15 Rarely Seen Childhood Photos of Linda Ronstadt From the 1950s
Born in Arizona in 1946, Linda Ronstadt began performing with the Stone Poneys in the 1960s before finding success as a solo artist. Her breakout 1974 album, Heart Like a Wheel, earned her the first of 12 Grammy Awards. The singer was celebrated for her ability to adapt to a diverse range of styles, delivering albums that featured country, rock, jazz and Spanish-language classics. In 2013, Ronstadt revealed that she could no longer sing because of the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
Linda Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona, and grew up surrounded by music. One of Ronstadt’s early musical influences was the Mexican songs her father taught her and her siblings. Her mother played the ukulele and her father played the guitar. Following in her father’s footsteps, she learned to play guitar and performed with her brother and sister as a trio.
While a student at Catalina High School, Ronstadt met local folk musician Bob Kimmel. A few years her senior, Kimmel moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career, and tried to convince Ronstadt to do the same. She stayed put and enrolled at the University of Arizona in Tucson, but soon left school to join Kimmel in L.A.
Ronstadt and Kimmel teamed up with Kenny Edwards to form the Stone Poneys, and the folk trio released their first album in 1967. The group enjoyed modest success with their second album, Evergreen Vol. 2, which was also released in 1967. However, their only hit was “Different Drum,” which was written by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees.
By the end of the 1960s, Ronstadt had become a solo act. She put out several albums with a series of backing bands, one of them the nucleus of the group that would become the Eagles. Her early efforts were not particularly successful, though she e arned a Grammy Award nomination in 1971 for the ballad “Long, Long Time.”
Here, below is a collection of 15 rarely seen photographs of Linda Ronstadt when she was a kid from the 1950s:
10 Adorable Childhood Photos of Mick Jagger in the 1940s and 1950s
Mick Jagger is one of the most recognisable and influential British musicians of the modern era. As lead singer and songwriter for The Rolling Stones, a prolific and much sought-after collaborator, a successful producer and a lauded solo artist in his own right, Mick has set and maintained the gold standard for popular performance and creativity for nearly five decades.
Born Michael Philip Jagger on 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent, his father was a teacher while his mother was a hairdresser. Jagger started singing at an early age and attended Wentworth Primary School, where he met his class fellow and future bandmate – Keith Richards.
Mick Jagger dropped out of school in 1961 and, after performing with Keith Richards and Dick Taylor for a short while as The Blue Boys, joined Brian Jones and Ian Stewart’s rhythm and blues band – the Rolling Stones – in 1962. Their name was chosen from a line in a Muddy Waters’ 1950 classic. The group quickly developed an underground fan following by playing in London nightclubs and venues.
The Rolling Stones singed a recording contract with Decca Records and released their eponymous debut album in 1964. The band’s major breakthrough came in 1965 with their first British number one single, “The Last Time”. One of their best-known songs, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, was released a few months later and established the Stones as one of the most important acts of the British Invasion.
Over the next few years, they toured worldwide and sold millions of tickets. The Stones released their most critically acclaimed album, Sticky Fingers, in 1971, which spawned hit singles such as “Wild Horses” and “Brown Sugar”.
Jagger released his debut solo album, She’s the Boss, in 1985. He went on to collaborate with a number notable artists such as the Jacksons, David Bowie, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend and Nile Rodgers. His solo efforts unfortunately didn’t find the same success and Jagger continued to record and perform with the Stones. In 2009, he joined the electric supergroup SuperHeavy.
Jagger has also had a colorful acting career. Some his most popular film appearances include Performance (1968) and Ned Kelly (1970).
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| A three-year-old Mick Jagger at his childhood home in Lent Lane, 1946. |
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| A school photo of a 9-year-old Mick Jagger (1951) at Wentworth Junior County Primary School in his home town Dartford. |
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| Mick Jagger (left) aged 8, on a family holiday with his younger brother Chris (right) in 1951. |
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| Mick Jagger (left) aged 8, on a family holiday with his younger brother, 1951. |
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| School photo showing Mick Jagger (3rd from left) and Keith Richards (6th from left back row) when they attended Wentworth Primary School, Dartford, Kent, 1951. |
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| Mick Jagger with his friends, 1951. |
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| Mick Jagger and friend. |
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| Mick Jagger with his brother Chris Jagger, 1953. |
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| Mick Jagger with dad Joe and brother Chris, 1956. |
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| Mick Jagger in his teens. |
30 Lovely Photos of Children at Their Birthday Parties in the 1950s
During the Great Depression, it was rare for most children to have any recognition of their birthday beyond a special cake served as dessert after family dinner.
In the 1950s, there was a new emphasis on “age-appropriate” parties, with only age peers invited and with games and activities suitable for each age group. This trend came at a time when child psychologists were emphasizing stages of child development. One child development institute published guidelines for appropriate parties for each year of the child’s life.
The destination party started in the 1950s—museum, swimming pool, bowling alley, etc. But the mother still organized everything at the venue. These vintage photos captured lovely moments of children enjoying their birthday parties in the 1950s.
