Bonnie guitar discography
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Bonnie Guitar
American country music singer-songwriter (1923–2019)
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| Birth name | Bonnie Buckingham |
| Born | (1923-03-25)March 25, 1923 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 2019(2019-01-12) (aged 95) Soap Lake, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, businesswoman, horse/cattle breeder |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1956–1996 |
| Labels | Dot Records, Dolton Records, Columbia Records, MCA Records |
| Spouses | Paul Tutmarc (m. 1944; div. 1955)Mario DePiano (m. 1969; died 1983) |
| Website | Bonnie Guitar official website |
Musical artist
Bonnie Buckingham (March 25, 1923 – January 12, 2019),[1] better known as Bonnie Guitar, was an American singer, musician, producer, and businesswoman. She was best known for her 1957 country-pop crossover hit "Dark Moon". She became one of the first female country music singers to have hit so
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BONNIE GUITAR
On March 25, 1923 Bonnie Buckingham was born in Seattle WA. As a youn child she was raised in Redondo Beach, a small community about 30 miles south of Seattle. Her family were farmers who were able to weather the depression, unlike many of those in the Midwest who’s crops had been decimated by dustbowl storms and drought. It was a bit later that the Buckingham family moved a short distance to Auburn WA and continued farming. Growing up Bonnie had a fascination with the family guitar, and took every chance she could to take it from it’s hiding place to practice when her parents were away. Her mother had told her that “guitars were for boys”. But Bonnie persisted learning what she could. She recalls regularly climbing trees and pretending they were broadcast towers and she was sending out signals of her miusic to the entire world.
Apparently her parent’s disapproval of girl’s playing guitars did not last long. By the age of 13 she had inherited her two older brothers’ flat top guitar and was appearing at talent shows throughout the Puget Sound region while ga
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Musician, songwriter, singer, and hit-maker, Seattle's Bonnie "Guitar" Buckingham was one of the biggest stars to emerge from the Pacific Northwest's music scene. Her path to fame was one that saw her become an early crossover artist: never satisfied to find a niche and rest on her laurels, Bonnie Guitar (as she became known professionally) created songs that alternately scored on the pop best-seller charts and/or on the country music charts from the 1950s through the 1980s. But far from focusing solely on her own career, she also contributed as a session instrumentalist, talent scout, record label executive, audio engineer, and session producer to the success of many other aspiring young talents. She is remembered as a pioneer in realms of music traditionally dominated by men.
Country Girl
Born to John and Doris Buckingham in Seattle on March 25, 1923, Bonnie was initially raised in a home at Redondo Beach along Puget Sound. Later, the family (including her five siblings) moved inland to a farm just outside the rural town of Auburn. Exposed to plenty of music early on -- both
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