Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt (July 15, 1946) is an American pop and country rock singer, who scored hits with You're No Good (1974), When Wil I Be Loved?, Heat Wave (1975), Blue Bayou (1977) and It's So Easy (1977). She has covered several oldies and managed to bring them back into the hitparade. Ronstadt also recorded several songs in Spanish, including her hit album Canciones de Mi Padre (1987). Ronstadt has also been a productive guest vocalist on many records by well-known artists, including Under African Skies (on Paul Simon's Graceland (1986)) and collaborations with Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Aaron Neville.
Frank Zappa
Ronstadt worked in Herb Cohen's folk clubs with The Stone Poneys. Cohen introduced them to Nick Venet at Capitol Records. In 1967, she recorded Remington Electric Razor, composed and written by Frank Zappa. Interviewed by Laura Barton for The Guardian (28 September 2017), Ronstadt commented on her performance: "It was so musically complicated that I don't know if they liked it. It was kind of like Bambi and Deep Throat on the same bill; it was not a likely pairing."[1]
She is also credited in Uncle Meat (The Film).
Frank Zappa about Linda Ronstadt
"For the broadest base of American pop-music consumption, the mindless-fun quotient is very important. You buy a record because it reinforces your lifestyle. Not necessarily to listen to it, but just to have it with you, just to be in the atmosphere of your life so you can groove along with your peer group with this thing supporting your aesthetic. You're upwardly mobile, you're a groovy guy, kinda modern, so you have fusion music. You're a laid-back, romantic person, you have the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. These are artifacts that support your lifestyle." - Frank Zappa in Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean, John Swenson, High Times #55, March 1980.
