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Ronstadt later commented that she had been surprised and "completely confused" by the changed approach to the song, and that even years later she perceived "fear and a lack of confidence" in her performance. Nesmith, on the other hand, said that Ronstadt's performance "infused it with a new level of passion and sensuality". [14]
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) ... Additionally, his song "Different Drum" became a hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt.
Their recordings include Ronstadt's first hit song, a cover of Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum," recorded without the other members of the group. The band released three albums: The Stone Poneys; Evergreen, Volume 2; and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III. The three albums were reissued in CD format in the 1990s in the US.
This was the first we'd heard of Linda Ronstadt, a baroque-pop ballad written by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees. He was hoping his group would record it but the show's producers turned him down ...
Nesmith’s pre-Monkees songwriting credits included Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys’ “Different Drum,” and he was the Monkees’ most prolific songwriter, penning classics like “Mary ...
Mike Nesmith, who was a member of the Monkees, ... He wrote “Different Drum,” a 1967 hit for the Stone Poneys, a folk-rock group that featured a young Linda Ronstadt.
Linda Maria Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona on July 15, 1946, [27] the third of four children of Gilbert Ronstadt (1911–1995), a prosperous machinery merchant who ran the F. Ronstadt Co., [28] and Ruth Mary (née Copeman) Ronstadt (1914–1982), a homemaker.
The album contains the band's biggest hit, "Different Drum", written by Mike Nesmith prior to his joining The Monkees. The Stone Poneys' version went to No. 12 on Billboard 's Hot 100 chart (with 'featuring Linda Ronstadt' on the single label; she was the only band member on the track).