Hits List: Linda Ronstadt

All you had to do was hear her amazing voice on "Long, Long Time" to know she was going to be huge.  But no one could predict the incredible versatility of this one-of-a-kind talent.  Here is the complete Hits List* for Linda Ronstadt:

1969:  "The Long Way Around" (#70, #17 Easy Listening, #57 Canada)

1970:  "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
           "Long, Long Time (#25, #20 EL, #15 Canada)--highly underrated
1971:  "He Dark the Sun"
           "I Fall to Pieces"
1972:  "Rock me on the Water" (#85)
1973:  "Love Has No Pride" (#51, #23 EL, #59 Canada)--underrated
1974:  "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (#67, #90 Canada)--underrated
           "Colorado"
           "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"

1975:  "You're No Good" (#1, #10 EL, #7 Canada, #24 New Zealand, #17 Netherlands)

           "When Will I Be Loved" (#2, #3 EL, #7 Canada)
           "Heat Wave" (#5, #19 EL, #12 Canada)
           "Love Is a Rose" (#63, #100 Canada)--underrated
           "The Tracks of My Tears" (#25, #4 EL, #42 U.K., #22 Canada)--underrated
           "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" ("B" side--#47, #20 EL, #83 Canada)
1976:  "That'll Be the Day" (#11, #16 EL, #2 Canada)
           "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" (#42, #38 EL, #58 Canada)--underrated

 

1977:  "Lose Again" (#76)
           "Blue Bayou" (#3, #3 EL, #35 U.K., #2 Canada, #3 New Zealand)
           "It's So Easy" (#5, #37 EL, #9 Canada, #11 New Zealand, #13 Netherlands)
           "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (#31, #27 EL, #26 Canada)
           "Lo Siento Mi Vida"
1978:  "I Never Will Marry" (#30 Adult Contemporary)
           "Back in the U.S.A." (#16, #30 AC, #8 Canada, #24 New Zealand)
           "Ooh Baby Baby" (#7, #2 AC, #6 Canada)
           "Tumbling Dice" ("B" Side--#32, #35 Canada)
1979:  "Just One Look" (#44, #5 AC, #46 Canada)
           "Alison" (#30 AC, #66 U.K.)

1980:   "How Do I Make You" (#10, #15 Canada, #30 New Zealand)
            "Hurt So Bad" (#8, #25 AC, #17 Canada, #43 Netherlands)
            "I Can't Let Go" (#31, #48 AC, #28 Canada)
1982:  "Get Closer" (#29, #30 Canada, #43 Netherlands)
            "I Knew You When" (#37, #29 AC)
1983:  "Easy for You to Say" (#54, #7 AC)
           "What's New" (#53, #5 AC)

1984:  "I've Got a Crush on You" (#7 AC)
           "Someone to Watch Over Me"
           "Skylark" (#12 AC)
1985:  "When I Fall in Love" (#24 AC)
1986:  "When You Wish Upon a Star" (#32 AC)
           "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons"
           "Somewhere Out There" (with James Ingram--#2, #4 AC, #2 Canada, #8 U.K., #51 Netherlands)
1987:  "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris--#62 Netherlands)
           "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris--#35 AC)
           "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)
1988:  "Wildflowers (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)

1989:  "Don't Know Much" (with Aaron Neville--#2, #1 AC, #1 Canada, #2 U.K., #4 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands)
            "All My Life" (with Aaron Neville--#11, #1 AC, #1 Canada, #28 Netherlands)
1990:  "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (#78, #5 AC, #10 Canada)
           "Adios" (#9 AC, #34 Canada)
1991:  "Dreams to Dream" (#13 AC, #69 Canada)
1992:  "Gritenme Piedras del Campo"
           "Frenesi"
           "Perfidia"
1993:  "Entre Abismos"
           "heartbeats Accelerating" (#31 AC, #17 Canada)

1994:  "Adonde Voy"
           "Oh No Not My Baby" (#35 AC, #33 Canada)
           "A River for Him"
1995:  "Blue Train" (#31 AC, #42 Canada)
           "Walk On"
           "Feels Like Home" (with Emmylou Harris)
           "The Waiting"
           "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
1996:  "Dedicated to the One I Love"
1998:  "We Ran"
1999:  "High Sierra" (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)
           "After the Gold Rush" (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris)
           "For a Dancer" (with Emmylou Harris)
2006:  "Walk Away Renee" (with Ann Savoy)

That's 32 career hits for the gifted Ronstadt, with 10 reaching the Top 10 (although as noted above, several "underrated songs") and one #1.  On the Adult chart, she's scored 38 hits, with 14 Top 10's and two #1 songs.