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Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt is an American retired singer celebrated for her diverse musical career. Linda Ronstadt was born on 15 July 1946.

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Who is Linda Ronstadt?

Linda Ronstadt is best known for Versatile American singer known for her work across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul genres. Linda Ronstadt was born on 15 July 1946, which places Linda Ronstadt among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1940s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Linda Ronstadt is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: Versatile American singer known for her work across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul genres
Born: 15 July 1946

About Linda Ronstadt

She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she received a star jointly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work as the group Trio. Ronstadt was among five honorees who received the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. She charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top 40, ten reached the top 10, and one reached number one ("You're No Good"). Ronstadt also charted in the UK; two of her duets, "Somewhere Out There" with James Ingram and "Don't Know Much" with Aaron Neville, peaked at numbers 8 and 2 respectively, and the single "Blue Bayou" reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. Ronstadt reduced her activity after 2000 when she felt her singing voice deteriorating. She released her final solo album in 2004 and her final collaborative album in 2006, and performed her final live concert in 2009. She published an autobiography, Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, in September 2013.

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Linda Ronstadt is known for Versatile American singer known for her work across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul genres.

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Linda Ronstadt was born on 15 July 1946.

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