Linda Ronstadt Profile, Age, Height, Wiki, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt Profile, Age, Height, Wiki, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Linda Ronstadt is an American retired singer who performed and recorded in various genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. Linda Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally.

She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she received a star jointly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work as the group Trio. Ronstadt was among five honorees who received the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements.

Ronstadt has released 24 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top 40, ten reached the top 10, and one reached number one. Ronstadt also charted in UK as two of her duets, “Somewhere Out There” with James Ingram and “Don’t Know Much” with Aaron Neville, peaked at numbers 8 and 2 respectively and the single “Blue Bayou” reached number 35 on the UK Singles charts. She has charted 36 albums, ten top-10 albums, and three number 1 albums on the US Billboard Pop Album Chart.

Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in various genres, including: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Billy Eckstine, Frank Zappa, Carla Bley (Escalator Over the Hill), Rosemary Clooney, Flaco Jiménez, Philip Glass, Warren Zevon, Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, and Nelson Riddle. She has lent her voice to over 120 albums and has sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time.Christopher Loudon, of Jazz Times, wrote in 2004 that Ronstadt is “blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation.”

Ronstadt reduced her activity after 2000 when she felt her singing voice deteriorating, releasing her last full-length album in 2004 and performing her last live concert in 2009. She announced her retirement in 2011 and revealed shortly afterwards that she is no longer able to sing as a result of a degenerative condition later determined to be progressive supranuclear palsy. Since then, Ronstadt has continued to make public appearances, going on a number of public speaking tours in the 2010s. She published an autobiography, Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir, in September 2013. A documentary based on her memoirs, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, was released in 2019.

Linda Ronstadt Biodata and Biography

Name
Linda Maria Ronstadt
Nick-name
Linda Ronstadt, The Queen of Country Rock, The Queen of Rock, The First Lady of Rock
Sex
Female
Date Of Birth
15 July 1946
Age
76 Years (as in 2022)
Profession / Occupation
Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Actress, Activist
Mother Tongue
English
Religion
Mexican-Catholic
Nation
Americna
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Height / Weight
5’3″ / 58 kg
First Movie
It’s Happening (1968)
Debut
Album: Live on Arlington TV ’84
Money Factor
$ 130 million/film (USD)

 

Linda Ronstadt Family and Relatives

Father
Gilbert Ronstadt (1911–1995)
Mother
Ruth Mary (Copeman) Ronstadt (1914–1982)
Brothers
Peter
Michael J.
Sisters
Gretchen
Marital Status
Unmarried
Husband
Not Known
Daughters
Mary Clementine Ronstadt
Sons Carlos Ronstadt
Boyfriends/ Affairs Bill Murray (Rumor)
Chip Carter (Rumor)
John Boylan (1971)
JD Souther (1972-1974)
Steve Martin (1972)
Albert Brooks (1974-1976)
Robert Plant (1976)
Mick Jagger (1977-1978)
Jerry Brown (1979)
Jim Carrey (1983)
George Lucas (1984)
Aaron Neville (1989-1992)

 

Linda Ronstadt Height, Weight and Body Measurements

Height in Centimeters
160cm
Height in Meters
1.60 m
Height in Feet Inches
5’3″
Weight
58 kg
Body Measurement
34-26-34
Chest Size
34 inches
Waist Size
26 inches
Hips Size
34 inches
Eye Colour
Dark Brown
Hair Colour
Dark Brown

 

Linda Ronstadt Favorites

Favorite Colour
Not Known
Favorite Actor
Not Known
Favorite Actress
Not Known
Favorite Food Macaroni, Chess, Sushi and many more
Hobbies Traveling, Scuba Diving
Favorite Musician Not Known
Favorite Movie Milk (2008), The Princess Bride (1987)
Favorite Pet Not Known
Favorite Car Collection BMW 7-Series 2
Tesla Model X
Favorite Sport Tennis, Soccer
Sexual Orientation Straight

 

Linda Ronstadt Education School and Colleges

Education Qualification
Graduate
School
Catalina High Magnet School
College / University
Arizona State University
Others
Not Known

 

Linda Ronstadt Residence and Contact Address

Birth Place
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
Home Town
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
Present Residence
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
House Address
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
Phone No / Mobile No
Not Known
Email ID
Not Known
Website
Not Known

 

Linda Ronstadt Awards, Honours, Achievements

Grammy Awards
1976: Best Country Vocal Performance, Female-I Can’t Help It
1977: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female-Hasten Down the Wind
1988: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal-Trio
1989: Best Mexican-American Performance-Canciones de Mi Padre
1990: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals-Don’t Know Much
1991: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals-All My Life
1993: Best Tropical Latin Album-Frenesí
1993: Best Mexican-American Album-Mas Canciones
1997: Best Musical Album for Children-Dedicated to the One I Love
2000: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals-After the Gold Rush
2016: Lifetime Achievement Award
2021: Best Music Film-Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Latin Grammy Awards
2011: Lifetime Achievement Award
Primetime Emmy Awards
1989: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program-Canciones de Mi Padre (Great Performances)
Controversies
Not Known

 

Linda Ronstadt Social Media

Twitter
Not Known
Facebook
Instagram
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