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Ronstadt was all about performance (and presentation) I give her credit for what she did, but it wasn't as much as she often gets credit for! Her performance on 'Desperado' was memorable (even live) but she didn't write it.



Point of my original thought was that nobody seems to know who wrote what. I know people who still think The Four Seasons wrote I Got You Under My Skin because they had a hit with it. Springsteen with Fire and Because The Night, Smokey Robinson wrote My Girl, Leon Russell wrote This Masquerade though Benson had the hit, etc.... that kind of story goes on and on.

I mentioned Diane Warren because she doesn't really tour and perform. She just cashes royalty checks every time HBO runs Titanic or Armageddon. Or Con Air, or Mannequin, or Up Close and Personal, or The Last Dragon, or... LOL!!

Man, if I could write ONE song like that. Just one.... total "bucket list" thing....