RONSTADT, LINDA
(*1946)
RONSTADT, LINDA (b. Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 1946) Ronstadt is a pop vocalist who was one of the first COUNTRY-ROCK stars to have records charted on both country and pop charts. Ronstadt's combination of the songs and sensibilities of HANK WILLIAMS and BUDDY HOLLY pointed the way to a new marriage of country and rock while reviving sales of the original recordings of both these performers. Ronstadt was born to a middle-class family in Tucson, where her father, a Mexican-American, operated a…