Post by galaxyseal on Nov 2, 2019 17:07:33 GMT
Linda Maria Ronstadt
Vocal Range: C♯3 - E♭6
Associated Acts: The Stone Poneys (1965 - 1968), Solo (1967 - 2011)
{Background & Vocal Summary:}Linda Ronstadt is an American singer-songwriter known for hit songs such as "Blue Bayou" and "You're No Good". While Linda began her career in the late 60s as a part of the group "The Stone Poneys", she didn't necessarily come into the public eye until she released "Heart Like a Wheel" and "Simple Dreams" with the former featuring the #1 single "You're No Good" and the latter featuring "Blue Bayou" which is generally considered her signature song. One of the leading women in the 70s, Linda was one of the most popular female singers at the time and famous for her "rock chick" image. Linda has had a very lengthy career spanning over four decades and she is also known for her collaborations (particularly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris) and her versatility with genres, singing in rock music, Spanish music, jazz music and so on. Her final albums titled "Hummin' to Myself" and "Adieu False Heart" were released in 2004 and 2006 respectively with the latter being a duet album. After completing her final tour in 2009, Linda announced that she was retiring in 2011 and was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (originally misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease) the next year, leaving her unable to sing. While Linda is no longer be able to sing, her distinct singing and sound has influenced many artists including Shania Twain and Sheryl Crow and she is well-deserving of the praise she has received over the years.
Linda's voice is that of a soprano. Famed for her powerful, emotional and distinct vocals, Linda was more than capable of delivering strong and consistent vocal performances across the span of her career. She possesses a fairly strong lower register that grew stronger over the years, showing comfort singing in the mid to lower third octave ("King of Bohemia", "Falling Down", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"). Linda is most-known for her powerful belting, which she showed off in her prime years. She could deliver strong belts whenever she liked and sustain them for impressive amounts of time ("Party Girl", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "Dreams to Dream"). Although used less frequently, Linda has a rather impressive head voice, showing great ease in the upper-fifth octave and even the sixth ("Poor Wandering One", "La Boheme (Finale)", "I Knew You When"). While she has retired and unfortunately been left unable to sing after her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, her voice will still be remembered as one of the finest of her time.
Linda's voice is that of a soprano. Famed for her powerful, emotional and distinct vocals, Linda was more than capable of delivering strong and consistent vocal performances across the span of her career. She possesses a fairly strong lower register that grew stronger over the years, showing comfort singing in the mid to lower third octave ("King of Bohemia", "Falling Down", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"). Linda is most-known for her powerful belting, which she showed off in her prime years. She could deliver strong belts whenever she liked and sustain them for impressive amounts of time ("Party Girl", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "Dreams to Dream"). Although used less frequently, Linda has a rather impressive head voice, showing great ease in the upper-fifth octave and even the sixth ("Poor Wandering One", "La Boheme (Finale)", "I Knew You When"). While she has retired and unfortunately been left unable to sing after her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, her voice will still be remembered as one of the finest of her time.
{Questionable Notes:}E♭3 ("I Believe in You" questionable quality)
D3 ("Cry Me a River" questionable quality, "White Rhythm & Blues" questionable quality)
• A lot of the lead vocals on "A Merry Little Christmas" are questionable. Linda is the only person credited for lead vocals for the entire album on each song (minus one duet) yet some of the songs do feature lead vocals that I'm unsure are Linda because they usually feature vocals in the mid fifth octave (up to G5) which Linda usually didn't use much around the time period and there a few background vocalists credited as singing soprano vocals (which includes Linda) so I've only included notes that I'm 100% sure are Linda.
D3 ("Cry Me a River" questionable quality, "White Rhythm & Blues" questionable quality)
• A lot of the lead vocals on "A Merry Little Christmas" are questionable. Linda is the only person credited for lead vocals for the entire album on each song (minus one duet) yet some of the songs do feature lead vocals that I'm unsure are Linda because they usually feature vocals in the mid fifth octave (up to G5) which Linda usually didn't use much around the time period and there a few background vocalists credited as singing soprano vocals (which includes Linda) so I've only included notes that I'm 100% sure are Linda.
Significant High Notes:
E♭6 ("Poor Wandering One")
C♯6 ("Poor Wandering One")
C6 ("The Encounter", "I Knew You When", "La Boheme (Finale)" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984)
B5 ("How Beautifully Blue the Sky")
B♭5 ("Stay, Frederic, Stay", "Tumbling Dice")
A5 ("All Is Prepared", "Freezing", "Heat Wave", "How Do I Make You" live Live in Hollywood, "La Boheme (Finale)" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "Labyrinth", "Mimi's Aria" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "The Tattler")
G♯5 ("All Is Prepared", "Anyone Who Had a Heart", "The Encounter", "Forgetting", "How Beautifully Blue the Sky", "How Do I Make You", "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself", "Remington Electric Razor" TV commercial)
G5 ("Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine", "El Crucifijo De Piedra (The Crucifix of Stone)", "The Fast One", "I Can't Let Go", "Ooh Baby, Baby", "Poor Wandering One", "Remington Electric Razor" TV commercial, "Sorry Her Lot", "Stay, Frederic, Stay", "That'll Be the Day")
F♯5 ("Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine", "Easy for You to Say", "The Encounter", "How Beautifully Blue the Sky", "How Do I Make You", "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself", "Mimi's Aria" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear", "The Tattler", "Tracks of My Tears")
F5 ("Angel Baby", "Don't Know Much", "Faithless Love", "Freezing", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Give One Heart", "I Can't Let Go", "Just One Look", "Labyrinth", "Many Rivers to Cross", "Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear", "Oh No Not My Baby", "Remington Electric Razor" TV commercial, "Roll Um Easy", "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me", "Sorry Her Lot", "Tumbling Dice", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Winter Light", "Xicochi, Xicochi", "You're No Good" live Live in Hollywood)
E5 ("2:10 Train", "Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine", "All Is Prepared", "Dreams to Dream", "The Encounter", "Golden Song/Merry-Go-Round/Love Is a Child", "He Rode All the Way to Texas", "Hearts Against the Wind", "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Different", "La Boheme (Finale)" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "La Cigarra (The Cicada)", "Labyrinth", "Lies", "Mad Love", "Mimi's Aria" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "No, I Am Brave", "Ooh Baby, Baby", "Stay, Frederic, Stay", "Stoney End", "Tata Dios (Father God)", "The Tattler", "Tell Him", "When We Ran", "White Rhythm & Blues")
E♭5 ("Anyone Who Had a Heart", "Baby, I Love You", "Blue Bayou", "Desperado", "Down So Low", "Easy for You to Say", "The Fast One", "Forgetting", "How Beautifully Blue the Sky", "How Do I Make You", "I Believe in You", "I Keep It Hid", "I Wonder as I Wander", "Lose Again", "Moonlight in Vermont", "No, I Am Brave", "Oh No Not My Baby", "Pretty Bird", "Rogaciano El Huapanguero (Rogatian the Huapanguero)", "Silver Wings", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me", "That'll Be the Day", "Tumbling Dice", "You're No Good")
D5 ("1917", "Adios", "After the Gold Rush", "All That You Dream", "Angel Baby", "Back in the U.S.A.", "The Blue Train", "Colorado", "Dark End of the Street", "Do What You Gotta Do", "Dreams to Dream", "Drift Away" live with Cher 1975, "El Gustito (The Taste)", "Evergreen (Part One)", "Gainesville", "Gentle Annie", "Give One Heart", "Golden Song/Merry-Go-Round/Love Is a Child", "Guadalupe", "Heat Wave", "Hey Mister, That's Me Up on the Jukebox", "Hold, Monsters!", "Hummin' to Myself", "Hurt So Bad", "I Knew You When", "I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "I Won't Be Hangin' Round", "I'll Be Seeing You", "It's Too Soon to Know", "Just One Look", "Lies", "Lion in the Winter", "Long Long Time", "Love Has No Pride", "Many Rivers to Cross", "Married Man" live SNL 1979, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "Morning Blues", "Never Will I Marry", "Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear", "The One I Love Is Gone", "People Gonna Talk", "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" live Live in Hollywood, "Raise the Dead", "Rescue Me" live Linda Ronstadt, "River", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live SNL 1979, "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Don't Cry Now version, "Some of Shelly's Blues", "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", "Somewhere Out there", "Sorry Her Lot", "Stay, Frederic, Stay", "Still Within the Sound of My Voice", "Talking in the Dark", "Try Me Again", "Only Mama That'll Walk the Line", "When the Foeman Bares His Steel", "When We Ran", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Winter Light", "Xicochi, Xicochi")
C♯5 ("Adonde Voy (Where I Am Going)", "The Adventures of Corduroy Theme Song", "Benediction", "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad", "Blue Bayou", "Break My Mind", "Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry", "Desperado", "Don't Cry Now", "Don't Know Much", "El Crucifijo De Piedra (The Crucifix of Stone)", "Everyone Loves a Winner", "Faithless Love", "Fill My Eyes" live ABC in Concert 1973, "The First Cut Is the Deepest" live ABC in Concert 1973, "Get Closer", "Go Away from My Window", "Heartbeats Accelerating", "How Do I Make You", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", "I Keep It Hid", "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Different", "I've Turned You to Stone", "Icy Blue Heart", "In My Reply", "It's So Easy" live Live in Hollywood, "Just a Little Bit of Rain", "Keeping Out of Mischief Now", "La Boheme (Finale)" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "Life Goes On", "Lightning Bar Blues", "Lion in the Winter", "Lo Siento Mi Vida", "Morning Blues", "Old Paint", "Party Girl", "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me", "Raise the Dead", "Rescue Me" live Linda Ronstadt, "Simple Man, Simple Dream", "Sisters", "Tell Him", "Telling Me Lies", "Tracks of My Tears", "Trouble Again", "Valerie", "Walk Away Renée", "Walk On", "When Will I Be Loved", "Wild About My Lovin'", "You're No Good")
C5 ("Adios", "All My Life", "Am I Blue?", "Angel Baby", "Anyone Who Had a Heart", "Baby, I Love You", "Back in the U.S.A.", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Blowing Away", "The Blue Train", "Cry Like a Rainstorm", "Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry", "Cuando Me Querias Tú (When You Loved Me)", "Dark End of the Street", "Do What You Gotta Do", "Don't Cry Now", "Down So Low", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "El Gustito (The Taste)", "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", "Evergreen (Part One)", "Falling Down", "Falling in Love Again", "Falling Star", "The Fast One", "Feels Like Home", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", "For a Dancer", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Gainesville", "Get Out of Town", "Go Away from My Window", "God Bless the Child" live Playboy After Dark 1969, "Golden Ring", "Goodbye My Friend", "Guadalupe", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hearts Against the Wind", "Hey Good Lookin'" live Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1975, "High Sierra", "Hurt So Bad", "I Can Almost See It", "I Can't Let Go", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Keep It Hid", "I Knew You When", "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons", "I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "I Want a Horse", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "I'm Leaving It All Up to You", "I've Never Been in Love Before", "It Never Entered My Mind", "Just One Look", "Justine", "Keeping Out of Mischief Now", "Lose Again", "Love Has No Pride", "Lovesick Blues", "Mad Love", "Many Rivers to Cross", "Marie Mouri", "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring", "Mohammed's Radio", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "Moonlight in Vermont", "The New Partner Waltz", "Oh No Not My Baby", "The Old Crossroads", "Ooh Baby, Baby", "Orion", "Palomita De Ojos Negros (A Little White Dove With Black Eyes)", "Piel Canela (Cinnamon Skin)", "Price of Love", "Prisoner in Disguise", "Real Emotional Girl" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "Remington Electric Razor" TV commercial, "River", "Roll Um Easy", "'Round Midnight", "Ruler of My Heart", "Sail Away", "Sailing Shoes" live WHFS-FM 1975, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live SNL 1979, "So Right, So Wrong", "Some of Shelly's Blues", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", "Sophisticated Lady", "Sorrow Lives Here", "Sorry Her Lot", "The Star-Spangled Banner" live Dodger Stadium 1977, "Still Within the Sound of My Voice", "Stoney End", "Talking in the Dark", "Try Me Again", "Tumbling Dice", "The Very Thought of You", "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" live with Johnny Cash 1969, "Walk On", "We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus (And a Lot Less Rock & Roll)", "Western Wall", "What's New?", "When I Fall in Love", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "When the Foeman Bares His Steel", "When We Ran", "Winter Light", "You Can Close Your Eyes")
B4 ("2:10 Train", "Adieu False Heart", "Adonde Voy (Where I Am Going)", "The Adventures of Corduroy Theme Song", "After the Gold Rush", "Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine", "Alison", "All Is Prepared", "All That You Dream", "An American Dream", "Aren't You the One", "Be My Baby", "Benediction", "Blue Bayou", "Break My Mind", "Burns' Supper", "The Christmas Song", "Colorado", "Corrido De Cananea (Ballad of Cananea)", "Cost of Love", "Crazy", "Crazy He Calls Me", "Day Dream", "Desperado", "Don't Know Much", "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Dreams to Dream", "Drift Away" live with Cher 1975, "El Silencio De La Noche", "El Sol Que Tú Eres (Sun That You Are)", "Everyone Loves a Winner", "Falling Star", "Fill My Eyes" live ABC in Concert 1973, "The First Cut Is the Deepest" live ABC in Concert 1973, "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Gainesville", "Girls Talk", "Give One Heart", "Gold Watch and Chain" live with Emmylou Harris 1979, "Golden Song/Merry-Go-Round/Love Is a Child", "Goodbye", "Guadalupe", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "He Rode All the Way to Texas", "Heartbreak Kind", "Heat Wave", "Hey Mister, That's Me Up on the Jukebox", "Hobo's Meditation", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "I Fall to Pieces" live Linda Ronstadt, "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself", "I Will Always Love You", "I Wonder as I Wander", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm a Fool to Want You", "I'm Different", "I've Got to Know", "I've Never Been in Love Before", "I've Turned You to Stone", "If I Were You", "In My Room", "It's So Easy", "It's Too Soon to Know", "Keep Me from Blowing Away", "La Barca De Guaymas (The Boat from Guaymas)", "La Charreada (The Charreada)", "La Cigarra (The Cicada)", "Life Goes On", "Lies", "Long Long Time", "The Long Way Around", "Los Laureles (The Laurels)", "Lush Life", "Mental Revenge", "Meredith (On My Mind)", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "My Funny Valentine", "My Hero", "Never Will I Marry", "No, I Am Brave", "One More Song" live Worcester 1974, "Ooh Baby, Baby", "Orion", "The Pain of Loving You", "Parlez-Moi D'Amour", "Party Girl", "Pena De Los Amores (Love Sorrows)", "People Gonna Talk", "Por Un Amor (For a Love)", "Pretty Bird", "Prisoner in Disguise", "Rambler Gambler", "Rescue Me" live Linda Ronstadt, "Rip It Up" live with Cher 1975, "Rock Me on the Water", "Silver Blue", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Don't Cry Now version, "Silver Wings", "Sisters", "Simple Man, Simple Dream", "Skylark", "So Right, So Wrong", "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sophisticated Lady", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "Talk to Me of Mendocino", "Tata Dios (Father God)", "The Tattler", "Te Quiero Dijiste (I Love You, You Said)", "Tell Him", "Telling Me Lies", "This Is to Mother You", "Through the Bottom of the Glass", "Toys of Time", "Tracks of My Tears", "Try Me Again", "Valerie", "What'll I Do?", "When Will I Be Loved", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "White Rhythm & Blues", "Wildflowers", "Willin'", "You Can't Treat the Wrong Man Right")
B♭4 ("1917", "All My Life", "Alma Adentro (Deep Within My Soul)", "Am I Blue?", "Back in the U.S.A.", "Bartender Blues", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Can It Be True", "Can't We Be Friends", "Carnival Bear", "The Christmas Song", "Close Your Eyes", "Country Comfort", "Crazy He Calls Me", "Damage", "Day Dream", "Do What You Gotta Do", "The Dolphins", "Down So Low", "Easy for You to Say", "El Camino (The Road)", "El Crucifijo De Piedra (The Crucifix of Stone)", "El Sueño (The Dream)", "El Toro Relajo (The Partying Bull)", "En Mi Soledad (In My Solitude)", "Entre Abismos (Between Abysses)", "Evergreen (Part One)", "Faithless Love", "Falling Down", "Falling in Love Again", "Farther Along", "Get Out of Town", "Gritenme Piedras Del Campo (Scream to Me Stones in the Field)", "He Darked the Sun", "Heart Like a Wheel", "Hey Good Lookin'" live Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1975, "High Sierra", "Hold, Monsters!", "Hummin' to Myself", "I Believe in You", "I Can't Get Over You", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "I Want a Horse", "I Won't Be Hangin' Round", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Leaving It All Up to You", "If He's Ever Near", "In My Reply", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It's About Time", "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "Justine", "Keeping Out of Mischief Now", "La Mariquita (The Ladybug)", "La Negra Noche", "Let's Get Together", "Little Girl Blue", "Living Like a Fool", "The Long Way Around", "Lose Again", "Love Has No Pride", "Making Plans", "The Man I Love", "Marie Mouri", "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring", "Mean to Me", "Mi Ranchito (My Little Ranch)", "Miss Otis Regrets", "Mohammed's Radio", "Moonlight in Vermont", "My Blue Tears", "My Dear Companion", "My Hero", "New Hard Times", "Old Paint", "The One I Love Is Gone", "Only Mama That'll Walk the Line", "Palomita De Ojos Negros (A Little White Dove With Black Eyes)", "Piensa En Mí (Think of Me)", "Please Remember Me", "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me", "Real Emotional Girl" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "A River for Him", "Rogaciano El Huapanguero (Rogatian the Huapanguero)", "Shattered", "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" live SNL 1979, "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Sisters", "Sisters of Mercy", "Sweet Summer Blue and Gold", "Te Quiero Dijiste (I Love You, You Said)", "Teardrops Will Fall", "Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water", "The Very Thought of You", "The Waiting", "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" live with Johnny Cash 1969, "Walk On", "Western Wall", "What'll I Do?", "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "White Christmas", "Why", "Wild About My Lovin'", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Y Ándale (Get on With It)", "You Can't Treat the Wrong Man Right", "You Go to My Head", "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down", "You're No Good")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("Adonde Voy (Where I Am Going)", "All My Life", "Angel Baby", "Back in the U.S.A.", "Benediction", "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad", "Bicycle Song (Soon Now)", "Brahms' Lullaby", "By the Fruits of Their Labors", "Can It Be True", "The Christmas Song", "Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry", "Damage", "Day Dream", "Do What You Gotta Do", "The Dolphins", "Dreams of the San Joaquin", "El Camino (The Road)", "En Mi Soledad (In My Solitude)", "Falling Down", "Falling in Love Again", "For a Dancer", "Freezing", "Grey Funnel Line", "Hearts Against the Wind", "Heart Like a Wheel", "High Sierra", "I Can't Get Over You", "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself", "I Knew You When", "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons", "I Never Will Marry", "I Want a Horse", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "It Never Entered My Mind", "La Calandria (The Lark)", "La Mariquita (The Ladybug)", "Lose Again", "Love Has No Pride", "Making Plans", "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring", "Miss Otis Regrets", "Moonlight in Vermont", "Mr. Sandman", "My Funny Valentine", "Nobody's", "The One I Love Is Gone", "Only Mama That'll Walk the Line", "Party Girl", "Piensa En Mí (Think of Me)", "Poor Wandering One", "Quiéreme Mucho (Love Me a Lot)", "Sail Away", "Shattered", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Silver Wings", "Sisters", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Tumbling Dice", "Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water", "The Very Thought of You", "The Waiting", "Waltz Across Texas Tonight", "What'll I Do?", "When I Fall in Love", "Why", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Y Ándale (Get on With It)", "You're No Good")
A3 ("2:10 Train", "Across the Border", "The Adventures of Corduroy Theme Song", "After the Gold Rush", "An American Dream", "Are My Thoughts With You?", "Aren't You the One", "Back Home", "Back on the Street Again", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Blue Prelude", "Break My Mind", "But Not for Me", "Calling My Children Home", "The Christmas Song", "Colorado", "Corrido De Cananea (Ballad of Cananea)", "Cry Like a Rainstorm", "December Dream", "Despojos (Fragments)", "Devoted to You", "Different Drum", "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)", "Dos Arbolitos (Two Little Trees)", "Drift Away" live with Cher 1975, "El Silencio De La Noche", "El Sol Que Tú Eres (Sun That You Are)", "El Toro Relajo (The Partying Bull)", "Entre Abismos (Between Abysses)", "Everyone Loves a Winner", "Falling in Love Again", "Forgetting", "Frenesí (Frenzy)", "Get Out of Town", "Give One Heart", "Go Away from My Window", "Good Night", "Gritenme Piedras Del Campo (Scream to Me Stones in the Field)", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "He Rode All the Way to Texas", "Heartache" live WHFS-FM 1975, "Heartbeats Accelerating", "Hey Mister, That's Me Up on the Jukebox", "Hobo's Meditation", "Hummin' to Myself", "I Ain't Always Been Faithful", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You", "I Go to Pieces", "I Need You", "I Still Miss Someone", "I Want a Horse", "I Will Always Love You", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I'm Leaving It All Up to You", "I've Never Been in Love Before", "I've Turned You to Stone", "Icy Blue Heart", "If I Should Fall Behind", "In a Deep Sleep", "In My Room", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "It Won't Be Easy", "It's Just a Matter of Time", "It's Too Soon to Know", "Just a Little Bit of Rain", "Just One Look", "Keep Me from Blowing Away", "Keeping Out of Mischief Now", "King of Bohemia", "La Charreada (The Charreada)", "La Cigarra (The Cicada)", "La Mariquita (The Ladybug)", "La Negra Noche", "Life Is Like a Mountain Railway", "Lightning Bar Blues", "Living Like a Fool", "Long Long Time", "Louise", "Love Me Tender", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Lover's Return", "Lush Life", "The Man I Love", "Married Man" live SNL 1979, "Mentira Salome (Lie Salome)", "Meredith (On My Mind)", "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", "Morning Blues", "Mr. Radio", "My Old Flame", "Never Will I Marry", "The Old Crossroads", "One More Song" live Worcester 1974, "Perfidia (Perfidy)", "Por Un Amor (For a Love)", "Price of Love", "Ramblin' 'Round", "Rattle My Cage", "Real Emotional Girl" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "Rider in the Rain" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "River", "A River for Him", "Rock Me on the Water", "Rock Salt and Nails", "Roll Um Easy", "'Round Midnight", "(She's A) Very Lovely Woman", "Somewhere Out There", "Sophisticated Lady", "Sorrow Lives Here", "Star and a Stone", "The Star-Spangled Banner" live Dodger Stadium 1977, "Stoney End", "Sweet Spot", "Tata Dios (Father God)", "The Tattler", "Tell Him I Said Hello", "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "Ticket to Ride/Long Long Time" live The Andy Williams Show, "Tracks of My Tears", "Trouble Again", "Tú Sólo Tú (You, Only You)", "Verdad Amarga (Bitter Truth)", "Walk Away Renée", "The Water Is Wide", "We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus (And a Lot Less Rock & Roll)", "What's New?", "When the Morning Comes", "When We Ran", "Where Will the Words Come From", "Wildflowers", "You Don't Knock")
G♯3 ("2:10 Train", "Alison", "All My Life", "Am I Blue?", "Angel in the Morning", "Bicycle Song (Soon Now)", "Blue Bayou", "Brahms' Lullaby", "Burns' Supper", "Carnival Bear", "Crazy", "Crazy He Calls Me", "Cuando Me Querias Tú (When You Loved Me)", "Damage", "Desperado", "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?", "Don't Cry Now", "Dreams of the San Joaquin", "Dreams to Dream", "Easy for You to Say", "El Crucifijo De Piedra (The Crucifix of Stone)", "En Mi Soledad (In My Solitude)", "Farther Along", "God Bless the Child" live Playboy After Dark 1969, "Gold Watch and Chain" live with Emmylou Harris 1979, "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "He Darked the Sun", "Hobo's Meditation", "I Won't Be Hangin' Round", "I've Got a Crush on You", "Icy Blue Heart", "If He's Ever Near", "In My Reply", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It's About Time", "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", "Let's Get Together", "Little Girl Blue", "The Long Way Around", "Los Laureles (The Laurels)", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "The Man I Love", "My Blue Tears", "My Funny Valentine", "My Old Flame", "The New Partner Waltz", "A Number and a Name", "Oh No Not My Baby", "Old Paint", "Please Remember Me", "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me", "Por Un Amor (For a Love)", "Remington Electric Razor" TV commercial, "Rogaciano El Huapanguero (Rogatian the Huapanguero)", "Silver Blue", "Silver Wings", "Sisters of Mercy", "Skylark", "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me", "Teardrops Will Fall", "Tell Him I Said Hello", "To Know Him Is to Love Him", "Toys of Time", "The Waiting", "Walk On", "What'll I Do?", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby", "When Will I Be Loved", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where Will the Words Come From", "White Christmas", "Willin'", "You Go to My Head", "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down", "You're No Good")
G3 ("Adios", "All I Left Behind", "All That You Dream", "Alma Adentro (Deep Within My Soul)", "Back Home", "Back in the U.S.A.", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", "Blowing Away", "The Blue Train", "By the Fruits of Their Labors", "Can't We Be Friends", "Carmelita", "Carolina on My Mind" live The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, "Cry Like a Rainstorm", "Cry Me a River", "Cuando Me Querias Tú (When You Loved Me)", "Dark End of the Street", "Day Dream", "Dedicated to the One I Love", "Different Drum", "Do What You Gotta Do", "The Dolphins", "Dos Arbolitos (Two Little Trees)", "El Camino (The Road)", "Faithless Love", "Falling Star", "The Fast One", "Feels Like Home", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Give Me a Reason", "Goodbye", "Guadalupe", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "He Darked the Sun", "Hearts Against the Wind", "Hurt So Bad", "I Ain't Always Been Faithful", "I Believe in You", "I Can Almost See It", "I Can't Let Go", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "I Fall to Pieces" live Linda Ronstadt, "I Still Miss Someone", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "I'll Be Seeing You", "I've Got a Crush on You", "I've Never Been in Love Before", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "It's Too Soon to Know", "Just a Little Bit of Rain", "Just One Look", "Keep Me from Blowing Away", "A La Orilla De Un Palmar", "La Cigarra (The Cicada)", "Life Is Like a Mountain Railway", "Lose Again", "Lover's Return", "Lovesick Blues", "Mad Love", "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring", "Maybe I'm Right", "Mean to Me", "Mental Revenge", "Mi Ranchito (My Little Ranch)", "Mr. Radio", "Mr. Sandman", "My Dear Companion", "My Hero", "Never Will I Marry", "New Hard Times", "The New Partner Waltz", "Nobody's", "One Morning in May", "Ooh Baby, Baby", "Orion", "Piensa En Mí (Think of Me)", "Pleasant as May", "Price of Love", "Prisoner in Disguise", "Quiéreme Mucho (Love Me a Lot)", "Rambler Gambler", "Ramblin' 'Round", "Ring of Fire", "River", "Roll Um Easy", "Ruler of My Heart", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", "Song About the Rain", "So Right, So Wrong", "Sorrow Lives Here", "Star and a Stone", "Still Within the Sound of My Voice", "Stoney End", "Sweet Summer Blue and Gold", "The Sweetest Gift", "Talk to Me of Mendocino", "Talking in the Dark", "Tata Dios (Father God)", "This Is to Mother You", "Ticket to Ride/Long Long Time" live The Andy Williams Show, "To Know Him Is to Love Him", "Too Old to Die Young", "Try Me Again", "The Water Is Wide", "Western Wall", "What's New?", "When We Ran", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "White Christmas", "White Rhythm & Blues", "You Took Advantage of Me")
F♯3 ("Alison", "Blue Bayou", "Blue Prelude", "Close Your Eyes", "Crazy", "Crazy Arms", "Cry Me a River", "Desperado", "Devoted to You", "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)", "Down So Low", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Easy for You to Say", "El Sol Que Tú Eres (Sun That You Are)", "El Sueño (The Dream)", "Fill My Eyes" live ABC in Concert 1973, "Frenesí (Frenzy)", "Gainesville", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "Hasten Down the Wind", "Heartbeats Accelerating", "Hobo", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", "I Get Along Without You Very Well", "I Go to Pieces", "I Still Miss Someone", "I Won't Be Hangin' Round", "I'm a Fool to Want You", "If I Should Fall Behind", "If I Were You", "In a Deep Sleep", "In My Reply", "Keep Me from Blowing Away", "King of Bohemia", "Little Girl Blue", "Lo Siento Mi Vida", "Lover's Return", "Loving the Highway Man", "Lush Life", "Mimi's Aria" live New York Shakespeare Festival 1984, "Moonlight in Vermont", "My Blue Tears", "New Hard Times", "The Pain of Loving You", "Party Girl", "Pretty Bird", "Quiéreme Mucho (Love Me a Lot)", "Silver Blue", "Silver Wings", "Skylark", "Sorrow Lives Here", "Te Quiero Dijiste (I Love You, You Said)", "Tell Him I Said Hello", "Telling Me Lies", "Trouble Again", "You Go to My Head")
F3 ("All I Left Behind", "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad", "Can't We Be Friends", "Crazy He Calls Me", "El Camino (The Road)", "El Chubasco", "Entre Abismos (Between Abysses)", "Farther Along", "Feels Like Home", "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face", "For a Dancer", "Freezing", "Grey Funnel Line", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", "I've Got a Crush on You", "La Calandria (The Lark)", "Love Has No Pride", "Many Rivers to Cross", "Mean to Me", "Mentira Salome (Lie Salome)", "Miss Otis Regrets", "Mr. Sandman", "Oh No Not My Baby", "Real Emotional Girl" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Sophisticated Lady", "The Star-Spangled Banner" live Dodger Stadium 1977, "Still Within the Sound of My Voice", "To Know Him Is to Love Him", "Waltz Across Texas Tonight", "Western Wall", "When I Fall in Love", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "Wildflowers", "You Took Advantage of Me")
E3 ("Cry Me a River", "Dedicated to the One I Love", "Down So Low", "Dreams of the San Joaquin", "For a Dancer", "Freezing", "Gainesville", "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "Heartbeats Accelerating", "If I Should Fall Behind", "In My Room", "King of Bohemia", "Live Singing" live Latin Music USA, "My Hero", "Pleasant as May", "'Round Midnight", "Sweet Spot", "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" live Randy Newman At The Odeon, "Too Old to Die Young", "We Will Rock You", "Willin'" live Live in Hollywood)
E♭3 ("Close Your Eyes", "El Sueño (The Dream)", "Falling Down", "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", "When You Wish Upon a Star")
D3 ("Guadalupe", "Live Singing" live Latin Music USA)
C♯3 ("In My Room", "Pretty Bird")
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Bold marks particularly impressive notes (for the singer's standards).
Underlines mark notes in background vocals or harmonies.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
{Range Video:}
{Album Ranges:}Solo:
Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969): F3 - D5
Silk Purse (1970): G3 - D5
Linda Ronstadt (1972): F♯3 - D5
Don't Cry Now (1973): F3 - G5
Heart Like a Wheel (1974): F♯3 - F5
Prisoner in Disguise (1975): F3 - A5
Hasten Down the Wind (1976): E3 - A5
Simple Dreams (1977): F♯3 - B♭5
Living in the USA (1978): E♭3 - G5
Mad Love (1980): F♯3 - G♯5
Get Closer (1982): F♯3 - C6
What's New (1983): E3 - C5
Lush Life (1984): F3 - C5
For Sentimental Reasons (1986): E♭3 - F5
Canciones de Mi Padre (1987): F3 - E5
Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989): F3 - F5
Mas Canciones (1991): E♭3 - G5
Frenesí (1992): F3 - C5
Winter Light (1993): E3 - G♯5
Feels Like Home (1995): F3 - D5
Dedicated to the One I Love (1996): C♯3 - F5
We Ran (1998): E3 - E5
A Merry Little Christmas (2000): G3 - F5
Hummin' to Myself (2004): E3 - D5
The Stone Poneys:
The Stone Poneys (1967): F♯3 - E5
Evergreen, Volume 2 (1967): F♯3 - D5
Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III (1968): F♯3 - E5
Collaborations:
Trio (1987): F3 - C♯5 (with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton)
Trio II (1999): F3 - E5 (with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton)
Western Wall: - The Tucson Sessions (1999): E♭3 - D5 (with Emmylou Harris)
Adieu False Heart (2006): E3 - D5 (with Ann Savoy)
Soundtracks:
The Pirates of Penzance (1983): B♭3 - E♭6
• I have been unable to find recordings of most of the "Escalator Over the Hill (1971)" album that Linda sung on and don't know which songs she sung in particular besides from "Why". She could have sang on more of the tracks that I have been unable to find, however she might have only sang on "Why" for all I know.
• If a song has been recorded numerous times across her career (such as "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" which was featured on "Hand Sown ... Home Grown" and was later recorded again for "Don't Cry Now") then the version marked on the thread will be of the first studio recording. If no re-recordings are listed then that is because they have the same/less significant notes. If a certain version does have notes that another version does not, then it will be specified.
• Notes from the song "Finale" from the musical "The Pirates of Penzance" have been omitted due to the section in which Linda sings sounding very similar to her singing in "Poor Wandering One" and is more than likely just her section in that song being sampled.
Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969): F3 - D5
Silk Purse (1970): G3 - D5
Linda Ronstadt (1972): F♯3 - D5
Don't Cry Now (1973): F3 - G5
Heart Like a Wheel (1974): F♯3 - F5
Prisoner in Disguise (1975): F3 - A5
Hasten Down the Wind (1976): E3 - A5
Simple Dreams (1977): F♯3 - B♭5
Living in the USA (1978): E♭3 - G5
Mad Love (1980): F♯3 - G♯5
Get Closer (1982): F♯3 - C6
What's New (1983): E3 - C5
Lush Life (1984): F3 - C5
For Sentimental Reasons (1986): E♭3 - F5
Canciones de Mi Padre (1987): F3 - E5
Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989): F3 - F5
Mas Canciones (1991): E♭3 - G5
Frenesí (1992): F3 - C5
Winter Light (1993): E3 - G♯5
Feels Like Home (1995): F3 - D5
Dedicated to the One I Love (1996): C♯3 - F5
We Ran (1998): E3 - E5
A Merry Little Christmas (2000): G3 - F5
Hummin' to Myself (2004): E3 - D5
The Stone Poneys:
The Stone Poneys (1967): F♯3 - E5
Evergreen, Volume 2 (1967): F♯3 - D5
Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III (1968): F♯3 - E5
Collaborations:
Trio (1987): F3 - C♯5 (with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton)
Trio II (1999): F3 - E5 (with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton)
Western Wall: - The Tucson Sessions (1999): E♭3 - D5 (with Emmylou Harris)
Adieu False Heart (2006): E3 - D5 (with Ann Savoy)
Soundtracks:
The Pirates of Penzance (1983): B♭3 - E♭6
• I have been unable to find recordings of most of the "Escalator Over the Hill (1971)" album that Linda sung on and don't know which songs she sung in particular besides from "Why". She could have sang on more of the tracks that I have been unable to find, however she might have only sang on "Why" for all I know.
• If a song has been recorded numerous times across her career (such as "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" which was featured on "Hand Sown ... Home Grown" and was later recorded again for "Don't Cry Now") then the version marked on the thread will be of the first studio recording. If no re-recordings are listed then that is because they have the same/less significant notes. If a certain version does have notes that another version does not, then it will be specified.
• Notes from the song "Finale" from the musical "The Pirates of Penzance" have been omitted due to the section in which Linda sings sounding very similar to her singing in "Poor Wandering One" and is more than likely just her section in that song being sampled.
{Best Vocal Performances:}1. Poor Wandering One
2. Tumbling Dice
3. Dreams To Dream
4. I Knew You When
5. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
6. Winter Light
7. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
8. Party Girl
9. You're No Good
10. Blue Bayou
2. Tumbling Dice
3. Dreams To Dream
4. I Knew You When
5. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
6. Winter Light
7. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
8. Party Girl
9. You're No Good
10. Blue Bayou
