The Playboy Music Hall Of Fame

April, 1978

Linda RonstadtCountry-and-western music likes its women vocalists to wear their hearts on their sleeves and their skirts over their heads. Linda Ronstadt understands that very well. Yet, when you listen to her, there are other factors at work to sweeten the deal. Her voice, unlike most C&W warblers, still has a baby pudge to it. She is everyone's first love. She is always the girlfriend but never the roommate; the passionate pubescent but never the tail wagger. After making three albums with the...