"Well, that was my first mistake." Ronstadt would later in life make an appearance on Linda's 1987 mariachi album, "Canciones de Mi Padre," which, to date, has sold more than 2 million copies.

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Like, all of that - I came to that later in my life. I grew up with "Canciones De Mi Padre." That was the Linda Ronstadt that I knew.

JAIME-AGUIRRE: Mi abuelito, when he passed, it was from Parkinson's. And I think about - even that tie, to me, Linda Ronstadt and mi abuelito, Chema, are one and the same.

LINDA RONSTADT: (Singing) Yo soy como la calandria, que para formar su nido siempre busca rama fuerte para no verlo caído. MARTIN: Here's Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras.

Ronstadt is of Mexican descent and has recorded albums of Spanish-language songs, including the 1987 classic “Canciones de Mi Padre.” At 78, she can’t perform anymore because of a ...

But it wasn’t until 1987 when her sister Delilah brought to their Philadelphia home a copy of Ronstadt’s Canciones de Mi Padre —in which she sang traditional Mexican and mariachi songs in ...

She grew up listening to and singing Mexican music, and in 1987, she released Canciones de mi padre, an album of traditional Mexican Mariachi music that remains the bestselling non-English ...

September 17, 1989 – Wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for her PBS concert “Great Performances: Canciones de Mi Padre.” ...