Mad Love is a Platinum certified, Grammy nominated 1980 Punk/New Wave album by singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard album chart - a record at the time and a first for any female artist - and quickly became Ronstadt's seventh consecutive million-selling Platinum album.(wikipedia)
Linda Ronstadt (Tucson, 1946) has one of the most leading and versatile voices for a wide range of musical styles lavished in his career, from his early themes folk, rock and country until the later of jazz, Latin, pop and even operetta. The repertoire of this album is selected from old musical standards, with rhythms of swing, blues and romantic ballads. It was the final installment of the jazz trilogy that Ronstadt recorded with bandleader and arranger Nelson Riddle, who died during the making of this disc. Three of the tracks were conducted by Terry Woodson.
Lush Life is a Platinum-certified, Grammy-nominated album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1984. It was the second in a trilogy of jazz albums with the late bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle.
It peaked at #13 on the Billboard album chart was certified Platinum in just several weeks, becoming Ronstadt's record tenth million-selling Platinum album overall. It also earned Ronstadt a Grammy award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female alongside Madonna, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston.( wikipedia)
Bringing together Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt for the album Trio was a truly inspired idea, and not simply because they were three of the finest voices in country and pop music at the time. In short, Trio is that rare example of an all-star collaborative effort that truly shows everyone involved to their best advantage, and it ranks with the best of all three headliners' work.(Mark Deming - AllMusic Guide)
Living In The USA is a 1978 album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. The album was Ronstadt's third No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and was the first album in history to ship Double Platinum. As a measure of her impact on popular culture in this time period, the front cover photograph of a roller skating Linda in a satin exercise outfit was noted to increase the popularity of skating, in the U.S., at the time.(wikipedia)