Spencer4 - You're No Good
Spencer4
Jan 09, 2025 04:13am
<p>This is one of my favorite Linda Ronstadt songs, and with this being the Gender-Bender round of this contest, now is the time:)</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bj_32QeAaU&t=219s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linda Ronstadt "You're No Good" Live 1976 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)</a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">You're No Good</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song written by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Ballard_Jr." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Clint Ballard Jr.</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, first performed by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Dee_Warwick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dee Dee Warwick</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jubilee Records</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in 1963 with production by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Everett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Betty Everett</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in 1963, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swinging_Blue_Jeans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Swinging Blue Jeans</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in 1964, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Linda Ronstadt</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in 1974, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States."</span></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XUWcnWODh5o/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Linda Ronstadt – You’re No Good – 1975 TV Performance [Audio Restoration in DES STEREO] - YouTube"></p><p>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Linda Ronstadt</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> began performing "You're No Good" to close her live shows in early 1973, after her band member </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Edwards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Kenny Edwards</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> suggested it to her. She first included it in her setlist while opening for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Neil Young</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Ronstadt gave an early televised performance of "You're No Good" on an episode of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>The Midnight Special</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, broadcast December 21, 1973.</span>"</p><p><img src="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/lindar-hollywood.jpg?resize=900,600&w=900" alt="Linda Ronstadt Interviewed on 'CBS Sunday Morning' - Rolling Stone"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"Ronstadt recorded her album </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Like_a_Wheel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Heart Like a Wheel</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> with producer </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Asher" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Peter Asher</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> in the summer of 1974 at </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_Factory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the Sound Factory</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">; "You're No Good" was a last-minute choice for recording, and while the song was Ronstadt's suggestion, Asher recalls: "It was an odd coincidence. She’d been doing the song already, and it was always a favorite song of mine</span>"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_No_Good" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You're No Good - Wikipedia</a></p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/9KU3/582ee3ef65_6AU1_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 41, 102);">Round 4. Ladies gender bender vs Guys gender bender</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 41, 102);">Ladies sing a guys song & Men sing a ladies song</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/9KU3/582ee3ef65_6AU1_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/LOAE/60c0292264_LTIF_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center">Thank You for Listening!!!!</p><p class="ql-align-center"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/ACEQ/415e4599f4_BFBR_media.gif"></p><p class="ql-align-center">Thank You ALL!! This Contest was such a Blast!!</p><p><br></p>