Anything Linda Ronstadt turned to gold but this track almost got the better of her as she admitted this soon-to-be hit was a ...

Linda Ronstadt had already established herself ... Ronstadt’s lead vocal adorned the 1967 Top 20 hit “Different Drum,” which was written by a pre-Monkees Michael Nesmith.

Words: Tom Pinnock "I really was terrible in the beginning,” laughs Linda Ronstadt ... a little group called The Stone Poneys. “Different Drum” was a hit for us. The label wanted me ...