"How Do I Make You," Linda Ronstadt (1980)
Yes, she can sing new wave, too.
Peak: #10 on the Hot 100
Streams: 2 million
Despite loving Linda Ronstadt’s music for my entire life — so much that I immediately made a mix of her hits when I first got access to a CD burner — I somehow missed her 1980 album Mad Love. I finally heard it a few years ago, and I was floored.
The album’s biggest hit was “Hurt So Bad” (#8 on the Hot 100), and…
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