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Episode: 1974 - November: Linda Ronstadt ”Heart Like a Wheel”
Description: Linda Ronstadt's fifth solo studio album would be her breakout one. Heart Like a Wheel is a folk/country/rock mixture of covers and originals, and was the last album Ronstadt released on the Capitol Records label after she had moved to Asylum records. It would reach the top of the Billboard 200, spend 51 weeks on the chart, and fuel Ronstadt's rise to the first "arena class" female rock star.
Linda Maria Ronstadt is the third of four children born to a family of Mexican and German descent and a long history in Arizona. Her professional start is con...