In 1981, Linda Ronstadt recorded a session for a planned album of standards. Unhappy with the results, she shelved them and got to work on her country rock album Get Closer.

Two years later, she was ready to revisit the idea, and this time she coaxed semi-retired legendary composer Nelson Riddle to arrange and conduct the material. Their collaboration spanned her next three albums: 1983’s What’s New, 1984’s Lush Life, and 1986’s For Sentimental Reasons.

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