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In 1970, Linda Ronstadt released the song as a single and on the album Silk Purse. [1] The single spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 25, [2] while reaching No. 15 on Canada's "RPM 100" (her first single there), [3] No. 8 on Canada's CHUM 30 chart, [4] and No. 20 on Billboard ' s Easy Listening chart.
Luisa Espinel, Ronstadt's aunt, was an international singer in the 1920s and 1930s. Espinel's father was Fred Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt's grandfather, and the songs she had learned, transcribed, and published were some of the ones he had brought with him from Sonora. Ronstadt researched and extracted from the favorites she had learned from her ...
The poignant episode, also titled "Long Long Time," follows the pair through time, chronicling their love story from past to present, before Ronstadt's song is played once more at the end. Long ...
The 1970 release "Long, Long Time" was her first solo charting single. Her 1974 single " You're No Good " topped the US Hot 100 , reached number seven in Canada and number 15 in Australia. Its B-side song " I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) " reached number two on the US Hot Country Songs list.
'The Last of Us' Episode 3 prominently features the song 'Long Long Time' by Linda Ronstadt. Here's why the HBO show chose that song for Bill and Frank's story.
Many artists had recorded it, from Percy Sledge to the Flying Burrito Brothers and Aretha Franklin by the time it found its way to Ronstadt's first chart-topping album, 1974's "Heart Like a Wheel."
It was Ronstadt's sixth single reach a position outside the Hot 100 top 40. [10] It also debuted on the US Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1976 and spent seven weeks there. In January 1977, the single reached the number 38 position. It was Ronstadt's lowest-charting single on the adult contemporary chart up to that point. [11]
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on Linda Ronstadt and learn more about the Grammy winning singer, producer and entertainer.