Dedicated to the One I Love (album)
album by Linda Ronstadt
Dedicated to the One I Love is an album of rock classics reinterpreted as children's lullabies by American singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt. It subsequently became known to fans as 'The Lullaby Album'.
Released in mid-1996, it reached No. 78 and lasted three months on the main Billboard album chart. It also earned the singer a new career distinction when it hit #1 on the Top Kid Audio chart. It was awarded a 1997 Grammy Award.
The album includes vocal contributions from long-time collaborators Aaron Neville who duets on Brahms' Lullaby and Valerie Carter who provides harmony vocals on most tracks. One track is a re-recording of "Winter Light", the title track of her 1993 album.
This album was reissued on Rhino's Flashback Records label in 2009. It is now out of print.
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