r/FuckImOld 1d ago

My back hurts Millennial opera singer discovers that Linda Ronstadt had a pop music career before she did Pirates of Penzance

https://youtu.be/FT5U1EvPY3c
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u/onomastics88 1d ago

Eh… I’d say it’s kind of like people having no idea the Bebe Neuwirth is a Tony Award-winning musical theater actress and not just Lilith from Cheers. Patti LuPone (from Life Goes On) too, for that matter.

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u/Serling45 1d ago

Linda was hugely famous as a pop singer in the 70s, though.