Linda Ronstadt | Forming The Eagles Documentary - Ronstadt talks Career, the Eagles, The Doors

Linda Maria Ronstadt is a singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
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.
Founding members of the Eagles: Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album. Linda Ronstadt is a musical legend who began her career in the mid-1960s with the folk-rock group the Stone Poneys. By the 1970’s she’d become the top-selling female vocalist for that decade, and was widely referred to as “The Queen of Rock”. She has earned 11 Grammys, released numerous gold, platinum and multiplatinum records, and lent her voice to over 120 albums.

[@UniquelyBarb]

We, of the 1970s grew up listening to her, The Eagles and too many more people to list, made the 1970s so great... Glad that I was a teenager in the first part of the 1970s.. Then I turned 20... I still love this wonderful music...❤

[@GreyRaven68]

I believe the 70s was the pinnacle of music, and it tappered off in the 80s, and it just started going downhill since with talentless musicians. They're just entertainers now.

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[@marujohowes3584]

She had the greatest, most versatile voice and style

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[@usa91787]

You can tell it's so effortless for her to sing. I can feel it.

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[@mjcruiser4238]

No one epitomizes music in the seventies more than Linda

[@paullee2177]

Heard it said there were two kinds of music fans, those who loved Linda and those who hadn't heard her yet. What a tremendous talent. My all-time favorite vocalist. There will never be anyone who even comes closet to her and her music.

[@shelleywinters2582]

🙏

[@deantait8326]

Linda and Stevie in the 70’s. Completely different styles but both great and from AZ who headed to CA…

[@mfb5242]

Quote was supposedly by Willie Nelson who knows music!

[@DMSJagXK]

@@mfb5242Willie Nelson said it about Emmylou Harris but applies to our beloved Linda as well! What he actually said was ‘There are two kinds of men. Men that are in love with Emmylou Harris and men that have never met her’.

[@tomlorenzen4062]

That was originally said by Willie Nelson about Emmy Lou

[@OG29]

Linda is one of the greatest voices of my life time. And the last 80 years include a LOT of great singers.

[@joepollard3228]

To quote Dolly Parton: "Linda can sing anything."

[@jwilliam2255]

Her singing is so incredibly, amazingly, unbelievably perfect.

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[@davidpatterson9107]

She was and still is Gorgeous Love and God Bless Linda Ronstadt x

[@heavenhelpus479]

Linda and The Eagles are rock legends forever!

[@markklein437]

I’m lost between the sound of her voice and the look in her eyes.

[@EmanuelCrag]

What a beautiful woman in so many ways. Besides I can also credit her with the formation of one of my favorite bands, Eagles.

[@danherrmann8755]

I can still her here voice in the AM radio. So refine. And pure. Thanks dear God.

[@oguislacasa2253]

THE VOICE OF LINDA IS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES OF THE XX CENTURY, SO, SO, SO BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAR AS A CRISTAL, REALLY.

[@Mrs.Patriot]

Love you, Linda. Since the Stone Poneys! You must be the most decorated female singer of all time, and so deserved.

[@robtempe]

some nice insights from Linda herself. thanks for making and posting this. more Linda Ronstadt (please)

[@James_Knott]

I was 13 when she came out with Different Drum. I've been a fan ever since!

[@unclealand]

Nobody sang cry-in-your-beer ballads better than Linda Ronstadt, and that was just one of her myriad talents.

[@UniquelyBarb]

Seems like everything makes me cry these days.. and I sometimes went years without tears... I don't know why music from the 1970s makes me cry.... My tears are not just for the music of the 1970s....

[@peterjohnson617]

her sings could bring a tear to a glass eye...

[@Mike-yc9td]

The Eagles owe a lot to this lady.

[@dans9463]

19971 Disneyland grad night, Linda Rhonstadt is performing at a small outdoor stadium. Individual backup players are the future Eagles. Glad the Matterhorn ride line was too long... causing me to rest at the stadium.

[@spiritof76forever81]

Nice video! Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@muskykingjoe]

Saw her live at the Allentown Fairgrounds in Pennsylvania. I've been to many concerts but that one is in my top three. She is unmatched.

[@mikelyons9228]

Amazing

[@uchangeng8954]

Love Linda Rostadt since my high school years in the early 80s. Had one of her great looking posters on my class room notice board in 1981. That was a hit!

[@richardgreen7811]

If you ever wanted to know the rumors about Linda being a guiding influence on the Eagles, you only have to do two things. #1 Know that the Eagles were the support band behind her burgeoning career, and #2 listen to the original version of "Desperado". When originally recorded by the Eagles, it was a fast paced sole-less amalgam of words. It was Linda that took the song and revised it to the extraordinary hit you now listen to. Her input in several areas propelled the Eagles to a household word.

[@lindapfister2484]

Glen fry and Don Henly came to her band. Not all the eagles. It was linda and the stone ponies

[@richardgreen7811]

@@lindapfister2484 I'm aware of that ... but let's do it this way. As always, YOU are more right than any man attempting to communicate. How about the 2nd part. Any gender enriched opinions on that ?

[@margaretross9150]

@@lindapfister2484 Randy played a few gigs backing Linda. Glenn and Don actually arranged it as a "try-out" for the new band they were thinking of forming, which became the Eagles. They heard Bernie had quit the Gram-less Burritos, so they called him.

[@PBrown-k8j]

Very respectful and beautiful voice 💜

[@funkdaddy3.0]

Not to dis the Eagles, I wish they would have used Linda as the vocalist on "Desperado". She did a cover of it but only used piano accompaniment, what a great vocal range full of emotion.

[@deadandburied7626]

Nice video about Linda & co.

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[@johnfluetsch2628]

​@@SoundbiteBiothanks so much I can't wait to show this to my friends and well to everyone. I knew there was some proof the Eagles came about due to Linda Ronstadt.. now here it is! Very interesting stuff thanks again

[@johnfluetsch2628]

Oh and this isn't JohnnyF but he too liked these artists. But is not the author of the previous comment.

[@florenciadevera1809]

Beautiful face with incredible voice, talented and a generous person, what a gifted amazing woman she is! Thank you Lord for giving us Ms. Linda to shower the world a great entertainer on earth.🎉🎉🎉Lord with your miracle make her comfort in sickness she's now sufferring. God bless my forever idol Ms. Linda❤😊🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

[@renatamusic796]

Great! I love Linda. 💗

[@michelepfaff5363]

Love her!!!

[@anothercomment3451]

I saw L.R. live in concert, and was only dissappointed in that the singing was so effortless she barely moved. A genuinely enjoyable singer!

[@peoplehavetherights]

I surely hope that she is still cognizant and relatively whole after Parkinson's and the other disease that formed afterward. I will always listen to your vinyl, and wish i coukd somehow meet you. Lord knows, i listened to your music for over thirty-five years. May Gid bless you, Linda.

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[@DonaldMerrit]

I have a crush on Linda. Oh, and she has an incredible voice

[@MrRonnierockZ]

Love my Linda Love my boss her music magic IQ is contagious....Lucky I know her....my dear friend

[@larryholland7192]

Loved anything she sang!!

[@VictorGonzalez-ev1dj]

Hermosa Hermosa, toda su Vos y su Caracter. just the most Beautiful Woman in Rock and Roll,,And Mexican Music of Course, Cancines de mi Padre, Wonderful. Hit and idea , Credits to Ruben Bledes, Great producer. And Creator Of Pedro Navajas, Played by Andres Garcia, RiP,..

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Linda Ronstadt is who god created when he wanted to show off! Rare & remarkable.💕

[@kimoroman4992]

While the video is supposed to be about the origins of The Eagles, backing Linda, the clips are from many different periods. Linda’s Boy Scout era was 1977, 6 years after the formation of The Eagles. Joe Walsh harmonizing on 7 Bridges Road is from 1980. A clip of the Pacific Ocean is supposed to evoke Blue Bayou, a fresh water lagoon outside of New Orleans, Louisiana.

[@haolefly]

Wish folks would give Steve Young (Seven Bridges Road), more credit. What a songwriter!

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

More like click bait

[@diesel1344]

One of the top three female singers of the rock era. Whitney and Aretha are the others. Linda was by far the most versatile.

[@ricklewis5804]

Ann Wilson of Heart fame is also great.

[@northwesttravels7234]

So much better than the autotune fakes today.

[@ladyhonor822]

ICON FOREVER ⭐ PHILADELPHIA USA 🇺🇲 NOSTROVIA ☦️ HOLLAND PA 🇺🇲

[@kenlodge3399]

Smokin' Hot... Voice!

[@talltrees358]

And that she did,sing.

[@charlesstockford6003]

I had a huge crush on her. Still do.

[@lindapfister2484]

Her and karen carpenter where two of the best clear beauiful music. Such a shame she lost her beautiful voice and karen dying from anerxia

[@jeffreykurth2703]

My all time favorite female singer. Closely followed by Pat Benatar.

[@wolstenholme100]

She can cover almost anything!

[@PacificAirwave144]

I wasn't 10 years old and I thought she was beautiful and had a great voice. Same feelings for Olivia Newton-John.

[@BobKovacs]

FWIW, Glenn Frey also plays keyboards in Eagles' songs.

[@colinamwilliamson]

Such a beautiful woman.

[@MrEst1953]

The Best singer Ever

[@barbjohnson6268]

R.I.P. Linda. 😢

[@Thesaurcery4U2C]

@3:17 Well, I never met a girl looking any better than you did. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Give er a spin.

[@joemedley195]

Anyone else hear that Selena Gomez is going to play her in a biopic? I think this is good casting. Feel free to ask me why.

[@rickyhow4721]

I went to the capital theater back in 74 and saw Linda with the eagles and Dan Fogelberg , such a great show to never forget.

[@lindapfister2484]

Linda ronstadt and the stone ponies which to include don henley and glen frey

[@KeithGreen-pn3kx]

No. The Stone Poneys were Linda, Bob Kimmel, and Kenny Edwards. When the original Poneys broke up, there were various other musicians who played with her as LR and the Stone Poneys for a little while and then she became a solo artist as Linda Ronstadt. Bernie Leadon played with her during this early solo period, but left to be a Flying Burrito Brother w/ Gram Parsons. This is when Linda hired Glenn and Don along with Casey van Beek on bass, and Ken Bloom on lead guitar, fiddle and whatever else. This was '69-'70, maybe even '71. Randy left Poco to join Glenn and Don and Bernie in the new (non-Linda) band.

[@margaretross9150]

@@KeithGreen-pn3kx Actually Randy had quit Poco and was with Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band when he got a call from Glenn and joined the fledgling Eagles. 🦅

[@dusty7264]

Another fantastic female singer from Arizona, the other being Stevie Nicks

[@gooddaysahead1]

The only reason I like Bonnie Raitt better is because Bonnie plays a mad blues/slide guitar. Otherwise, Linda sends me.

[@johnangsman7820]

Jeff Skunk Baxter on congas

[@cmet8280]

What a convoluted mess, a bunch of random clips put together in a non cohesive manner.

[@BronsonDorsey]

What did Jim Morrison have to do with this?

[@mrfester42]

It's almost impossible to hear Linda speaking here. Her voice is mixed all low and bass with no high end. It sounds mostly like mumbling.

[@ricklewis5804]

Talking too fast for me to catch all the words

[@chuckberry8852]

Haha, that’s not the kind of bayou that Roy wrote about in the song Blue Bayou. Have you ever been to Louisiana?

[@ricksaunders8074]

As a young boy I thought Linda was so Hot Great voice too

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[@paul-u2y9y]

she didn't think jim morrison was a good singer? i think he had incredible range as he could sing moonlight drive or roadhouse blues.

[@andrewdillon7837]

Linda At 900 is still sexy ,,love her forever..

[@atatterson6992]

Love Linda to death... our hometown girl. Just wish she would stay away from the liberal politics that have poisoned the music and film industries. A really bad look for true Americans.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

Why come here and insult her?

[@atatterson6992]

@@DunedinMultimedia2 Because, unfortunately, she has gravely insulted me and millions like me. I've never understood why music, film and TV stars insist on becoming politicians. They must realize that at least half of their fans will be "insulted". I guess they just feel above all that... A true shame.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

@@atatterson6992 Then show a little grace as the lady is in poor health.

[@atatterson6992]

@@DunedinMultimedia2 As if she is going to read this... If you read my entire comment, you will see I am by no means an ogre trying to upset het. Just wishing that people of otherworldly talent use that talent to make thenselves and other happy. Allowing modern media to fill your head with outrageous lies and then turning around and confounding the problem, WAY outside your specialty is stoopid on your part amd evil on the part of modern media. Why be a conduit of bad faith misinformation and alienate a huge chuck of people that worship you? TO THE DOZENS OF CELEBRITIES, ARTISTS AND NON POLITICIANS READING THIS... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, STAY IN YOUR LANE. How's that, better?

[@michaelcrowson3174]

Dolly Parton is great but no rodstant

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[@billtyler8855]

i can't hear a thing you are saying with that stupid music in the background

[@gsr4535]

I used to like her long ago but once she gave up rock, I hated everything she did after. Could not even listen to it. Just my two cents.

[@Johnnynbk]

She's great at rock but she's no Karen Carpenter.

[@ginaorsini3312]

She's way better than Karen!

[@doninmichigan]

Her and Karen are both legends, can we appreciate them both without pitting them against each other? Geez! 🤔

[@gsr4535]

@@doninmichigan I didn't say anything about Carpenter, though I always hated her syrupy crap. Could tolerate Ronstadt's harder edge but she also did a lot of soft crap too. In fact, I hate both of them. Hahahah

[@straycatttt2766]

My father was born in 1930. He never heard of Linda Ronstadt and was not a fan of rock music. In the 1980’s, I bought him for Father’s Day a csssette tape of Linda with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. He loved it.