song)	11/1987	Elektra			42
26.	Cry Like A Rainstorm Howl Like The Wind feat. Aaron Neville	10/1989	Elektra		43	7
27.	Mas Canciones	11/1991	Elektra			88
28.	Frenesi	25.08.1992	Elektra			193
29.	Winter Light	12/1993	Elektra			92
30.	Feels Like Home	3/1995	Elektra			75
31.	Dedicated To The One I Love produced by: George Massenburg/Linda Ronstadt	03.06.1996	Elektra			78
32.	We Ran	31.08.1998	Elektra			160
33.	Trio, Vol. 2 & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	08.03.1999	Asylum			62
34.	Western Wall / The Tucson Sessions & Emmylou Harris	8/1999	Asylum			73
35.	The Linda Ronstadt Box Set (4CD box set)	16.11.1999	Elektra
36.	A Merry Little Christmas	17.10.2000	Elektra			179
37.	The Glass Project	31.07.2001	Sony Classical
38.	Cristal: Glass Music Through the Ages	15.01.2002	Sony Classical
39.	The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt	24.09.2002	Rhino		46	165
40.	Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas	27.04.2004	Rhino
41.	Hummin' to Myself	09.11.2004	Verve			166
42.	Best of the Capitol Years	24.01.2006	Capitol
43.	Adieu False Heart & Ann Savoy	25.07.2006	Vanguard
44.	Blue Bayou and Other Hits	05.06.2007	Rhino Flashback
45.	Don't Cry Now	20.08.2007	Mobile Fidelity Koch
46.	Collector's Edition	31.03.2009
47.	Original Album Series	09.03.2010	Warner Bros
48.	Faithless Love: A Musical Documentary	02.07.2013	Blueline
49.	Duets	08.04.2014	Rhino			32
50.	Love Has No Pride / Faithless Love	03.06.2014	Laser Media
51.	Blue Bayou: Live 1977	08.07.2014	Laser Media
52.	Icon	05.08.2014	Capitol
53.	Opus Collection	9/2014				65
54.	The Document	10.02.2015
55.	Story of Linda Ronstadt	10.03.2015	I.V. Media
56.	Linda Ronstadt & Friends	09.06.2015	Music Video Distribution
57.	My Dear Companion: Selections from the Trio Collection & Emmylou Harris & Dolly Parton	15.06.2015	Rhino
58.	Greatest Hits	23.06.2015	Rhino
59.	FM Live	24.07.2015	Great American Broadcast Company
60.	Walking on Air 1974	07.08.2015	FM Concert Broadcasts
61.	Party Girl: Radio Broadcast 1982	14.08.2015
62.	Live On KSWM & Emmylou Harris (2CD)	14.08.2015	Laser Media
63.	Just One Look: Classic Linda Ronstadt	21.08.2015	Rhino
64.	I Fall to Pieces: New York 1974	21.08.2015	Klondike
65.	Willin' in L.A.	18.09.2015	Gossip
66.	Transmission Impossible	02.10.2015	Eat To The Beat
67.	The Complete Trio Collection & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	16.10.2015	Rhino		47	125
68.	Sausalito '73	16.10.2015	Let Them Eat Vinyl
69.	A Party Girl in Dallas	11.12.2015	All Access
70.	Live in Dallas, Texas, 1982	12.02.2016	Livewire
71.	Don Krishner's Rock Concert '74 & Eagles & Jackson Browne	25.03.2016	Roxvox
72.	Where the Catfish Play	15.04.2016	FM In Concert Series
73.	Farther Along & Emmylou Harris & Dolly Parton	09.09.2016	Rhino
74.	The Real First Ladies of Country: The Broadcast Archive & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	20.01.2017	The Broadcast Archive
75.	Live In Hollywood	01.02.2019				97

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Different Drum / I've Got To Know & The Stone Poneys	10/1967	Capitol		13
2.	Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water / Carnival Bear & The Stone Poneys	2/1968	Capitol		93
3.	The Dolphins / The Wrong Way Around	4/1969	Capitol
4.	Baby You've Been On My Mind / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	10/1969	Capitol
5.	Will You Love Me Tomorrow? / Lovesick Blues	3/1970	Capitol		111
6.	Long, Long Time / Nobody's	8/1970	Capitol		25
7.	She's A Very Lovely Woman / The Long Way Around	1/1971	Capitol		70
8.	Rock Me On The Water / Crazy Arms	2/1972	Capitol		85
9.	I Fall To Pieces / Can It Be True?	4/1972	Capitol
10.	Love Has No Pride / I Can Almost See It	11/1973	Asylum		51
11.	Silver Threads And Golden Needles / Don't Cry For Now	3/1974	Asylum		67
12.	Colorado	7/1974	Asylum		108
13.	You're No Good / When Will I Be Loved	11/1974	Asylum		1
14.	You're No Good / I Can't Help It	1/1975	Capitol
15.	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)	1975	Capitol
16.	When Will I Be Loved / It Doesn't Matter Anymore	4/1975	Capitol		1
17.	Heat Wave / Love Is A Rose	8/1975	Asylum		4
18.	Love Is A Rose / Silver Blue	10/1975	Asylum
19.	Tracks Of My Tears / The Sweetest Gift with Emmylou Harris, produced by: Peter Asher	12/1975	Asylum		25
20.	Tracks Of My Tears / Prisoner In Disguise	3/1976	Asylum	42
21.	Swedish Guest - Tracks Of My Tears & Emmylou Harris	2/1976	Asylum
22.	That'll Be The Day / Try Me Again	13.08.1976	Asylum		11
23.	Desperado / Silver Threads And Golden Needles	9/1976	Asylum
24.	Lose Again / Lo Siento Mi Vida	05.11.1976	Asylum		76
25.	Someone To Lay Down Beside Me / Crazy	11/1976	Asylum		42
26.	Different Drum / It Doesn't Matter Anymore & The Stone Poneys	15.07.1977	Capitol
27.	Blue Bayou / Old Paint	8/1977	Asylum		2
28.	Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me / Old Paint produced by: Peter Asher	16.09.1977	Asylum
29.	It's So Easy / Sorrow Lives Here	10/1977	Asylum		5
30.	Blue Bayou / Maybe I'm Right	1/1978	Asylum	35
31.	Poor Poor Pitiful Me / Simple Man, Simple Dream	1/1978	Asylum		27
32.	Tumbling Dice / Carmelita	3/1978	Asylum
33.	Tumbling Dice / I Will Never Marry	4/1978	Asylum		32
34.	Back In The U.S.A. / White Rhythm & Blues	8/1978	Asylum		11
35.	Ooh Baby Baby / Blowin' Away	10/1978	Asylum		7
36.	Ooh Baby Baby / Black Roses (v GB)	11/1978	Asylum
37.	Just One Look / Love Me Tender	2/1979	Asylum		44
38.	Alison / Mohammed's Radio (v USA)	4/1979	Asylum
39.	Alison / All That You Dream	4/1979	Asylum	66
40.	Give A Little & Nicolette Larson & Ted Templeton	8/1979	Warner Brothers		104
41.	How Do I Make You / Rambler Gambler	01.02.1980	Asylum		7
42.	Hurt So Bad / Justine produced by: Peter Asher	4/1980	Asylum		8
43.	I Can't Let Go / Look Out For My Love	6/1980	Asylum		31
44.	Ooo-Eee & Nicolette Larson & Ted Templeton	2/1981	Warner Brothers		110
45.	Get Closer / Sometimes You Just Can't Win	9/1982	Elektra		20
46.	I Knew You When / Talk To Me Of Mendocino	12/1982	Elektra	90	37
47.	Tell Him / Mr. Radio	3/1983	Elektra
48.	Easy For You To Say / Mr. Radio	4/1983	Asylum		54
49.	What's New / Crazy He Calls Me & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra	10/1983	Asylum		53
50.	Falling In Love Again / Sophisticated Lady	1/1985	Elektra
51.	Somewhere Out There & James Ingram	12/1986	MCA	7	2
52.	To Know Him Is To Love Him / Farther Along & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	4/1987	Warner Bros
53.	Telling Me Lies / Rosewood Casket & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	6/1987	Warner Bros
54.	Under African Skies / I Know What I Know 12" + Homeless & Paul Simon	8/1987	Warner Bros
55.	Those Memories Of You / My Dear Companion & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	9/1987	Warner Bros
56.	Wildflowers / Hobo's Meditation & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	11/1987	Warner Bros
57.	Don't Know Much / Hurt So Bad 12",CD + I Can't Let Go & Aaron Neville	9/1989	Elektra	1	2
58.	All My Life / Shattered 12",CD + Love Has No Pride & Aaron Neville	1/1990	Elektra	96	11
59.	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby & Aaron Neville	5/1990	Elektra		78
60.	Close Your Eyes & Aaron Neville	10/1991	A&M
61.	Winter Light / Don't Know Much CD + Blue Bayou / Alison	11/1993	Elektra
62.	Heartbeats Accelerating / The Secret Garden CD + Don't Know Much / Desperado / A River For Him	2/1994	Elektra
63.	The Waiting / Desperado CD + Poor Poor Pitiful Me / Cry Like A Rainstorm	3/1995	Elektra
64.	Calling My Children Home & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	12.08.2016	Elektra
65.	Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Unreleased 1994) & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris	19.08.2016	Elektra

Movies:

1. F.M. (1978, starring)
2. The Pirates Of Penzance (1983, starring)

Awards:

1975 Grammy Awards - Best Country Vocal Performance, Female (SP "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)")
1976 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (LP "Hasten Down The Wind")
1977 Grammy Awards - Best Album Package ("Simple Dreams")
1982 Grammy Awards - Best Album Package ("Get Closer")
1983 Grammy Awards - Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) ("What's New")
1985 Grammy Awards

- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) (track "Lush Life")
- Best Album Package ("Lush Life")

1987 Grammy Awards

- Song Of The Year ("Somewhere Out There", & James Ingram)
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (LP "Trio", & Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris)
- Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television ("Somewhere Out There", & James Ingram)

1988 Grammy Awards - Best Mexican / American Performance (LP "Canciones De Mi Padre")
1989 Grammy Awards

- Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (SP "Don't Know Much", & Aaron Neville)
- Best Engineered Recording (Non-Classical) (LP "Cry Like A Rainstorm - Howl Like A Wind")

1990 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (SP "All My Life", & Aaron Neville)
1992 Grammy Awards

- Best Tropical Latin Album ("Frenesi")
- Best Mexican / American Album ("Mas Canciones")

1996 Grammy Awards - Best Musical Album For Children ("Dedicated To The One I Love")
1999 Grammy Awards - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (track "After The Gold Rush", & Emmylou Harris & Dolly Parton)
2014 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
2016 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Heart Like A Wheel", 1974)
2020 Grammy Awards - Best Music Film ("Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice")
2021 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Canciones De Mi Padre", 1987)
2021 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Trio", 1987, & Dolly Parton& Emmylou Harris)

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Neil Young: Harvest (2/72, Reprise)
Neil Young: American Stars 'N' Bars (6/77, Reprise)
Nicolette Larsen: Nicolette (1/79, Warner Bros)
Neil Young: Harvest Moon (27.10.92, Reprise)
Randy Newman: Randy Newman's Faust (10/95, Reprise)
The Chieftains: Santiago (12/96, RCA)
Neil Young: Silver And Gold (25.4.00, Reprise)
The Chieftains: The Wide World Over (4.3.02, RCA Victor)
Aaron Neville: Nature Boy: The Standards Album (26.8.03, Verve)
Emmylou Harris: Stumble From Grace (23.9.03, Nonesuch)
The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder: San Patricio (9.2.10, Fantasy)

7/1980 appeared in stage performance "The Pirates Of Penzance" (New York)

Compilation Appearances:

"When We Ran" on John Hiatt tribute LP "It'll Come to You - The Songs of John Hiatt" (13.5.03, Vanguard)
"Blue Bayou" on Nicolette Larson tribute live CD "Lotta Love Concert" (14.2.06, Rhino)
"Miss Otis Regrets" on Ella Fitzgerald tribute CD "We All Love Ella: Celebrating The First Lady Of Song" (5.6.07, Verve)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1982	2		61		album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	2	11.01.1975	16
1975	6	08.02.1975	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	8	22.02.1975	59	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	19	10.05.1975	14	Singles	single review
1975	38	20.09.1975	31	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	42	18.10.1975	40	Albums	album review
1976	1	03.01.1976	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	14	03.04.1976	3	Singles	single review
1976	23	05.06.1976	19	Albums	album review
1976	34	21.08.1976	3	New Singles	single review
1976	39	25.09.1976	25	New Albums	album review
1976	43	23.10.1976	1
1976	45	06.11.1976	3	New Singles	single review
1976	45	13.11.1976	21	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	30	23.07.1977	16	Singles	single review
1977	34	20.08.1977	15	Albums	album review
1977	38	17.09.1977	18	Albums	album review
1977	39	24.09.1977	14	Singles	single review
1977	46	12.11.1977	32	Singles	single review
1978	4	28.01.1978	22	Singles	single review
1980	5	02.02.1980	24	Singles	single review
1980	8	23.02.1980	27	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	0	16.02.1974	46	This Is America
1974	0	16.03.1974	32	This Is America
1975	0	25.01.1975	20	Platters	album review
1975	0	05.04.1975	24
1975	0	11.10.1975	19	Platters	album review
1976	0	20.11.1976	5	News Desk	profile, interview
1976	0	18.12.1976	27	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	11	28.09.1990	27	LP,MC,CD,Demo	album review, demo review
1993	18	20.09.1993	15
1994	2	31.01.1994	27	Recommandé	album review