Linda Maria Ronstadt (b.1946) is an American singer known for her versatile vocal style and contributions to rock, country, folk, Latin, and opera. Her four-decade career earned her 11 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2014.)
Born in Tucson, Arizona, she grew up in a musical family and began performing in the 1960s with The Stone Poneys. She launched her solo career in 1968, achieving mainstream success with Heart Like a Wheel (1974,) Simple Dreams (1977,) and Living in the USA (1978.) Blending rock and country influences, she became one of the best-selling female artists of the 1970s and 1980s.
Ronstadt expanded into big-band standards, collaborating with Nelson Riddle on What’s New (1983,) Lush Life (1984,) and For Sentimental Reasons (1986.) She also explored Latin music, releasing Canciones de Mi Padre (1987,) the best-selling non-English album in U.S. history.
Her autobiography, Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (2013,) and the documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) highlight her musical legacy.
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You have to erect a fence and say, “Okay, scale this.”
—Linda Ronstadt
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