Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
Linda Ronstadt
1976
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Year precision reflects the reviewed original release program. Reissues, remasters, later single campaigns and annual-list placement do not reset the original recording year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Hasten Down the Wind - licensed original program
The licensed album page and embedded album/track metadata identify the original 1976 Hasten Down the Wind program and selected recordings. The artist's official release index independently agrees on the album year. Track upload metadata was inspected for conflicts and is not treated by itself as an original-release certificate; only supported year precision is used.
Linda Ronstadt - official release chronology
The official release index explicitly gives Silk Purse 1970, Don't Cry Now 1973, Heart Like a Wheel 1974, Prisoner in Disguise 1975, Hasten Down the Wind 1976, Simple Dreams 1977, Living in the USA 1978, Mad Love 1980, Get Closer 1982, What's New 1983, Canciones de Mi Padre 1987 and Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind 1989, and links the licensed programs. It does not by itself establish earlier single dates.
About Linda Ronstadt
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Linda Ronstadt helped connect country music with the rock audience of the 1970s. Working with producer Peter Asher, she built a repertoire that drew on early rock and roll, soul and country songwriting, interpreting material associated with Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly. Her later recordings extended that approach to orchestral standards and Mexican music she had heard while growing up in Tucson. Albums including What's New and Canciones de Mi Padre show how widely her interest in interpreting songs could travel.
Artist background sources
Linda Ronstadt - Rhino artist biography
The label biography describes her country-rock role, work with producer Peter Asher, interpretations of early rock and Motown, and later American-songbook and Mexican repertoire. The paragraph omits promotional superlatives, changing award totals and song-inspiration claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Someone to Lay Down Beside Me by Linda Ronstadt is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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