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Artist
Bonnie Bramlett
12+ albums
Southern Rockfemale vocalistschristiansoulfunk
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Bonnie Bramlett (born Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell in Alton, Illinois, on 8 November 1944) is an American singer known for her distinctive vocals in rock and pop music. Beginning as a backing vocalist for blues and R&B singers, she was one-half of the duo Delaney & Bonnie with her husband, Delaney Bramlett. Growing up in East St. Louis, at 14 she was permitted to sing on Gaslight Square, a St. Louis nightclub area much like the French Quarter in New Orleans. She was mentored by the best, with Jazz greats Stan Getz, The Quartet Tres Bien, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis, and Nat and Cannonball Adderly giving her a musical foundation par excellent. It was her love for rhythm and blues that brought her to the attention of Albert King and Little Milton. She made musical history as the first white Ikette for Ike and Tina Turner. When she expanded her career and moved to Los Angeles in 1967, she met Delaney Bramlett and married him seven days later. In Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, she shared the stage with "Friends" that included Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, George Harrison, Dave Mason, Rita Coolidge, Gram Parsons, and John Lennon to name just a few. A complete list of collaborations both in songwriting and performance reads like a history of Rock and Roll. Their first release was DELANEY & BONNIE/HOME on Stax Records. Hit singles such as "Soul Shake," "Never Ending Song of Love," and "Only You Know & I Know" kept them on the charts. The duo broke up personally and professionally in 1973. Her s
