Linda Ronstadt - 1978 press - part 13

[Partridge]

Radio and Records, May 12, 1978





Billboard, May 13, 1978
I Never Will Marry charts #42 Easy Listening with Tumbling Dice





Billboard, May 13, 1978
I Never Will Marry charts enters county chart at #82





Billboard, May 13, 1978





Billboard, May 13, 1978
Tumbling Dice moves up to #43





Billboard, May 13, 1978





Cash Box, May 13, 1978








Record World, May 13, 1978





Record World, May 13, 1978

[erik]

Even when Linda was at her apex, at this particular point in her career, she was creating a certain amount of chart havoc:

1. A hard-edged version of "Tumbling Dice" becoming another favorite with her fans, even though it would eventually stall at #32.

2. An ultra-traditional Appalachian folk ballad ("I Never Will Marry") about to become a sizeable country hit for her (in fact, her final solo Top 10 C&W hit)

3. "Blue Bayou" being a big hit in Mexico in both English and Spanish-language versions.

This is by no means to say that what she was doing was calculated in any way, because I don't think that was ever how she thought of her career or her music. It just happened that way.