Glorious Voice: Young Linda Ronstadt From 1960s and 1970s

Linda Ronstadt is a former singer who performed and recorded superhit country, light opera, and Latin and rock music. Ronstadt has won 10 Grammy awards and multiple platinum awards during her career and her albums have sold 100 million copies worldwide. She has released over 30 studio albums including number 1 albums on the US Billboard Pop Album Chart.

Linda Ronstadt started her music career with the Stone Poneys in 1967. After the success with the band she started her solo journey with her first solo album, “Hand Sown … Home Grown”, in 1969. And after a year she released another solo album “Silk Purse”, which earned her first Grammy Nomination. In 1974 she released her fifth solo studio album “Heart Like a Wheel” which earned her the first Grammy Award. And after that she continued topping the charts. Throughout the 1970s, she performed in various concerts in America and England. Author Andrew Greeley, in his book “God in Popular Culture”, described Ronstadt as “the most successful and certainly the most durable and most gifted woman Rock singer of her era.” Ronstadt was diagnosed a rare condition called progressive supranuclear palsy, which prevented her from singing. She published her autobiography “Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir” in 2013.

Here below are some glamorous photos of young Linda Ronstadt from 1960s and 1970s

#1 Beautiful Linda Ronstadt looking towards camera, 1970

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#2 Linda Ronstadt in Los Angeles, California, 1977

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#3 Young Linda Ronstadt in a village, 1970

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#4 Linda Ronstadt in a hippie fasion, 1970

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#5 Linda Ronstadt in a garden during a photoshoot, 1970

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#6 Linda Ronstadt during the recording of “You’re No Good” in 1976

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#7 Linda Ronstadt performing live at The Oakland Coliseum in 1977 in Berkeley, California.

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#8 Linda Ronstadt sitting on beach.

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#9 Linda Ronstadt Wearing Hat

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#10 Linda Ronstadt standing in front of a mirror with lights around it. She is wearing a pink tank top and hot pink pants with a black belt, 1978

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#11 Linda Ronstadt in Yellow Sweater

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#12 Linda Ronstadt posing for the album cover of Get Closer, shot in Los Angeles, California

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#13 Linda Ronstadt posing for her album cover in Los Angeles, California, 1978

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#14 Linda Ronstadt at Grammy Awards, 1970s

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#15 Linda Ronstadt in full swing, 1970s

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#16 Linda Ronstadt at New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1974

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#17 Linda Ronstadt photographed by Michael Ochs, 1970

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#18 Linda Ronstadt in a pig ranch, 1970

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#19 Linda Ronstadt in a recording studio, 1970

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#20 Linda Ronstadt in front of a mirror, 1970

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#21 Linda Ronstadt on a beach, 1970

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#22 Linda Ronstadt with Emmylou Harris in Los Angeles, California, 1977

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#23 Linda Ronstadt, 1973

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#24 Linda Ronstadt during the rehearsals for Jimmy Carter Inaugural Gala on January 19, 1977

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#25 Linda Ronstadt with Edmund Brown, they are on way to Kenya for a safari trip, 1980

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#26 Linda Rondstadt on a bycycle, 1980

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#27 Linda Ronstadt, 1970s

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#28 Linda Ronstadt in her car, 1970

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#29 Linda Ronstadt in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1976.

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#30 Linda Ronstadt in red sweater, 1980

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#31 Beautiful Linda Ronstadt, 1980

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#32 Linda Ronstadt wearing an embroidered, fringe shirt with a sequinned scarf around her neck, 1987

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#33 Linda Rondstadt photographed by Life Magazine in late 1970s

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#34 Linda Ronstadt in a concert at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California, 1979

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#35 Linda Ronstadt performing on the stage, 1970

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#36 Linda Ronstadt after winning an award, 1970

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#37 Beautiful Linda Ronstadt in hot pant, 1970

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#38 Linda Ronstadt with Mick Jagger

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#39 Linda Ronstadt at The Johnny Cash Show, March 1970

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#40 Linda Ronstadt with Michael Ochs, ,1970

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#41 Linda Ronstadt photographed in a garden, 1970

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#42 Linda Ronstadt relaxing on a chair, Los Angeles, California, 1977

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#43 Linda Ronstadt, April 1980

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#44 Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on ‘Dolly,’ in 1987

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