it's called training instead imitating and screaming...dynamics and tone...and most of all interpretation and phrasing...

@@thomastimlin1724 Training or just talent all the talent from the 60's 70's was pure talent no outside input

And women

I'm 66 yo and I tell you Willie was right because I was one of them that loved her

Better than the Eagles

I totally agree. However, like any athlete, it takes a lot of muscle to make it look easy. But thank you.

@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Of course that is correct and she has obviously put the work into it to produce that wonderful voice with a great range.

Carlade....she's over 80

​@@michaelasay8587No she isn't .... She's 77

Stone Poneys, actually.

Wonderful duets too 💖

I would love to see reactions to '70's country songs by Linda Ronstadt, as well as Olivia Newton John.

So sad she can no longer sing. What a loss.

Not once you hear the Carpenters version. Now that really is the definitive version.

Remember the Eagles were her backup singers & she told them to go out on their own because she knew they were good.

My words exactly.

Actually, Desperado was never released as a single by The Eagles and the whole album was a commercial disappointment, being the worst charting album they ever released. Henley freely admits Desperado the song only got popular after Ronstadt recorded it and put it on her album Don't Cry Now. That's what pushed it into the spotlight and allowed it to become the classic it's considered now.

@@sad99q Correct

Did not desperado become a hit after Linda released the song as the record company thought their style would not work until they heard Linda's version was a hit

Ray, thank you for asking this question. Songwriter and singer Don Henley, not their record company, openly declared with pride that his friend, Linda Ronstadt, "made the song her own." The Eagles released the song Desperado on their second album of that title in 1973. According to an interview with Don Henley, "Desperado" was not a hit for the Eagles until Linda Ronstadt recorded and released the song on her later 1973 album Don't Cry Now. Henley credited Ronstadt for popularizing the song with her early cover of the song and considers her version as the definitive performance. Raya, I hope that this answers your question.@@Ray-dm1xf

It became a hit after Linda covered it.

The reason the Eagles version never became a hit single was that the record company didn't want to release a third single from the "Desperado" album. The first two singles, "Tequila Sunrise" and "Outlaw Man" weren't big hits, unlike the songs from their debut album. "Tequila Sunrise" peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #26 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "Outlaw Man" didn't even do that well. Asylum Records, from the start, wasn't really behind this particular album, and really didn't advertise it, with the exception of a giant billboard on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. So, since Eagles version was never released as a single, but Linda's was, hers is the one that got a lot of the radio airplay. When it was learned that Linda's was a cover of an Eagles song, the Eagles version started getting airplay as well.

Everything that needs to be said about this performance has been said MANY times over the years. But thanks for saying it again, Mr. Harri. (although you kind of spoiled the climax by cutting in just before her resolution. I know, you couldn't help yourself)

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My parents LOVED those! ❤️