Sheryl Crow; Olivia Rodrigo.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Momodu Mansaray/Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; Momodu Mansaray/Getty
Sheryl Crowis celebratingOlivia Rodrigo.
During an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Thursday, the music icon had some kind words to say about Rodrigo, calling her “the real deal.”
“She’s precious,” Crow, 61, added of the 20-year-old singer. “She’s a great songwriter.”
“She’s super cool,” the “I’ll Be Here” singer also told Fallon as she explained how their collaboration came about. “[Rodrigo] asked me to do this thing when she came to Nashville. So I texted her and said, ‘Hey, would you do the Rock Hall with me?’ And she’s like, ‘I would love to, I would be so honored’. "
Sheryl Crow is a massive fan of Olivia Rodrigo.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Emma McIntyre/Getty
Crow will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday evening along withKate Bush,Missy Elliott, the lateGeorge Michael,Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners.
Crow and Rodrigo last appeared on stage together in September at The Bluebird Café, an iconic Nashville venue. They performed an intimate, stripped-down arrangement of “If It Makes You Happy,” one of Crow’s biggest hits.
“pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time@sherylcrow!!!! what an honor!!!! ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹,” Rodrigo wrote onInstagramat the time.
Sheryl Crow opened up to Jimmy Fallon about her admiration for Olivia Rodrigo.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Crow, in turn, shared the post on her own Instagram Story, writing of the “Driving License” singer, “She is just really good, y’all!”
The “All I Wanna Do” singer alsoshared Rodrigo’s postto her main feed, where she wrote, “Funnest day ever with the amazingly brilliant @oliviarodrigo!”
“What a talent!!” she added. “And the loveliest young woman!”
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The duo also shared an exchange in March 2022 when the legendary talent presented the Disney Channel alum with the Woman of the Year award atBillboard’s Women in Music event.
Crow expressed her excitementto PEOPLE at the time.
“I am happy to celebrate her,” the mom of two said of Rodrigo. “I think she’s gonna be around a long time. She deserves to be where she is celebrating this moment.”
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will broadcast live on ABC and Disney+ from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
