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Why do people care if she was gay or straight black or white. All that matters is that she was dynamite. As a waiter in a nightclub I saw her every night of her season and as far as I'm concerned, she left other stars for dead, including Cilla Black, Liza Minelli Shirley Bassey, Sammy Davis J ......

@theblueangel28 I couldn't agree with you more. Linda has never been a glory hog but she's always been a giver. I think that this accounts for her many duets, trios and back-ups, sometimes with established stars and at other times with those trying to make their mark. She's truly a remarkable wom...

Damien might be riding to fame on Roy's coat-tails but he'll never be Roy: he just doesn't have the voice.

@Izzycuddles09 I suspect that you're still young enough to know everything. When you grow up you'll gradually learn how little you know.

I've posted several comments about Linda Ronstadt on You-Tube. l've learned from the replies. One reply made me see that Linda might care less than I do about her induction in the R&R Hall of fame. Another took me to task for referring to Linda as an interpreter. This made me realize that most of...

Son of a Preacher Man: I've been a fan of the late, great Dusty Springfield since the 1960s and never believed that other interpreters of this song could match her rendition. To be fair, I comared 4 versions: Dusty's, Bobbie Gentry's, Joss Stone's and the iconic Tina Turner's. Bobbie and Joss sou...

@1professorMcG 'Professor', in my experience, academics address the issue at hand and do so analytically. You've done neither. I wrote about Damien's recordings. You wrote about his performance on a talent show, implying that talent show contestants always cover other artists' works. If the word ...

I first heard Frank Ifield sing 'Lovesick Blues' on Australian Bandstand when I was 12 or 13. I didn't really think he belonged on the show but got stuck on the song and thought that Frank was quite a hunk. When I think back to his performance I think he was fantastic, but I have to say that I l...

No one covers the Everley Brothers better than Linda. I wish she'd do a tribute album. No one else could bring them back the way she does.

This song is a pathbreaker, like the Shirelles themselves. Without it there'd probably have been no Supremes, no Diana Ross and none of the many girl groups who became famous afterwards. The song might have been written by Carole King, but, in my opinion, she never sang it like the Shirelles. The...

I agree with cwebsterk, to some degree. Whitney Houston's studio version of the song can't be faulted for style and production. Dolly Parton said so herself on Parkinson perhaps a decade ago. Dolly and Linda are both very modest but both of them sing Dolly's song with emotion, conviction and styl...