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When fellow Arizonan Stevie Nicks led a stage full of powerful women in saluting Ronstadt at her induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the song they chose to bring that all-start tribute to a fitting close. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.
We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The two records showcase Ronstadt’s stylistic versatility, hopping across genres from new wave to country to pop and rock, covering some of the most popular standards of her heyday and making them completely her own. Ronstadt's version makes you feel the hurt with more conviction, from the trembling vulnerability of the opening lines to the full-throated pleas of "please don't go" coming out of the bridge.
One of three hit singles from her "Mad Love" album, this one was originally done by Evie Sands but Ronstadt's version is much closer to the Hollies' 1966 recording. The restraint is the key, resulting in an intimate recording that perfectly underscores her wistful reading of the lyrics. It was written by Billy Steinberg, who has said it was "a little bit influenced" by "My Sharona," and it does feel like a Knack song, from the jagged New Wave accents to the frantic lead guitar break. But it wasn't until 1987 that she had the industry support to do her dream project, an album titled "Canciones de Mi Padre" honoring the Mexican side of her heritage with the support of Mariachi Vargas, Mariachi Los Camperos and Mariachi Los Galleros de Pedro Rey.
She and Neville are, of course, amazing singers in their own right, Neville turning in the flashier performance. Includes You're No Good; Silver Threads and Golden Needles; Desperado; Love Is a Rose; That'll Be the Day; Long, Long Time; Different Drum; When Will I Be Loved; Love Has No Pride; Heat Wave, and more. It's a Mexican folk ballad written by Ronstadt with her father, Gilbert Ronstadt, and former bandmate, Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards, who plays acoustic guitar and adds beautiful harmonies on the track, whose mood is complemented by Dan Dugmore's haunting steel guitar.for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, and the vocal blend is country gold, especially on "It's hard to know another's lips have kissed you.
A bold departure for a rock performer of the early '80s, Ronstadt's first album of standards hit the charts at No.Due to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased.
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