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#1 album, 1970s, Albums, Capitol Records, Heart Like a Wheel, I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You), It Doesn't Matter Anymore, Library of Congress National Recording Registry, Linda Ronstadt, When Will I Be Loved, You're No Good
Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974. It was Ronstadt’s last album to be released by Capitol Records. At the time of its recording, Ronstadt had already moved to Asylum Records and released her first album there; due to contractual obligations, though, Heart Like a Wheel was released by Capitol.
Heart Like a Wheel reached the top of the Billboard 200, becoming her first number one album in the United States. The lead single a cover of Dee Dee Warwick’s You’re No Good peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album of the Year, while her version of I Can’t Help It If I’m Still In Love With You won the award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
Widely considered Ronstadt’s breakthrough album, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2013.
You’re No Good is a song written by Clint Ballard Jr. in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You) is a song written and originally recorded by Hank Williams.
When Will I Be Loved was written by Phil Everly. Ronstadt’s version in 1975 peaked at #2.
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore was written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. Ronstadt’s version was the B-side to When Will I Be Loved and peaked at #20 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #47 on the Pop chart and #54 on the country chart in 1975.