Linda Ronstadt

Known in the ‘70s for: Performing as a pop, rock, and country singer.
Ronstadt got her start in the L.A. folk and countryside of the music industry by performing at the club Troubadour alongside other music giants like James Taylor, Eagles, and Byrds. She began performing in country-rock, where several publications and critics almost instantly honored her as the Queen of Rock and the First Lady of Rock.

Throughout her career, Ronstadt was able to take home prestigious awards such as 10 Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music, three American Music Awards, an ALMA Award, and an Emmy Award. Aside from the said accolades. She branded herself as a sex icon to some degree thanks to the covers of her ‘70s albums Hasten Down the Wind (1976), where she posed daringly from under her wind-blown dress, and Simple Dreams (1977), where she laid vainly donning only a silk robe.

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