Linda Ronstadt
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-07-15 in Tucson, Arizona, USA
Biography
Linda Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned ten Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations. A singer and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter of songs. Being one of music's most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and incarnations. With a one time standing as the Queen of Rock where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock", and known as the First Lady of Rock, she has more recently emerged as music matriarch, international arts advocate and Human Rights advocate. Ronstadt has collaborated with artists from a diverse spectrum of genres – including Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, The Chieftains, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton and has lent her voice to over 120 albums around the world. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times noted in 2004, Ronstadt is "Blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation . . . rarest of rarities — a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive . . . It's an exceptional gift; one shared by few others." In total, she has released over 30 solo albums, more than 15 compilations or greatest hits albums. Ronstadt has charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles, twenty-one of which have reached the top 40, ten of which have reached the top 10, three peaking at No. 2, the No. 1 hit, "You're No Good". In the UK, her single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40 and the duet with Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much", peaked at #2 in December 1989. In addition, she has charted thirty-six albums, ten Top 10 albums, and three No. 1 albums on the Billboard Pop Album Charts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Ronstadt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Linda Ronstadt (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Linda Ronstadt - Rhondette (uncredited)
Great Performances
as Self
Great Performances
as San Miguel
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
as Self
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
Classic Albums
as Self
Numéro un
as Self
The Midnight Special
as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
Rock Concert
as Self
Cher
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
Dolly
as Self
An American Tail
as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
Happening '68
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
Uncle Meat
as Self