As popular singers go, she ranks right up there with the best. She could sing any type of music magnificently. The only two people who might have equaled or exceeded her in that respect during the 20th century were Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson.
She absolutely wrecks me every time I hear her,the combination of intelligence innocence,beauty,and that incredible voice leaves me wishing I was near her.What she is going through now seems so cruel and I pray for her to find comfort in these hard times.I know there are millions who feel the same way I do
It's magic. It travels through some alleys and pathways in the consciousness. .... And touches areas that are universal..... Is the Blue Bayou our childhood ?
I know right? My God, Linda just has no equal , she is just really otherworldly and leaves me just speechless with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes! What a magical woman!
I wish they would have had less reverb on her especially during “Blue Bayou”. Maybe an early 80’s thing or as they were talking about being in such a small venue? I always liked her music all the way back to when she burst out on to the scene. However, having been married a woman who is a singer, keyboardist, vocal coach and musical director, I have learned so much about voice from her, that I’m now much more aware of the incredible talent Linda has and is. Her voice is truly one of the best ever. It’s so sad that she has medical conditions that prevent her from singing anymore. Although, she certainly had an incredible career!
Agreed! God broke the mold when HE made that angel! Words cannot begin to describe her. Her voice can bring me to tears on nearly every song and put a lump in my throat. What a magical spell this one casts!
An incredible voice. Linda could sing rock. Linda could sing country. Linda could sing American pop standards, Linda could sing on Broadway. Linda could sing Mexican songs. Linda could sing anything and do it better than anyone else.
Linda has always been my favorite female singer of all..... Nobody else compares to her! I have so many favorite songs choice of music and musicians is legendary
I have never heard a bad note, and like Gladys Knight she doesn't just sing it, she feels it, which moves us. That's what a wise old sage once said "today's music ain't got the same soul"
Linda sang circles around her contemporaries. In addition she makes today's pop/rock/country singers sound like whiny children. Ronstadt had pure power, pure emotion.
I like trio. I like Dolly For being Genuine. Emmylou I have a few records including Tucson Sessions. So there it is .7-9 of Linda. Atlanta concert in 77 b\w was on UA-cam years back. She isn't nervous on stage. I'm glad she explained that to the audience if they couldn't tell. Definitely a fan
Very special songbird. No one had her combination of power and unadorned sorrow. A songwriter's champion without vanity. Her pipes served the song - not her image - how rare.
No one is ever going to be this woman. One of a kind. So effortless. Try singing with her once. You will appreciate the notes she just belts out so effortlessly
Well, fuck me, I'm dead, Willie. By the way, did you ever really learn to actually play a guitar, instead of just looking like a bum for like 50 years?
One of my favorite singer of the seventies and eighties. I saw her play live a number of times and she and her band were always incredible. And such a multifaceted singer successfully spanning many genres. The loss of her voice and health to this terrible degenerative neurological disease is truly a tragedy in my view I also would like to note the red headed lead guitarist on this performance was Andrew Gold, a great musician and producer/arranger in his own right. He did the arrangement for "You're No Good" with the amazing George Harrison inspired solo and the extended instrumental ending. I view that song as one of the best arranged pop songs of the 70's. He also came from quite a musical lineage. His mother was singer Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady; his father was Ernest Gold, an Austrian-born composer who won an Academy Award for his score for the movie Exodus. The apple did not fall far from the tree!
undeniably the most versatile female singers of all time. She was able to cross several genres of popular music. She also occupied a place in rock that won her the accolade and respect of several of the greatest rock bands from the 1970s.
Oh Linda STILL rules my world! I am just a pile of mush when i listen to her. She has cast an unbreakable spell upon me. I am just smitten and awe struck by her.
@@fishhuntadventure Pop radio is its own little microcosm of hell in music, utterly unlistenable. It’s helpful to realize how insignificant a sliver of music is played on radio. Programmers have zero understanding of music history and choose only what they think will sell soap. Those simpletons are almost entirely responsible for the plague of tuned voices, having once summarily rejected any recordings without. That ban resulted in what you hear there today. I still hear some of my own classic recordings slipped in there occasionally and I can guarantee that nothing I’ve ever done has tuning. There is no tuning on anything I have ever made.
This amazing perfect pitch voice and this incredibly beautiful woman,u just start staring at her and forget ur hearing the voice of maybe the greatest female singer of all time
Being a fanatic of opera, I know she could have done that as well. She attempted LaBoheme once and admitted she wasn’t prepared for it but she could have done it had she wanted to. It was that kind of voice: bright, powerful, open. Instantly recognizable. She makes me cry.
Linda is 7 years older than me. That girl was such a fox and presence in music when I was a teenager and in my early 20's.....boy, could she sing and I think all of my friends loved that girl. She was the bomb to all of us. Her looks, her songs, her mannerism....the package indeed!
Linda ronstadt is absolutely charming ! I have so much love for her . She is gifted in looks in personality in music , and as a lovely person . Saw her 4 times . 💜❤
It is so refreshing to listen to singers from an era without auto-tune. Remarkably, pop stars once had to actually be able to sing. Now they all sound like caterwauling robots.
Lots of comments saying things like "effortless", "talented", "incredible". What I take from this single performance is how easily she could sing a soft song and then just explode into the chorus. I've always known she was supremely talented as a singer, but this performance being not only 100% live, but with a respectfully silent audience, shows her at her absolute finest.
The BEST female voice of them all in my opinion, Powerful without just yelling, but by singing like an angel ... And such a beautiful classy person too - We LOVE YOU Linda ❤️👏❤️👏❤️👏
I was lucky to get to see her in concert many moons ago and she was amazing! What a powerful voice! Ha, my friends and I wanted to be just like her,ha wanted to be her! We loved belting out her songs on the radio while cruising in our cars!
The real deal. Not a pretentious bone in her adorable body. Sublime singer, interesting mind. Don't think we know her at all - just the joy and sorrow of her songs.
Don't know that I've ever heard anyone who can bring so much emotion to a song. Up there with Ella Fitzgerald as one of the all time greats. Thank god she was given the opportunity to share her talents with us.
Just mesmerizing. Long ago stopped wondering about what she sang, when she sang it, who she sang it with even how she sang it. All I need is to hear that voice. Authentic pipes and deep musical passion.
So beautiful and such an amazing voice. We were truly blessed by her talent. Her “What’s New” showcased her incredible voice. Nobody will ever sing those songs better than Linda.
WOW... This is the first time I've seen this clip. As always Linda's voice and control is impeccable. What I see, is the benefits that performing Pirates of Penzance has done for her stage precense.
I saved every nickel and every dime to go see you in concert Linda. How your music your voice and your beauty got me through jr and high school. THANK YOU ! You will always be the queen of music.
Growing up in the 1970s, I loved her with every beat of my heart. Linda got me through some of my darkest hours of my youth, with her angel voice, which would pierce my darkness with her radiant light. I am forever indebted to her. She so understood what it was like to be a girl in the ‘70s; the Laurel Canyon sound; life in L.A. An incomparable, newly-traversed era lacking sign-posts: never to be experienced again. But Linda was there, and she carved a lasting path, which will remain lit forever. I love you Linda Paloma.
she was so perfect in this appearance the beauty the voice those eyes the person that got to spend time looking into those eyes was very lucky those amazing eyes
W O W ! ! ! That's easy for her to sing! The ending of "Easy For You To Say" was absolutely hauntingly good! Easily the best voice in popular music of many genre's from the 1960's to the 2010's. The work they must have had to do to the stage sound system to allow her voice to come through the way it did must have been monumental. Staggering ability. The incomparable Linda Ronstadt...
This woman has done it all - and exceptionally. Rock, country, jazz, Broadway, blues, big band, mariachi, classical, etc. No one today even comes close.
Saw her several times in concert....she was great. Her voice filled the place. She was one of my absolute favorites. She, Joni Mitchell, Baez were all mentors for me as a folk singer. She could wail and I loved that. She had gumption. But always a lady.
I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Linda (fronted by Jackson Brown) at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 1971. Her performance was immaculate - her delivery was spot on - her incredible warmth and sweetness shown through the darkness of the theatre.
Roy Orbison's song really shines with Linda's powerful, rich, and emotional performance of this song. I've never heard her rendition equaled .. or even come close. Simply stunning.
Platinum pipes. Great musical chops, surrounded by fine players that adored her(rockers, orchestras, Mariachis, banjos...) She didn't do much TV in these superstar days(75 - 89). Got to love her with Carson. Unusual mind, and a natural charming power that is much more than her hit records. Linda was a rarity.
Just just might be true ,....And I'm not talking about comparing her to the likes of JoanJet ... She crossed over into several different genres oif music that just is not seen before or after her really .... She always gave cool interviews also :0)
There were so many good singers of that era. I think Karen Carpenter probably had the best voice. But she didn't sing rock. Linda could really belt it out.
If you were shy and insecure, I’m glad you became confident . If you were afraid to sing, then I’m glad that you overcame; because we all would have missed a very classy, personable, and beautiful artist. Thank you Linda, for giving a part of your life to comfort us, we the audience. Peace and Love.
A great gifted singer with real talent that worked hard at her craft. I heard her say in an interview she practiced singing for six hours a day to get her voice to do what she wanted it to do.
What a beautiful, beautiful voice ! It is such a shame that she’s no longer able to use that incredible instrument, but, through her recordings it will live forever. Bless you, Linda.
So hot to look at and what a set of pipes she has.............amazing vocal range. So sad how life has treated her now. Thank you for all the great music you've given us!
Yes. I'd have loved to hear her elaborate on the economics of the Weimar republic, that she mentioned in passing--realizing it was too academic for the moment, but clearly she would have enjoyed elaborating. So smart (beyond her more obvious talent and beauty). And what a shame we didn't get too hear what she would have wanted to do if she couldn't sing. That was a prescient moment, cut off by Johnny's wonderful comic timing. She got distracted, and of course "the show must go on". :-)
where is this kind of wonderful dialogue in today's talk show? (see interview with johnny) it's not johnny's interview skills alone, Ronstadt is such a professional, so intellectually curious and insightful. wow, i miss those days. i had forgotten how great it was to watch this kind of quality TV after the news.
This rendition is absolutely awesome! Here, her voice really sounds much better than the studio version! I sure miss her voice; now that it has been silenced at least we have her recordings! The Spanish verse was really neat!
Great pure singer. Already moving away from a dying rock scene in 1983 but still giving us some popular power and a charm all her own. Thanks for posting.
One of the things i just love about these You tube vids is i can go onto You tube anytime and be transmitted back in time...and just for a minute or two i am young again! So thanks to the people who help dust off these old performances for all to enjoy. imo Linda was one of the best ever...i love her so.....!
John Jensen my hope is that aside from the trio songs drummed up, more songs will appear that didn't make it to her records. It'll be like a new album.
@TJWash I hope so too. I don't believe there has ever been a live album of her music released. I'd love to get hold of that. I ordered a live album by Rita Coolidge on amazon and that is the first live album I've seen of hers too.
John Jensen Of all the singers why didn't she release a live album, right!? She's pitch perfect and so powerful live. There are a few live recordings of her on Amazon, the reviews are negative for sound. Also on iTunes the Western Wall concert is available with sound issues.
I cried when I heard she would no longer be able to sing, and of her illness. Long, Long Time, Love has no Pride, Faithless Love, Shattered, When Will I Be Loved, and her fun old Break my Mind, and so many more. I miss her voice.
COMPLETELY speechless. God Almighty, I will always love this angel from Heaven, and when she goes back there, I want to go at precisely the same time. Simply no words. NO WORDS.
Sultry lady. She was so beautiful and what a terrific voice. My favourite female singer ever. Great interview. Good to see the much missed Andrew Gold there too.
Steve Morgan Much missed and woefully under-appreciated Andrew Gold. I would love to see documentaries of some of the more ambitious sidemen who made their own records like Gold or David Lindley. Lindley was very prominent during the Trio appearance on the Tonight Show 4 years later.
Linda Ronstadt was one of the finest singers across all genres! She is an American treasure and living legend!
As popular singers go, she ranks right up there with the best. She could sing any type of music magnificently. The only two people who might have equaled or exceeded her in that respect during the 20th century were Mario Lanza & Kathryn Grayson.
I believe her best efforts were in Spanish.
She was undoubtedly one of the best female singers in US but still the best voice except for opera and jazz singers belongs to Karen Carpenter.
@@elzbietamayers1878 Karen Carpenter did Opera?
Linda was fantastic.
What a great voice and beautiful too , and those eyes had me mesmerized
She absolutely wrecks me every time I hear her,the combination of intelligence innocence,beauty,and that incredible voice leaves me wishing I was near her.What she is going through now seems so cruel and I pray for her to find comfort in these hard times.I know there are millions who feel the same way I do
Well not innocence 😮
i'm saddened at the adversity and illness she has faced.
Absolutely
Thank the Lord that we have video and audio and tapes and etc!
I'm 87 years old and I could listen to her all the day and night! She just nailed it each song she sings!
Still amazing. What a great talent she is. Who is still here in 2024 listening to these beautiful songs ❤
Not just the rock hall of fame, the human being hall of beauty and excellence.
She can't sing anymore with her rare brain condition!
ME
It's magic. It travels through some alleys and pathways in the consciousness. .... And touches areas that are universal..... Is the Blue Bayou our childhood ?
I AM HERE, SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO, CITY
Absolute vocal perfection. Her control and pitch are astonishing.
I know right? My God, Linda just has no equal , she is just really otherworldly and leaves me just speechless with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes! What a magical woman!
Plus spanish❤❤❤❤
I wish they would have had less reverb on her especially during “Blue Bayou”. Maybe an early 80’s thing or as they were talking about being in such a small venue? I always liked her music all the way back to when she burst out on to the scene. However, having been married a woman who is a singer, keyboardist, vocal coach and musical director, I have learned so much about voice from her, that I’m now much more aware of the incredible talent Linda has and is. Her voice is truly one of the best ever. It’s so sad that she has medical conditions that prevent her from singing anymore. Although, she certainly had an incredible career!
Linda was a force of nature. There will never be another like her.
Agreed! God broke the mold when HE made that angel! Words cannot begin to describe her. Her voice can bring me to tears on nearly every song and put a lump in my throat. What a magical spell this one casts!
We have to believe there will be or else, life becomes pessimistic.
@@gtswann. That bird has flown but we will always feel the breeze of her wings…the voice of an angei
Sure we will. Some pop singers in fact have had better voices.
Yes, but very few. We have to treasure them like a good wine maker. Dissuade them and we lose.@@jamesanthony5681
No reverb, just raw talent. Has different ranges not even straining. Voice like an Angel.
Too bad the TV sound engineer laid on so much reverb, clearly unnecessary for her voice.
Well, actually, there's a ton of reverb but that's a side chain that gets mixed in at appropriate levels.
So true….. no strain….. a lot like Karen Carpenter…. Geniuses both….
@@michellesiderio1010 Karen tops them all…..better than Linda, Streisand etc. THE voice of a generation, Karen Carpenter.
Keith Richards said he wrote Tumbin' Dice but after hearing Linda sing it said "it belongs to Linda". That's a heckuva compliment.
True. Keith would know. He’s been around since like 1412 or so.
That is correct
@@notofthisworld37 🤣
@@notofthisworld37🤣🤣Yeah, at least--!
Here here.instrumenation helps(her band)in that ownership claim=thx.(!)
An incredible voice. Linda could sing rock. Linda could sing country. Linda could sing American pop standards, Linda could sing on Broadway. Linda could sing Mexican songs. Linda could sing anything and do it better than anyone else.
true peter ruden!
The bands always snap too on the tonight Show, no arrogant bs.
Linda has always been my favorite female singer of all..... Nobody else compares to her! I have so many favorite songs choice of music and musicians is legendary
She’s super cute too!
She sang opera too! She is the greatest
So glad I lived in the era of Linda Ronstadt. She never disappoints.
Her pitch was always impeccable, her tone and power unmatchable. I've loved everything she's done in any genre she chose.
me too
I have never heard a bad note, and like Gladys Knight she doesn't just sing it, she feels it, which moves us. That's what a wise old sage once said "today's music ain't got the same soul"
Effortless power and unadorned sorrow. A deep connection to the music and our hearts. A voice and vibe all her own.
Linda had perfect pitch and vocal control. Just a perfect treasure for all of us to enjoy!!
Linda sang circles around her contemporaries. In addition she makes today's pop/rock/country singers sound like whiny children. Ronstadt had pure power, pure emotion.
I like trio. I like Dolly For being Genuine. Emmylou I have a few records including Tucson Sessions. So there it is .7-9 of Linda. Atlanta concert in 77 b\w was on UA-cam years back. She isn't nervous on stage. I'm glad she explained that to the audience if they couldn't tell. Definitely a fan
Sang circles?? How about Whitney Houston? Aretha Frankln? There are others. I'd say it was the other way around.
4 years ago-you decided to make your comment AND (edited).
Well said right on.
Very special songbird. No one had her combination of power and unadorned sorrow. A songwriter's champion without vanity. Her pipes served the song - not her image - how rare.
No one is ever going to be this woman. One of a kind. So effortless. Try singing with her once. You will appreciate the notes she just belts out so effortlessly
Believe me, those of us who sing for a living are painfully aware of what she makes sound effortless. Cause we can’t. 😂
@@susannpatton2893 that is until you listen to Karen Carpenter who tells Linda to “ hold my beer”
One of the most beautiful voices ever to come out of American music.❤️❤️❤️
Out of this whole world
Every single cover she ever sang, she made it her own
“There are two kinds of men, those that that are in love with Linda Ronstadt, and those that are dead.”
Willie Nelson
Well, fuck me, I'm dead, Willie. By the way, did you ever really learn to actually play a guitar, instead of just looking like a bum for like 50 years?
He's not wrong.
Ha Ha !...That's awesome !
I love that the audience is absolutely silent while she sings. That is true appreciation of a talent.
Willie said that ?
Those of us guys lucky enough to grow up to listen to Linda we are truley blessed.😊
One of my favorite singer of the seventies and eighties. I saw her play live a number of times and she and her band were always incredible. And such a multifaceted singer successfully spanning many genres. The loss of her voice and health to this terrible degenerative neurological disease is truly a tragedy in my view I also would like to note the red headed lead guitarist on this performance was Andrew Gold, a great musician and producer/arranger in his own right. He did the arrangement for "You're No Good" with the amazing George Harrison inspired solo and the extended instrumental ending. I view that song as one of the best arranged pop songs of the 70's. He also came from quite a musical lineage. His mother was singer Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady; his father was Ernest Gold, an Austrian-born composer who won an Academy Award for his score for the movie Exodus. The apple did not fall far from the tree!
thank you for posting this, very interesting.
This Lady deserves "R E S P E C T" 🙃 WE LOVE YOU LINDA!!! 🎶🎶🎶
What a once in a lifetime voice. Her almost superhuman range just takes flight. I'll never forget hearing her live. Thrills and Chills.
Where's talent like this today? And what's NOT to love about Linda. Pretty, smart, and talented. God, I've had a crush on her since 1972.
So did governor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown.
Haley Reinhart
I'm with you brother... every time she sings I think she's singing right to me , lol
1974
Me too
undeniably the most versatile female singers of all time. She was able to cross several genres of popular music. She also occupied a place in rock that won her the accolade and respect of several of the greatest rock bands from the 1970s.
Saw her at Radio City 4 months before this show. Opened with Tumbling Dice. Fabulous. God bless you Linda Ronstadt.
Still tremendous in May 2022, anyone else out there in our universe think so? Man I miss the music revolution, from my generation.
Oh Linda STILL rules my world! I am just a pile of mush when i listen to her. She has cast an unbreakable spell upon me. I am just smitten and awe struck by her.
Pure singing perfection ! Like Elvis , 100 years from now , people will still be listening !
AMEN!
No autotune & purely perfect voice & strength. Breathtaking❤
I'll always love Linda, she's blessed with tons of talent, brains, courage and beauty ❤
No auto tune....pure talent
Auto tune serves only the careers of pretenders. The overwhelming majority of the world’s singers are literally baffled such a thing even exists.
Ya, all this crap on country radio today recorded by people with no versatility and no dynamics that don’t know what makes a good song.
@@artysanmobile
Um. Nope.
Just listen to the radio - virtually no natural voices anymore.
@@fishhuntadventure Pop radio is its own little microcosm of hell in music, utterly unlistenable. It’s helpful to realize how insignificant a sliver of music is played on radio. Programmers have zero understanding of music history and choose only what they think will sell soap. Those simpletons are almost entirely responsible for the plague of tuned voices, having once summarily rejected any recordings without. That ban resulted in what you hear there today.
I still hear some of my own classic recordings slipped in there occasionally and I can guarantee that nothing I’ve ever done has tuning. There is no tuning on anything I have ever made.
@@fishhuntadventure Country radio is pretty grotesque. It doesn’t even sound like musicians play any role in it whatsoever.
Linda is the real deal, beautiful woman, beautiful voice, amazing ability to choose good songs and make them sensational!
What a beautiful lady. What a loss to the world that she can no longer perform. We will always and all ways love you, Linda
She was popular back when I was 16-19, and I would just stare at her on the albums- Absolutely gorgeous.
Me too...guilty as charged your Honor.
This amazing perfect pitch voice and this incredibly beautiful woman,u just start staring at her and forget ur hearing the voice of maybe the greatest female singer of all time
Same here
Those eyes!
She could sing any style. One of the greatest female singers of all time!!
Yes, and she was always willing to challenge herself with new venues.
@@jamesm2426 Right. Pirates of Penzance and Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
Being a fanatic of opera, I know she could have done that as well. She attempted LaBoheme once and admitted she wasn’t prepared for it but she could have done it had she wanted to. It was that kind of voice: bright, powerful, open. Instantly recognizable. She makes me cry.
Linda is 7 years older than me. That girl was such a fox and presence in music when I was a teenager and in my early 20's.....boy, could she sing and I think all of my friends loved that girl. She was the bomb to all of us. Her looks, her songs, her mannerism....the package indeed!
Linda ronstadt is absolutely charming ! I have so much love for her . She is gifted in looks in personality in music , and as a lovely person . Saw her 4 times . 💜❤
Lucky guy.
You lucky dog. 😅
It is so refreshing to listen to singers from an era without auto-tune. Remarkably, pop stars once had to actually be able to sing. Now they all sound like caterwauling robots.
Absolutely agree!
lol
I'll give Adele credit, but yeh...
Not all. Not nearly all. Some, yes. some popular ones, yes. but you can't throw a blanket over all.
Autotune hurts my ears. If you have perfect pitch. Autotune is abuse of the ears. Sounds like complete shit!!
The voice of an angel and an unsurpassed beauty. That anyone give her a thumbs down is beyond me!
Jealous !
You simply don't find this quality of performing today. Linda had it and made every song her own. Thanks for sharing!
Lots of comments saying things like "effortless", "talented", "incredible". What I take from this single performance is how easily she could sing a soft song and then just explode into the chorus. I've always known she was supremely talented as a singer, but this performance being not only 100% live, but with a respectfully silent audience, shows her at her absolute finest.
I couldn't have said it better!!! I can't believe this is live--she must have perfect pitch. And her musicality....chef's kiss!
Wow Her Voice on Blue Bayou sent chill up my spine, now I'm crying what a voice, absolutely right into my inner being.
That voice... it takes you away... to the best of all places.
One in a million ... I still cry every time I hear her sing even after attending three of her concerts in the 80s.
Such range. Such timbre. Such a wonderful voice. I was deeply grieved to hear she's lost it. Parkinsons.
Sad yes but it is life ...With life there is death ...
Have a good time today :)
The BEST female voice of them all in my opinion, Powerful without just yelling, but by singing like an angel ... And such a beautiful classy person too - We LOVE YOU Linda ❤️👏❤️👏❤️👏
Really? Better than Whitney Houston? Aretha Franklin? Streisand?
Oh yeah. Maybe Ann Wilson was in her class
I was lucky to get to see her in concert many moons ago and she was amazing! What a powerful voice! Ha, my friends and I wanted to be just like her,ha wanted to be her! We loved belting out her songs on the radio while cruising in our cars!
Linda Ronstadt could sing a ballad to break your heart and she could belt out a hard rocking song with equal ease.
The real deal. Not a pretentious bone in her adorable body. Sublime singer, interesting mind. Don't think we know her at all - just the joy and sorrow of her songs.
I agree.
Don't know that I've ever heard anyone who can bring so much emotion to a song. Up there with Ella Fitzgerald as one of the all time greats. Thank god she was given the opportunity to share her talents with us.
I'm so ridiculously in awe of this woman. Talented beyond description, intelligent and real.
Just mesmerizing. Long ago stopped wondering about what she sang, when she sang it, who she sang it with even how she sang it. All I need is to hear that voice. Authentic pipes and deep musical passion.
So beautiful and such an amazing voice. We were truly blessed by her talent. Her “What’s New” showcased her incredible voice. Nobody will ever sing those songs better than Linda.
WOW... This is the first time I've seen this clip. As always Linda's voice and control is impeccable. What I see, is the benefits that performing Pirates of Penzance has done for her stage precense.
Yes,, her voice, her song choices, the pure emotion she exudes is just something no other singer can deliver. She gives her all and it shows.
Linda speaks in a tiny little voice and then she breaks into song with that big, beautiful singing voice.
RB Brown linda and ann wilson best female voice
No kiddin. Her adorable speaking voice, then she starts singing......what incredible talent she had. And she's kinda shy, such a sweet, humble lady.
And Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA.
I can’t get enough of her. She’s fantabulous ❤️
So mesmerizing, I could 100% listen to this woman sing all day, every day.
I saved every nickel and every dime to go see you in concert Linda. How your music your voice and your beauty got me through jr and high school. THANK YOU ! You will always be the queen of music.
Wow thats great! Your a great person 👍
She really does have great eyes. Not to mention the most incredible voice of the past century.
Man, that girl could sing. Her voice is luxurious. Other female singers bore me after one tune.
Growing up in the 1970s, I loved her with every beat of my heart. Linda got me through some of my darkest hours of my youth, with her angel voice, which would pierce my darkness with her radiant light. I am forever indebted to her. She so understood what it was like to be a girl in the ‘70s; the Laurel Canyon sound; life in L.A. An incomparable, newly-traversed era lacking sign-posts: never to be experienced again. But Linda was there, and she carved a lasting path, which will remain lit forever. I love you Linda Paloma.
Beautifully spoken, and I deeply relate, even though I was a gay teenage boy growing up in North Carolina!
she was so perfect in this appearance the beauty the voice those eyes the person that got to spend time looking into those eyes was very lucky
those amazing eyes
Adorable. She was able to sing anything and nail it. A great singer and also a musician's musician.
W O W ! ! ! That's easy for her to sing! The ending of "Easy For You To Say" was absolutely hauntingly good! Easily the best voice in popular music of many genre's from the 1960's to the 2010's. The work they must have had to do to the stage sound system to allow her voice to come through the way it did must have been monumental. Staggering ability. The incomparable Linda Ronstadt...
Linda Ronstadt is timeless
This woman has done it all - and exceptionally. Rock, country, jazz, Broadway, blues, big band, mariachi, classical, etc. No one today even comes close.
One of the top five great female vocalist of the twentieth century. Just awesome!
Saw her several times in concert....she was great. Her voice filled the place. She was one of my absolute favorites. She, Joni Mitchell, Baez were all mentors for me as a folk singer. She could wail and I loved that. She had gumption. But always a lady.
I love Linda so much❤One of the most beautiful and legendary singers ever.
I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Linda (fronted by Jackson Brown) at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 1971. Her performance was immaculate - her delivery was spot on - her incredible warmth and sweetness shown through the darkness of the theatre.
Roy Orbison's song really shines with Linda's powerful, rich, and emotional performance of this song. I've never heard her rendition equaled .. or even come close. Simply stunning.
Roy Orbison didn’t write this. Jon Carroll did.
@@tjrox Jon Carroll wrote Get Closer. Roy Orbison/Joe Mellon wrote Blue Bayou
wow, "Easy for you to say" (at end) just rips your heart out. She's so awesome.
I love it when Linda sings in Spanish as well.
Her desirability factor was simply off the charts.
Her big brown eyes are like a fawn dear.
Yeah, that was pretty cool where she slipped into Spanish. Nice nod to her culture.
She released a Spanish version of "Blue Bayou" ("Lago Azul") on 45. I lived in Miami, and it was on the radio.
I already knew her voice, incredible. The back-and-forth with her and Johnny were the BEST!
Platinum pipes. Great musical chops, surrounded by fine players that adored her(rockers, orchestras, Mariachis, banjos...) She didn't do much TV in these superstar days(75 - 89). Got to love her with Carson. Unusual mind, and a natural charming power that is much more than her hit records. Linda was a rarity.
There are great singers. Then there is Linda in the stratosphere. Blending phrasing with impeccable pitch and carry.
The greatest female vocalist of her generation. Thank you, Linda.
Just just might be true ,....And I'm not talking about comparing her to the likes of JoanJet ... She crossed over into several different genres oif music that just is not seen before or after her really ....
She always gave cool interviews also :0)
There were so many good singers of that era. I think Karen Carpenter probably had the best voice. But she didn't sing rock. Linda could really belt it out.
Mark Simko Karen Carpenter had the purest singing voice , like silk. UA-cam Karen singing acapella
Linda, thank you so much. You are the greatest singer ever. You are my hero. You are loved beyond imagination. ❤
A true superstar! And so sweet and genuine during the interview. Gotta love her.
She has just the right amount of longing and emotive power to really tell the story of this song. Perfect.
beautiful and talented, born to sing,she is in a class of her own
If you were shy and insecure, I’m glad you became confident . If you were afraid to sing, then I’m glad that you overcame; because we all would have missed a very classy, personable, and beautiful artist. Thank you Linda, for giving a part of your life to comfort us, we the audience. Peace and Love.
This is so sweet 🥺
I’m a long time Linda fan too 🤍
What a voice, so effortless.
Right and she admitted she did not even know how to sing in her early days .. Talent ....
A great gifted singer with real talent that worked hard at her craft. I heard her say in an interview she practiced singing for six hours a day to get her voice to do what she wanted it to do.
I saw her in Charlotte and I swear she didn’t need a mic! I was stunned and astonished!
What a beautiful, beautiful voice ! It is such a shame that she’s no longer able to use that incredible instrument, but, through her recordings it will live forever. Bless you, Linda.
She could take an old standard and make everyone forget that anyone else EVER recorded it.
So hot to look at and what a set of pipes she has.............amazing vocal range. So sad how life has treated her now. Thank you for all the great music you've given us!
It is sad but from what I hear she is taking it in stride still lives her life to the fullest.
I enjoyed her interview almost as much as her singing. Gad, what a joy...
Linda Ronstadt was magnificent.
She is the best vocalist perfect pitch and control
Still is...
A lot of charisma👴❤❤
OMG, what a voice that woman has, absolutely amazing and great range
Great , beautiful voice and so pleasing to look at. Many people were crushed on her.
An intelligent, inquisitive chatterbox. She's charming.
Yes. I'd have loved to hear her elaborate on the economics of the Weimar republic, that she mentioned in passing--realizing it was too academic for the moment, but clearly she would have enjoyed elaborating. So smart (beyond her more obvious talent and beauty).
And what a shame we didn't get too hear what she would have wanted to do if she couldn't sing. That was a prescient moment, cut off by Johnny's wonderful comic timing. She got distracted, and of course "the show must go on". :-)
where is this kind of wonderful dialogue in today's talk show? (see interview with johnny) it's not johnny's interview skills alone, Ronstadt is such a professional, so intellectually curious and insightful. wow, i miss those days. i had forgotten how great it was to watch this kind of quality TV after the news.
No one did late night tv like Johnny. Pairing him up in interviews with all the greats kept me up late every school night.
This rendition is absolutely awesome! Here, her voice really sounds much better than the studio version! I sure miss her voice; now that it has been silenced at least we have her recordings! The Spanish verse was really neat!
Great pure singer. Already moving away from a dying rock scene in 1983 but still giving us some popular power and a charm all her own. Thanks for posting.
One of the things i just love about these You tube vids is i can go onto You tube anytime and be transmitted back in time...and just for a minute or two i am young again!
So thanks to the people who help dust off these old performances for all to enjoy. imo Linda was one of the best ever...i love her so.....!
Still hard to believe there will never be new music from this great artist.
John Jensen my hope is that aside from the trio songs drummed up, more songs will appear that didn't make it to her records. It'll be like a new album.
@TJWash I hope so too. I don't believe there has ever been a live album of her music released. I'd love to get hold of that. I ordered a live album by Rita Coolidge on amazon and that is the first live album I've seen of hers too.
John Jensen Of all the singers why didn't she release a live album, right!? She's pitch perfect and so powerful live. There are a few live recordings of her on Amazon, the reviews are negative for sound. Also on iTunes the Western Wall concert is available with sound issues.
@TJWash - There are four of five live concerts on youtube. I recorded 3 of them onto my tape deck.
I cried when I heard she would no longer be able to sing, and of her illness. Long, Long Time, Love has no Pride, Faithless Love, Shattered, When Will I Be Loved, and her fun old Break my Mind, and so many more. I miss her voice.
The Queen of hi-fidelity - even more mesmerizing live.
Those eyes . . . i am speechless.
Eyes like no other
COMPLETELY speechless. God Almighty, I will always love this angel from Heaven, and when she goes back there, I want to go at precisely the same time. Simply no words. NO WORDS.
The greatest female singer ever. No one comes close.
Shirley Bassey. End of discussion.
No one.
Aretha Franklin??
Close would be in my humble opinion would be Karen Carpenter, Patsy Cline & Martina McBride. Linda is still at the top but these others are close
what about me? oh wait, I'm a guy. sorry.
Always liked her music. What a powerhouse vocalist
The greatest female voice of her generation (and mine). Thank God for all those female vocalists, especially Linda.
Sultry lady. She was so beautiful and what a terrific voice. My favourite female singer ever. Great interview. Good to see the much missed Andrew Gold there too.
Steve Morgan Much missed and woefully under-appreciated Andrew Gold. I would love to see documentaries of some of the more ambitious sidemen who made their own records like Gold or David Lindley. Lindley was very prominent during the Trio appearance on the Tonight Show 4 years later.