FRENESÍ
Frenesí is a Grammy Award - winning album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt released on September 15, 1992. It was Ronstadt’s third Spanish-language album. It reached number 193 on the Billboard album chart, #3 on the Top Latin Albums chart and #17 on the Tropic/Salsa chart. Three singles charted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart: “Frenesi” – at number 5, “Perfidia” – at number 7, and “Entre Abismos” – at number 33. At the 35th Grammy Awards, Frenesí won the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. (More from Wikipedia)
Linda Ronstadt’s first songwriting credit was on “Lo Siento Mi Vida” (“I’m Sorry, My Love”), which she co-wrote with her father Gilbert Ronstadt and her former bandmate in the Stone Poneys, Kenny Edwards. Ronstadt later recorded several Spanish-language albums, including Canciones de Mi Padre and Frenesí. While I was living in San Francisco in the mid-1990’s, I saw Linda Ronstadt’s name on a poster with numerous Latino performers that advertised an upcoming concert. It was a plain two-color poster in the Latino neighborhood called the Mission District and clearly was not aimed at her traditional fans. In 2011, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy (known as the Latin Grammies).
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