re: #40 Patricia Kayden

Linda Ronstadt and Kelly Clarkson would probably sniff at that ridiculous write-up. Neither of them are as impactful or as successful artists as Queen Aretha. Some people just don’t know how to write a tribute without trying to throw shade.

Ronstadt, in her way, is/was an impactful artist, even if not quite on the same level as Franklin; what more can you say about an artist with the hits she had and that her early 70s backing band, with Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was the genesis of the Eagles?

I would say that Clarkson couldn’t hold water for either Franklin or Ronstadt…she’s definitely a one-trick pony.