

In the UK, her single "Blue Bayou" reached the UK Top 40 and the duet with Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much", peaked at No. Ronstadt charted thirty-eight Billboard Hot 100 singles with twenty-one reaching the top 40, ten to the top 10, three to No. In total, she has released over 30 solo albums and 15 compilations or greatest hits albums. It's an exceptional gift one shared by few others." rarest of rarities-a chameleon who can blend into any background yet remain boldly distinctive. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times noted in 2004, Ronstadt is "Blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation. She has lent her voice to over 120 albums. Ronstadt has collaborated with artists from a diverse spectrum of genres including Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Carla Bley, The Chieftains, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Dolly Parton, and Nelson Riddle. 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. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and incarnations. Being one of music's most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. She has earned eleven 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.Ī singer, songwriter, and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter of songs. Linda Marie Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American popular music recording artist.
