Last night, I coincidentally caught again Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice on CNN. I previously wrote about this great documentary here. Ronstadt, who due to Parkinson’s disease officially retired on 2011, was one of the greatest and most versatile vocalists.
When Will I Be Loved is one of the standouts on Ronstadt’s breakthrough album Heart Like a Wheel from November 1974. This great tune was written by Phil Everly and originally recorded and released by The Everly Brothers in 1960.
While I always loved the original, I think Ronstadt took the song to a new level. Apart from beautiful harmony singing (Ronstadt is singing lead and backing vocals), it’s the guitar work by Andrew Gold that stands out to me.
Sources: Wikipedia; YouTube
Christian's Music Musings 
That CNN doc was very good.
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I saw this documentary in the theater. I agree that it was great.
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A theater sounds like a great place to see it. Unfortunately, I completely missed it when it was on the big screen.
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Linda could take any song to a new level. One of the strongest female voices in rock at the time. She has great takes on songs.
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I wore the grooves off of that album. Will need to watch that doc at some point.
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It’s definitely worthwhile watching, especially if you like Linda. Her voice was angelic.
Have you listened to any of the Trio albums she did with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris? Unbelievable harmony singing!
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I have seen clips on youtube but never whole albums. From memory they were fabulous. I like Emmylou better singing with others than alone. Do you have the names of those albums? I can see if Old Faithful (library) has them 🙂
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The first one is called “Trio” and came out in March 1987. The second one ingeniously is titled “Trio II” and was released in February 1999.
BTW, I haven‘t heard these albums in their entirety either.
My absolute favorite thus far is their cover of “After the Gold Rush”, which is on “Trio II”. They took Neil Young’s great song to a whole new level. It’s literally like a angels choir singing. I admit this has brought me to tears!
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Thanks, Christian 🙂
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Linda, die Cover-Königin. Mit dieser zeitgemässen, entstaubten Version des Everly Brother Klassikers, haben Frau Ronstadt und ihre Band einmal mehr bewiesen, wie frisch und vital ein alter Song klingen kann, wenn man sich nur Mühe gibt.
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