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The Kiss-Off She Never Wanted to Sing: How ‘You’re No Good’ Gave Linda Ronstadt Her First Number One
The Kiss-Off She Never Wanted to Sing: How “You’re No Good” Gave Linda Ronstadt Her First Number One On February 15, 1975, Linda Ronstadt did something she had never done before: she reached the very top of the Billboard Hot 100. The song that took her there was a sneering, swaggering kiss-off called “You’re No…
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Linda Ronstadt: The Heart Behind the Golden Voice
She was the most desired woman in rock and roll, courted by governors and movie directors, serenaded by millions. And she walked away from all of it — from the fairy tale, from the spotlight, from the very idea that a woman needs a prince — to build a life entirely on her own terms.…
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How Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris Finally Made “Trio”
Some albums take weeks to make. “Trio” took more than a decade — and it was worth every year. When Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris finally released their legendary collaboration on March 2, 1987, it wasn’t just a record. It was the fulfillment of a promise three friends had made to each other…
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The Untold Story of Linda Ronstadt: The Voice That Could Sing Anything
Ask almost anyone who loves the music of the seventies to name the greatest female voice of the era, and one name comes back again and again: Linda Ronstadt. She could belt a rock anthem, ache through a country ballad, swing a big-band standard, and sing mariachi in Spanish — all with the same golden…