Linda Ronstadt discography

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Main article: Linda Ronstadt

This is a discography for singer Linda Ronstadt.

Contents

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions RIAA Certification
US 200 US Country US Jazz US Latin UK Albums
1967 The Stone Poneys - - - - -
1967 Evergreen, Volume 2 - - - - -
1968 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III - - - - -
1969 Hand Sown ... Home Grown - - - - -
1970 Silk Purse 103 - - - -
1972 Linda Ronstadt 163 35 - - -
1973 Don't Cry Now 45 5 - - - Gold
1974 Heart Like a Wheel 1 1 - - - Multi-Platinum
1975 Prisoner in Disguise 4 2 - - - Platinum
1976 Hasten Down the Wind 3 1 - - 32 Platinum
1977 Simple Dreams 1 1 - - 15 3× Multi-Platinum
1978 Living In The USA 1 3 - - 39 2× Multi-Platinum
1979 Mad Love 3 - - - 65 Platinum
1980 Pirates of Penzance (soundtrack) - - - - -
1982 Get Closer 31 - - - - Gold
1983 What's New 3 - 5 - 31 3× Multi-Platinum
1984 Lush Life 13 - 8 - 100 Platinum
1986 For Sentimental Reasons 46 - - - - Platinum
1987 Trio (w/ Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris) 6 1 - - 60 Platinum
1987 Canciones de Mi Padre 42 - - 4 - 2× Multi-Platinum
1989 Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (w/ Aaron Neville) 7 - - - 43 3× Multi-Platinum
1991 Mas Canciones 88 - - 16 -
1992 Frenesi 193 - - 17 -
1993 Winter Light 92 - - - -
1995 Feels Like Home 75 - - - -
1996 Dedicated to the One I Love 78 - - - -
1998 We Ran 160 - - - -
1999 Trio 2 (w/ Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris) 64 4 - - - Gold
1999 Western Wall — The Tucson Sessions (w/ Emmylou Harris) 73 6 - - -
2000 A Merry Little Christmas 179 - - - -
2004 Hummin' to Myself 166 - 2 - -
2006 Adieu False Heart (w/ Ann Savoy)A 146 - - - -

[edit] Compilations

Year Title Chart positions RIAA Certification
US 200 US Country UK Albums
1974 Different Drum 92 - - -
1976 Greatest Hits 6 2 37 7× Multi-Platinum
1977 A Retrospective 46 44 - Gold
1980 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 26 - - Platinum
1986 Round Midnight 124 - - Gold
1993 Boleros y Rancheras - - -
1999 The Linda Ronstadt Box Set - - -
2002 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt 65 19 46
2004 Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas - - -
2006 The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years - - -
2007 Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits I & II - - -

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album Original artist
US Hot 100 US Country US Adult Top 40 US Latin UK Singles
1967 "Different Drum" 13 - - - - Evergreen, Volume 2
1968 "Up to My Neck In High Muddy Water" 93 - - - - Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III
1970 "Long, Long Time" 25 - 20 - - Silk Purse
1971 "The Long Way Around" 70 - 17 - - Hand Sown ... Home Grown
"She's a Very Lovely Woman" 70 - 17 - -
1972 "Rock Me On the Water" 85 - - - - Linda Ronstadt
1973 "Love Has No Pride" 51 - 23 - - Don't Cry Now
1974 "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" 67 20 - - - 1956 Wanda Jackson
1975 "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" - 2 - - - Heart Like a Wheel 1951 Hank Williams
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 47 54 20 - - 1959 Buddy Holly
"When Will I Be Loved" 2 1 3 - - 1960 Everly Brothers
"You're No Good" 1 - 10 - 1963 Betty Everett
"Heat Wave" 5 - 19 - - Prisoner in Disguise 1963 Martha and the Vandellas
"Love is a Rose" 63 5 - - -
"The Tracks of My Tears" 25 11 4 - 42 1965 Smoky Robinson The Miracles
1976 "The Sweetest Gift" - 12 - - -
"That'll Be the Day" 11 27 16 - - Hasten Down the Wind 1957 Buddy Holly
"Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" 42 - 38 - -
"Crazy" - 6 - - - 1960 Patsy Cline
"Lose Again" 76 - 43 - -
1977 "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" 42 - - - -
"Blue Bayou" 3 2 3 - 35 Simple Dreams 1963 Roy Orbison
"It's So Easy" 5 81 37 - - 1958 Buddy Holly
1978 "I Never Will Marry" - 8 30 - -
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" 31 46 27 - -
"Tumbling Dice" 32 - - - - 1972 The Rolling Stones
"Back in the U.S.A." 16 41 30 - - Living In The USA 1959 Chuck Berry
"Ooh Baby Baby" 7 85 2 - - 1965 Smoky Robinson The Miracles
1979 "Just One Look" 44 - 5 - - 1963 Doris Troy
"Love Me Tender" - 59 - - - 1956 Elvis
"Alison" - - 30 - 66 Elvis Costello
1980 "How Do I Make You" 10 - - - - Mad Love
"Rambler Gambler" - 42 - - - Traditional folk song
"Hurt So Bad" 8 - 25 - - 1964 Little Anthony & the Imperials
"I Can't Let Go" 31 - 48 - - 1966 Hollies
1982 "Get Closer" 29 - - - - Get Closer
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win" - 27 - - -
1983 "Easy For You to Say" 54 - 7 - -
"I Knew You When" 37 84 29 - 90 1965 Billy Joe Royal
"What's New" 53 - 5 - - What's New
1984 "I've Got a Crush On You" - - 7 - -
"Skylark" 101 - 12 - - Lush Life
1985 When I Fall in Love - - 24 - - 1952 Doris Day
1986 "When You Wish Upon A Star" - - 32 - - For Sentimental Reasons
"Somewhere Out There" 2 - 4 - 8 An American Tail (soundtrack)
1987 "To Know Him is to Love Him" - 1 - - - Trio
"Telling Me Lies" 35 3 - - -
"Those Memories of You" - 5 - - -
1988 "Wildflowers" - 6 - - -
1989 "Don't Know Much" 2 - 1 - 2 Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind 1980 Barry Mann
1990 "Adios" - - 9 - -
"All My Life" 11 - 1 - 96
"When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" 78 - 5 - - 1967 Sam & Dave
1991 "Dreams to Dream" - - 13 - - An American Tail 2 (soundtrack)
1992 "Close Your Eyes" - - 38 - - Warm Your Heart (Aaron Neville album)
"Gritenme Piedras del Campo" - - - 15 - Mas Canciones
"Frenesi" - - - 7 - Frenesi
Perfidia - - - 7 - 1940 Xavier Cugat
1993 "Entre Abismos" - - - 33 -
"Heartbeats Accelerating" 112 - 31 - - Winter Light
1994 "Adonde Voy" - - - 33 -
"Oh No Not My Baby" - - 35 - -
1995 "Blue Train" - - 31 - - Feels Like Home
"Walk On"A - - - - - 1990 Matraca Berg
"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" 101 - - - - Disney's Cinderella
  • A"Walk On" was released to country radio, but failed to chart.

[edit] List of recordings

Below is an extensive list of many Linda Ronstadt songs & album titles, plus the release date year, from all of her various albums. It also includes appearances on other artists' albums, which are not included in the above sections.

This list of Linda Ronstadt songs (with year) is in alphabetical order:

  • 'round Midnight: The Nelson Riddle Sessions - 1986
  • 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof (Philip Glass) - 1989
  • 100th Anniversary Collection (Various) - 1988
  • 15th Anniversary ASCelebration (Seldom Scene) - 1981
  • 1964–1993 (Paul Simon) - 1993
  • 33 Golden Hits (Various) - 1979
  • A Retrospective - 1977
  • Afl 1-3603 (Dave Davies) - 1980
  • All Dressed Up And No Place to Go (Nicolette Larson) - 1982
  • All My Life - 1990
  • American Dream (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) - 1979
  • American Stars 'n' Bars (Neil Young) - 1977
  • American Tail - 1986
  • Amigo (Arlo Guthrie) - 1976
  • Andrew Gold (Andrew Gold) - 1975
  • Another Passenger (Carly Simon) - 1976
  • Artist's Choice & the Bets Tracks (Earl Scruggs) - 1998
  • Back in the U.S.A. - 1978
  • Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (Warren Zevon) - 1980
  • Ballad of Sally Rose (Emmylou Harris) - 1985
  • Barney's Great Adventure - 1998
  • Beauty Lies (Michael Brewer) - 1983
  • Black Rose (John David Souther) - 1976
  • Blondes (John Stewart) - 1982
  • Blue Bayou - 1977
  • Blue Kentucky Girl (Emmylou Harris) - 1979
  • Calabasas (B.W. Stevenson) - 1974
  • Camouflage (Rex Smith) - 1983
  • Canciones De Mi Padre - 1987
  • Cinderella & Tribute To A Classic (Various) - 1995
  • Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind - 1989
  • Dedicated To the One I Love - 1996
  • Different Drum - 1968
  • Different Drum - 1974
  • Disney's Music From the Park (Various) - 1996
  • Dobro (Mike Auldridge) - 1974
  • Don't Cry Now - 1973
  • Don't Know Much - 1989
  • Dream Babies Go Hollywood (John Stewart) - 1980
  • Elite Hotel (Emmylou Harris) - 1975
  • Escalator Over the Hill (Carla Bley) - 1971
  • Escenas (Ruben Blades) - 1985
  • Evangeline (Emmylou Harris) - 1981
  • Evergreen - 1988
  • Excitable Boy (Warren Zevon) - 1978
  • Faust (Randy Newman) - 1995
  • Feels Like Home - 1995
  • Fm - 1978
  • For Sentimental Reasons - 1986
  • Freedom (Neil Young) - 1989
  • Frenesi - 1992
  • G.P. (Gram Parsons) - 1973
  • Get Closer - 1982
  • Graceland (Paul Simon) - 1986
  • Grand Tour (Aaron Neville) - 1993
  • Great Pretender (Michael Dinner) - 1974
  • Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons) - 1973
  • Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (Chuck Berry) - 1987
  • Hand Sewn…home Grown - 1969
  • Hard Candy (Ned Doheny) - 1976
  • Harvest (Neil Young) - 1972
  • Harvest Moon (Neil Young) - 1992
  • Hasten Down the Wind - 1976
  • Heart Like A Wheel - 1974
  • Heat Wave - 1975
  • Heroes of Country Music (Various) - 1996
  • Hobo's Lullaby (Arlo Guthrie) - 1972
  • Hollow Howls (Andrew Gold) - 1996
  • Home By Dawn (John David Souther) - 1984
  • How Do I Make You - 1980
  • Hoy-Hoy (Little Feat) - 1981
  • Hurst So Bad - 1980
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Warren zevon) - 1996
  • I Can't Let Go - 1980
  • I Don't Know Much - 1998
  • I Knew You When - 1983
  • in Harmony (Various) - 1980
  • It's So Easy - 1977
  • Jt (James Taylor) - 1977
  • Karla Bonoff (Karl Bonoff - 1977
  • Let It Roll (Little Feat) - 1988
  • Life Is Messy (Rodney Crowell) - 1992
  • Light Of the Stable (Emmylou Harris) - 1979
  • Linda Ronstadt - 1972
  • Listen To the Music & 70s California Sound (Various) - 1996
  • Listen To the Music & 70s Female Singers (Various) - 1996
  • Living in the U.S.A. - 1978
  • Long Long Time - 1970
  • Love Is the Only Goal (Wendy Waldman) - 1996
  • Love Songs (David Sanborn) - 1976
  • Lush Life - 1984
  • Mad Love - 1980
  • Main Refrain (Wendy Waldman) - 1976
  • Mambo Kings - 1992
  • Mas Canciones - 1991
  • Mcgarrigle Hour (Kate And Anna Mcgarrigle) - 1998
  • Midnight on the Water (David Bromberg) - 1975
  • My Very Special Guests (George Jones) - 1979
  • New Feeling& An Anthology Of World Music (Various) - 1996
  • New Seldom Scene (Seldom Scene) - 1976
  • Nicolette (Nicolette) - 1978
  • Old Train (Seldom Scene) - 1975
  • One Man Dog (James Taylor) - 1972
  • Ooh Baby Baby - 1979
  • Partners (Flaco Jimenez) - 1992
  • Peter Pringle (Peter Pringle) - 1976
  • Pieces of the Sky (Emmylou Harris) - 1975
  • Pirates of Penzance - 1998
  • Poor Poor Pitiful Me - 1978
  • Portraits (Emmylou Harris) - 1996
  • Prisoner in Disguise - 1975
  • Quiet Normal Life (Warren zevon) - 1986
  • Radioland (Nicolette Larson) - 1980
  • Redhead in Trouble (Adam Mitchell) - 1979
  • Road (Johnny Rivers) - 1974
  • Road Songs (Hoyt Axton) - 1977
  • Rocking Across the Country (Earl Scruggs) - 1973
  • Ronee Blakley (Ronee Blakley) - 1972
  • Roses in the Snow (Emmylou Harris) - 1980
  • Sandman (Herb Pedersen) - 1977
  • Santiago (Chieftains) - 1996
  • Saving Grace (Saving Grace) - 1998
  • Seventieth Birthday Celebration (Rosemary Clooney) - 1998
  • Silk Purse - 1970
  • Simple Dreams - 1977
  • Sister Kate (Kate Taylor) - 1971
  • Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Nicolette Larson) - 1994
  • So Long Harry Truman (Danny O'keefe) - 1975
  • Somewhere Out there - 1987
  • Songs From Liquid (Philip Glass) - 1986
  • Southbound (Hoyt Axton) - 1975
  • Southwest (Herb Pedersen) - 1976
  • Spirit of A Woman (American Flyer) - 1977
  • Still the One (Orleans) - 1990
  • Stoney End (Stone Poneys) - 1972
  • Summit Meeting (Free Creek) - 1976
  • Suspending Disbelief (Jimmy Webb) - 1993
  • Sweet Harmony (Maria Muldaur) - 1976
  • Thank You For Being a Friend (Andrew Gold) - 1997
  • That'll Be the Day - 1976
  • The Simpsons & Yellow Album (Various) - 1993
  • To Make Me Who I Am (Aaron Neville) - 1997
  • Tracks of My Tears - 1976
  • Tracy Nelson (Tracy Nelson) - 1974
  • Trio - 1992
  • Trio II - 1998
  • Trouble in Paradise (Randy Newman) - 1983
  • Tumbling Dice - 1978
  • Under African Skies (Paul Simon) - 1986
  • Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ("Hearts Against the Wind") - 1980
  • Very Greasy (David Lindley) - 1988
  • Waitress in a Donut Shop (Maria Muldaur) - 1974
  • Walking And Dreaming (Orleans) - 1976
  • Warm Your Heart (Aaron Neville) - 1991
  • Way in the Manger & Country Music Christmas (Various) - 1997
  • Way It Is (Valerie Carter) - 1996
  • We're Still Having Fun (Orleans) - 1997
  • We Ran - 1998
  • Western Wall & the Tucson Sessions - 1999
  • What's New - 1983
  • What's Wrong With This Picture? (Andrew Gold) - 1976
  • When Will I Be Loved - 1975
  • Winter Light - 1993
  • You're No Good - 1975

There might be additional songs beyond the above list.

She also released several greatest-hits and compilation albums:

  • Greatest Hits - 1976
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - 1980
  • Greatest Hits (with Rodney Crowell) - 1993
  • The Linda Ronstadt Box Set - 1999 (4-CD set with album tracks and some rarities)
  • The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt - 2002 (compilation)
  • Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas - 2004 (compilation, "My Blue Garden")
  • The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years - 2006 (+previously unreleased material)
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