It’s hard to top Smoky but Linda’s rendition is simply beautiful.

Linda's amazing voice with David Sanborn's awesome Sax is the perfect combination. Love this!

Never thought someone else could top Smokey Robinson version. I was wrong! Don't think she got the recognition she should have. Love her!

Who doesn't love Linda Ronstadt. THE BEST ever.

40 years later and I still say WOW!

I still remember the first time I heard this gorgeous song. It was late one night on a small crackly portable radio in a foxhole when I was on manuvers in Camp Pendleton, California. I was mesmerized then, and, more than 40 years later, I still am. Thank you Linda, for some of the best musical memories....

Every time I listen to Linda sing, I fall in love with her. That voice is MAGIC, one of a kind.

She sounds so soulful to me, I know it's definitely Smokie's song but she really does a beautiful job with it don't you think?

Loveliest rocker EVER, whose equally beautiful voice is silenced. A thousand curses on you Parkinson's!!😠😠😠

Double Wow Wow. I,m crying and melting at the same time. Linda Ronstadt IS total Class. Ooh Ooh baby baby ❤

I Saw Linda Ronstadt in concert at the forum in Los Angeles in 1981. She brought out Smokey Robinson and they sang this song as a duet together. It was absolutely fantastic!

One of the best pipes in the business...and those EYES! They slay me.

In this moments of conflict and suffering just lower the lights play this song and close your eyes. There was and always be something about her voice that moved your soul

This a tremendous version of this great Smokey Robinson hit. Linda could sing anything, so versatile and just a true talent. One of the greatest singers of all time.

RIP David Sanborn, who passed yesterday. Probably the best sax alto ever, as we can hear in this amazing record by Linda singing Smokey s song.

Can't say it enough just love hearing her sing this song. What a beautiful woman and voice.

1977-This was my first slow dance. I will always love Linda Ronstadt, this song and that boy for asking me.

No one can sing ,this beautiful song ,like her . Sorry no one else. Whoever think 🤔could . Can,t touch this . What a voice . 🙏

what a beautiful voice and lady

One of the most gifted vocalist of all time, Thank you Linda for all the pleasure you've brought me with your music.

I'll never forget the first time i heard this, in '78. I was in a gorgeous apt in Redondo Beach, just getting used to Southern California after spending 17 yrs in Brooklyn. My cousin Rich and his girlfriend Mary had a great stereo and it could not have sounded better.I'd come up from San Diego. The this song played on vinyl, nobody made a sound, it just took over... And it still does just that...

I can't get enough of listening to this song every time I hear it I love it even more

One of the most beautiful voices ever she made this song her own

After all the years she still makes this 70-year-old man come to tears. O-BABY-BABY.

Linda sweetie, what ever happens, you sure did it your way.

Heavenly voice. A beautiful, talented woman.

I'm old now..but this old song hit's me in the feels...yup i still miss her.....

Such a beautiful voice💙👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Her voice touches the soul.

Heard it a few days ago on the local nostalgia station, so I had to look for it on their archive and thankfully found it. What an amazing song!

I do love this song ❤❤so much great job Linda

Loved her singing, beautiful woman, she seemed shy in some of her interviews

The production on this is amazing and David Sandborn's sax riff is right up there in the top 5 of all time and makes the song I think. Oh yea and Linda's voice but that goes without saying

Someone once said Linda Ronstadt had the most beautiful eyes hair ever❤❤

Girl i love this jam. Takes me back to good days. Love it!!!

Linda, is so uniquely gifted possibley making her the best all around female vocalist..Whitney has her things and a handful of others have their things , but you can't talk about a female vocalist without her near the top and that is because she can let her voice shine through in any category of music she sings, PERIOD.

My favourite Linda song.

I loved her singing..Timeless..So sorry she now Parkinson's..I remember back in the day, all the boys wanted to be with her.

Best comment I ever read about Linda was "she sings like a dream". Her cover is better than the original and that is very rare!

Ooh Baby Baby bloody brilliant. But it's Linda Ronstadt after all. What do you expect. Class.

Gorgeous heartbreaking voice.

I used to have that poster! Linda Ronstadt certainly one of the finest vocalists of all time.

I fell in love with this Women's face and beautiful voice over 45 years ago this song is one of her best and makes my soul ache

clarity with purity, a flame whose voice burned the shortest was undeniably the brightest in all regards.

Thank you Linda for all the songs. My wife and I can not dance any more to your music because of Arthrits but we still enjoy your sounds in the car on trips. Take care we miss your singing.

Linda may be my favorite female singer, along with Whitney and Celine

Another one of my childhood crushes- her voice is just so soothing.

what a class act she is

This was the first song that i heard Linda singing. For sure that was such a great impression ever!

What an amazing voice!

Such a beautiful voice and woman .

Can't believe I learned something from a gentleman on here the other day, I never realized the beautiful Saxophone was David Sanborn and I had no clue about that so you learn something Cool still going on 63 now but I just thought it was a very Cool share, no ranting and raving just enjoying a beautiful song and reading some really Cool stuff but this was really nice, there are still some really great people out there like you all, thanks for reading have a great day

Tan versátil como Meryll Streep en la actuación es Linda Ronstadt para el canto... Es hasta difícil enumerar todo lo que ha grabado: Opereta, Broadway, Standards, Rancheras de lo que me acuerdo 🙃. Empezó en el Country Rock y su primera banda de acompañamiento fueron los futuros Eagles. Eso al inicio de la década del 70'... Aquí cantando Soul (el saxo parece David Sanborn), composición de Smokey Robinson, o sea que es mega canción Soul... También lo hizo aquí.... Parece experta en este estilo de canto... Es de no creer por que tiene todos los 'geites' ananais o detallitos, que solo alguien que se dedica al Género puede transmitir a través del micrófono... Botemos la toalla no más... Linda Ronstadt no tiene explicación posible ,💃🎶🎶🎶🎶♾️

Classic Linda Just Beautiful!

Everytime I hear her sing it takes me to the 70"s and my parents when they were so in love...

This is the very FIRST song I sang @ karaoke, I was on a cruise in the middle of (I forgot) the name of the ocean. I can't recall where I was @ the time, but I had a GREAT time!! I LOVE going on cruises & singing karaoke!!❤❤❤

Killer version, Linda owns ♥

Wow, takes me back to my high school days and my first love. What a beautiful voice and song. Better than Smokey on this one!!! I will miss her voice.....

Imagine I just learned on here that it's David Sanborn on the Saxophone and I know he's one of the greatest of all time but never realized that this masterpiece was him until I was reading the comments right here, guess we're never to old to learn something new are we lol

Oh my... Your beautiful voice get into my nerve... So soothing

Deym, first listen to her rendition..awesome...the sax solo makes it a fusion jazz.

So beautiful! Love you Linda ❤

Beautiful rendition and love the sax

I really love Linda singing this song . memories of my youth🌹

Both of them are unbeatable.Just love them.

So heartfelt. Beautiful. One of ouroviest female singers of all time. Also prettiest too.

Only one other female singer could do someone else's song and have that song become their own. That other singer?: Patsy Cline. Case in point: "Faded Love" was a hit written and performed by Bob Wills. Once Patsy did her version, "Faded Love" became, and is today, considered a Patsy Cline song. For Linda, case in point, "Ooo Baby Baby" and "Blue Bayou". Even though these three songs were done by other artists, Patsy's and Linda's versions are so strong, they have become Patsy's and Linda's songs. Thank you Bob Wills, Smoky Robinson, and Roy Orbison for writing such beautiful songs and thank you Patsy and Linda for singing them.

Our Tucson Girl! 🌺💗🌺

Beauty and sweet voice, as she is,..., a song listened to me in 1978 aprxmtly.

I loved your singing from the beginning. Doing two of Smokey’s classics sealed the deal. Your voice is heavenly. Thank you Linda.

One of the best rock and roll songs ever!

Very Well Put Together.....Showing Her With Some of the All Time Greats

Sing it girl!!!

I love you, Linda ❤

Thank you. Of course, the voice, but some rare and beautiful photos of Ms. Ronstadt and the amazing cast of characters that flocked to her.

Stunning 100%

Ooh Linda Ronstadt, baby baby.

Great rendition !...

One of Linda's most beautifully sung songs. ❤x

Linda Ronstadt gave respect to smokys song ohh baby baby when she sang it.

If anyone could cover this song like Smoky, it's Linda. Great version

Ooo baby baby, Linda Ronstadt you're killing me. Absolutely GORGEOUS ❤.

Aww Smokey knew she had her name all over it & the 2 of them together .. Wow what a duet!!!! Thank you both.☝️Those voices 😊I can’t stop listening ( trying..)

Great slideshow 👍🏻

It's Linda Ronstadt after all. Ooh Baby Baby ❤. Class.

The picture of Mick and Linda is priceless. Bet, just out of bed.

Simply brilliant, ooh baby baby. Simply Ronstadt CLASS.

Linda Ronstadt, Ooh Ooh BABY BABY. Sublime. Totally BRILLIANT ❤.

Smooth as chocolate. Linda Ronstadt absolutely gorgeous ❤. Stunning.

Thank you.

Great pipes.

She's my favorite singer. She had a way to mske any song hers. I have all of vinyl record albums in my collection. I hope my grandchildren will be able happy to inherit this collection going back to the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80,s and so on. I love music!!!❤

Simply the Best.... the best voice in this or any other generation.... thank you Linda❤

She is the best

Love the 🎷

Sublime, the music equivalent to chocolate. Gorgeous. It just melts❤.

daughter or niece or cousin to Linda ... WoW she nailed it

She was the bomb. Beautiful.

that lovely face

Linda Ronstadt a True Legend. Total Class.