Single Releases
The album was such a success that Ronstadt became the first female artist ever – and the first act overall since The Beatles – to have two singles in the Top Five at the same time: the Platinum-certified "Blue Bayou" (#2 Pop, #3 Adult Contemporary, and #2 Country) and "It's So Easy" (peaked at #5 Pop).
"Blue Bayou" was nominated for the Record Of The Year Grammy award in early 1978. It also earned Linda a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female, alongside Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon and Debby Boone.
The album includes songs by the late Warren Zevon, Eric Kaz and J.D. Souther, as well as The Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice". Ronstadt was joined by Dolly Parton on the traditional ballad "I Never Will Marry", which became a Top 10 Country Single during the summer of 1978. (Ronstadt, Parton and Emmylou Harris were also working on an ill-fated collaborative project around this same time, but ten years would pass before the release of the first of two Trio albums from their efforts).
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