Linda Ronstadt should be in The Hall Of Fame. She is THE Queen of Rock, and THE Queen of Country for the entire decade of the 1970's. Rolling Stone magazine said so.....No performer, no group, sold more records than she did from 1971 through 1983. Not Elvis, not Bruce, the Stones, Fleetwood Mac, etc....She had more No.1 hits during that time than the above-mentioned legends. If THE King (Elvis), and THE Prince (Bruce) are in, why not THE Queen? She was THE first solo female performer to sell out a 100,000 seat stadium, and she did it consistently in the 1970's. So Hall of Fame, WTF is the problem???

Posted by Tony Fontane on Monday, 01/14/2013 @ 15:32pm

Identifying oneself as a fan of an artist is an automatic admission of bias. This makes the accusation that I am biased the most laughable thing I have ever read on this entire website.. To paraphrase Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now, charging someone with bias in this place is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.lol!

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 19:39pm

I agree with all pro-Linda posters. If you don't like her or her music, that's fine, but obviously lots of people do. So where does anyone get off saying a top selling artist doesn't belong in the R&R Hall of Fame, etc.

And then, there is this, maybe it will change some minds!:

http://www.lazygirls.info/Linda_Ronstadt/Upskirt_qO53h0y

That might be my favorite picture of all-time!

Posted by Travis on Saturday, 03/2/2013 @ 14:30pm

The Eagles want Linda Ronstadt inducted!

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 05/26/2013 @ 10:48am

The Eagles were friends with her back in the day. Of course cronyism is what this game is about. The Pretenders got in their first year of eligibility because of Seymour Stein.

Posted by astrodog on Monday, 05/27/2013 @ 18:01pm

I am astonished that this woman has been passed over for induction. This clearly has something to do with music politics & ratings. Because Linda has earnend it, deserves it and her induction is looooooong over due. Hall of Fame Voters WTF?

Posted by Angie on Thursday, 08/22/2013 @ 03:04am

I am astonished that this woman has been passed over for induction. This clearly has something to do with music politics & ratings. Because Linda has earnend it, deserves it and her induction is looooooong over due. Hall of Fame Voters WTF?

Posted by Angie on Thursday, 08/22/2013 @ 03:06am

Stone Poneys

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 08/24/2013 @ 05:51am

the fact that linda ronstadt is not in the rock and roll hall of fame shows that the requirements for admission are both capricious and arbitrary. to think this woman's accomplishments have not already put her in the hall only diminishes the process by which people are elected. just a travesty.

Posted by bob on Saturday, 08/24/2013 @ 21:34pm

let's all send her LOVE.. it's the best thing we can all do

Posted by Happy on Tuesday, 08/27/2013 @ 16:26pm

I agree that Linda should be in. As part of her recent announcement about her having Parkinsons', she also stated she couldn't sing anymore. I'm not sure how clear she is on that, but we all know her condition will worsen as time passes.

So, as a quick motivator to get her in the Hall, why not nominate and eventually induct her all in one? Maybe she could try to belt out a couple tunes in April. Bottom line: why not now?

Posted by Jason Voigt on Wednesday, 09/4/2013 @ 13:23pm

It is rumoured that Linda Ronstadt will finally be on the ballot of nominees for the 2014 Rock Hall inductees! Fingers crossed!

Posted by Tom Wesley on Monday, 10/14/2013 @ 15:56pm

Where is your link to the rumor

Posted by Roy on Monday, 10/14/2013 @ 16:01pm

Where you hear this from Tom?

Posted by Tim on Monday, 10/14/2013 @ 16:10pm

I hope not. So many artists who are much more deserving.

Posted by astrodog on Monday, 10/14/2013 @ 18:27pm

astrodog is such a troll.

Hes going around trying to put Ronstadt on blast. Go away and listen to your sorry ass Olivia Newton John albums.

Ronstadt will get in whether you like it or not. She has a strong fan base so you can keep going around on these forums and undermine her worthiness all you want but shes still getting in.

Posted by daftjustice on Wednesday, 10/16/2013 @ 18:13pm

Somewhere Out There * Don't Know Much * All My Life * Blue Train

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 10/16/2013 @ 20:35pm

The first four years of Adeles career introducing five original major hits puts Ronstadt in perspective and explain s why she is not inducted.

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Friday, 10/18/2013 @ 17:50pm

The first four years of Adeles career introducing five original major hits puts Ronstadt in perspective and explain s why she is not inducted.

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Friday, 10/18/2013 @ 19:04pm

I think she will get IN

Posted by Happy on Monday, 11/11/2013 @ 12:35pm

She got in. She's an icon. The end.

Posted by Daftjustice on Wednesday, 12/18/2013 @ 20:53pm

She's not an icon. Who is she? The only cultural icon that got in was KISS.

Linda Ronstadt is one of those stupid inductions you get when fan input is essentially meaningless.

Yeah, she did so much for rock than a ton of hard rock, noise, industrial, grind, punk and heavy metal acts...

The rest of the Big 4 after Metallica (Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth)
Deep Purple
Pantera
Motorhead, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden
Napalm Death

On and on and on. The Hall inducts 30 Linda Ronstadts before it inducts 1 Slayer.
It is fraudulent. Fans would not get Linda Ronstadt in. They have to pressure people for a decade to get bands like KISS and Rush in.

Posted by Neckbeard on Friday, 12/20/2013 @ 21:50pm

"The Hall inducts 30 Linda Ronstadts before it inducts 1 Slayer" Lindas first year of eligibility was the 1995 ceremony.She had to wait longer than any band you mentioned. Maybe you should actually learn about this first.

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Monday, 12/23/2013 @ 00:34am

Finally, the END of the Philip-Astrodog-RR HOF judge "Degrade Linda Ronstadt Show" - time to pick up your marbles and go home boys. You were so wrong! Be sure to watch Linda Ronstadt immortalized this coming April into the Hall Of Fame.

Posted by Rob-ronstadtfanaz on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 02:13am

Man, all the regulars are just getting pwned around here these days. *rolls eyes*

Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 04:07am

We'd best tread carefully, Darin.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 07:48am

Yes, apparently I was wrong about Linda Ronstadt, even though I said I would like to see her get in at some point, and when I predicted her as making it this year? I was totally wrong about that. So glad someone was around to put me in my place.

Posted by Philip on Tuesday, 12/24/2013 @ 11:54am

Don't worry,the HOF will eventually let her in,they are running out of people.

Posted by RR HOF judge on Wednesday, 04.14.10 @ 19:52pm

I was never wrong. The HOF did eventually let Linda in together with Kiss, Hall and Oats,and other artists who had to wait till they were running out of people.Having just a Nirvana induction would have been awkward.

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Sunday, 09/21/2014 @ 13:40pm

Don't worry,the HOF will eventually let her in,they are running out of people.

Posted by RR HOF judge on Wednesday, 04.14.10 @ 19:52pm

I was never wrong. The HOF did eventually let Linda in together with Kiss, Hall and Oats,and other artists who had to wait till they were running out of people.Having just a Nirvana induction would have been awkward.

Posted by RR HOF Judge on Sunday, 09/21/2014 @ 14:51pm

You know they are running out of acts to induct, especially given the narrow-mindedness of the voters, when they have to induct Ronstadt after 20 years of eligibility when she has never even been nominated before. (They still cannot nominate acts like ELO though).

And as predicted it accomplished nothing. Her meager legacy has evaporated into the dust. You can induct all the Ronstadts and Paul Butterfield Blues Bands you want and rock is so spent as a culturally relevant force and the R&RHF so increasingly marginalized that it means nothing. The brand has been tarnished into irrelevance. Even eight years ago this was a big deal. Now it is just another name in the mausoleum.

Posted by astrodog on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 09:04am

No. Ronstadt was one of the finest singers of the rock era, an important piece in the 1970s 'back-to-the-roots' revival of 50s and 60s music, and did a number of important Spanish language recordings.

The hall didn't 'run out of people to induct'; as Glenn Frey said at the ceremony this year, she should have gotten in with The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in '98.

Posted by PopeCharming on Monday, 12/22/2014 @ 09:39am

LOL. Astrodog is still seething a year after Linda's induction. Dude, go for therapy. You're a sad and bitter douchebag. I could have predicted you'd be here bitching a year ago and you'll be here a year from now still claiming Linda is not relevant. The fact that you can't get her off your mind speaks for itself. Go for therapy dude. LOL. I'll check in for your bitter comments every now and then and I'm sure you'll be here. You can't get Ronstadt out of your head. Why? Ask yourself! Ask your therapist to help you figure it out. LOL LOL LOL LOL Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Posted by Richie on Saturday, 02/21/2015 @ 01:23am

Richie-Just noticed your comment. Ronstadt's induction was a travesty. It wasn't even close. She was a cover's artist. The whole point of waiting a period of years to determine whether an artist is worthy is precisely to measure their long term impact. Ronstadt doesn't have any. She was a popular singer in her time singing other people's songs (mostly prior hits), not taking a single risk, not moving music a single creative inch forward or even sideways, not having the slightest influence. We have reached the point now where these inductions are no longer relevant, where people are inducting pals and cronies to general indifference. But as an artist Ronstadt might as well not have existed at all. She was that much of a non-entity. And is still a non-entity after her laughable induction.

I think rock is spent as a culturally relevant force. It committed suicide. And the R&RHF now acts as a sort of old timer's museum. But that said so many bands were more worthy than Ronstadt. That will never change. A complete waste of an induction that accomplished nothing. At least she had to wait 25 years. It wasn't like she was overlooked. She just plainly never deserved it.

Posted by astrodog on Wednesday, 04/1/2015 @ 23:21pm

Astrodog - You are the travestry. You are obsessed with BS criticism of Linda Ronstadt. For many she remains the greatest natural female vocalist of the rock and roll era. A seminal figure that brought steel guitar and powerful southwestern vocals to millions as well as a songwriters champion. Pull yer head out of Dave Marsh's arse and get a life that does not include a stalkers obsession with the beloved and forever impressive Linda Ronstadt. We arecall on to you

Posted by cowboy rockin' tonk on Thursday, 04/2/2015 @ 17:02pm

I don't check in nearly as much as I used to, but it's nice to see you here again, Astrodog. I see you're still playing Lex Luthor to Ronstadt's Superman (or Supergirl, as the case may be).

Quick question - seeing as how you made it a point to respond on April Fool's Day, can any grain of truth be taken from your missive? Or are you just stringing out a few people for laughs?

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 04/3/2015 @ 10:12am

"Linda is now outside the pop music world, doing her thing. I don’t know if there will ever be another singer who impacts me like she does. She is truly at the top of the class, along with Emmylou Harris and Nicolette [Larson]. Some artists just have it. Like a painter who is great, you can’t say why. I have been so fortunate to have these friends.
I find it unbelievable that Linda is not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. There is something wrong with that. She should have been inducted a long time ago. I would be honored to induct her."
— Neil Young on Linda Ronstadt in Waging Heavy Peace (via foreverneilyoung)

Posted by robtempe on Sunday, 05/21/2017 @ 10:43am

2019 Kennedy Center Honoree

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 07/24/2019 @ 00:07am

Like Linda Ronstadt herself...her fans are persistent including those who produced this film about her career. Those of us in this forum who spoke so vociferously in Linda's favor should feel vindicated and hope those on the other side have the grace to at least watch the film and understand why we fight.

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE

http://ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/5934/linda-ronstadt-documentary-sound-voice

Posted by ronstadtfanaz on Saturday, 09/14/2019 @ 20:16pm