Linda Ronstadt is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Linda Ronstadt as American singer (born 1946).
Linda Ronstadt was born at Tucson in 1946. Her recorded nationality is United States. She trained at Arizona State University and Catalina Magnet High School.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
She worked as singer, actor and singer-songwriter.
The instruments recorded are guitar and voice.
Her work is classed as pop rock, country music and folk music.
She performed with The Bullets and The Stone Poneys.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
The honours record reads: National Medal of Arts (2014), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2016), Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) and Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1977).
That the work came out of United States shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Achievements
- National Medal of Arts — 2014
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — 2016
- Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — 2011
- Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance — 1977
- Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album — 1993
- Instruments: guitar and voice
- Genres: pop rock, country music and folk music
