![]() Related: Our conversation with Ronstadt’s longtime LP cover designer, Kosh ![]() Recording “oldies” was a consistent commercial tactic for Ronstadt, with Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave,” the Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved,” the Miracles’ “Tracks of My Tears” and Betty Everett’s “You’re No Good” all becoming big hits again in her hands before she turned to Holly’s 1959 barnburner. Ronstadt’s version of the Buddy Holly hit was the album’s first single, and rose to #11 on the Billboard chart. The rowdy “That’ll Be The Day” breaks the mood. Bonoff herself and singer-songwriter Wendy Waldman are the supporting multi-tracked chorus. He’s also playing an ARP synthesizer to mimic a string section on the track. ![]() Bonoff’s “If He’s Ever Near” follows, with an effectively low-key opening as Ronstadt whisper-sings the lyrics over Andrew Gold’s sustained organ note. Ronstadt pretty much follows Cooder’s arrangement, and doesn’t so much improve on his version as realign it for her less spiky personality. “The Tattler” is a Washington Phillips blues-gospel song from 1929 that was rediscovered and reworked by Ry Cooder on his 1974 Paradise and Lunch album. Occasionally she’ll adopt a mannerism of being scatterbrained that can create the impression that she’s vaguely dim, which is so far from the truth, because she’s brilliant.” “That’s one of the things that drew me to Southern California as a central sphere, a synthesis of everything.”Īsher has suggested she had to become a chameleon to survive the inherent sexism of the music business, telling Charone, “She’s more perceptive and rational than people give her credit for. “My musical background has always been completely random,” she told Sounds’ Barbara Charone in 1976. Those hours spent listening to her father’s collection of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra LPs paid off no matter what musical genre she was performing in. She was portrayed as the quintessential “emotional female,” swept away while she sang yearning love songs like “Love Has No Pride,” “When Will I Be Loved,” “Long Long Time” and “You’re No Good.” Too little attention was paid to her technical abilities and craft: her breath control made those swoops up and down the octaves possible, and her diction and pitch were perfect. Related: Our Album Rewind review of Trio, featuring Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris Bruce Springsteen Adds Dates For 2023 Tour With E Street Band.‘Concert For George’ in Theaters For George Harrison’s 80th Birthday.Stax Releases Wattstax ’72 “Soul’d Out” Celebration.Alice Cooper’s #1 Breakthrough: Billion Dollar Babies Bob Seger’s ‘Against the Wind’: Rockin’ the Mainstream.‘The Band’s With Me’: A Former Groupie Lays It All Down.Todd Rundgren’s ‘Something/Anything?’: An Extravagant Opus.10cc, Herman’s Hermits Manager Writes Memoir, “I’m Into Something Good”.Neil Young Makes 1st Live Public Performance in Years.Reboot: Nancy Sinatra Remembers Her Unlikely But Brilliant Collaborator, Lee Hazlewood.Stephen Stills Live at Berkeley 1971 Album Due, With Guest David Crosby.Doobie Brothers Expand Reunion Tour With Michael McDonald.Van Morrison’s ‘Moondance’: Brand New Day. ![]()
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