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Artist
Bonnie Guitar
12+ albums
countryrockabillyfemale vocalistsHonky TonkNina and the Hot Spots
about
Bonnie Guitar (Bonnie Buckingham, Seattle, Washington, March 25, 1923 – January 13, 2019) 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 songs cross over from the country charts to the pop charts. She appeared as herself on an episode of To Tell The Truth with Johnny Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Dina Merrill, and Betty White, and tricked three of the panelists (Carson, Bellamy and Merrill). She raised cattle and quarter horses in Orting, Washington with her second husband, Mario DePiano, whom she married in 1969. He died in 1983. She co-founded the record company Dolton Records in the late 1950s, that launched the careers of The Fleetwoods and The Ventures. In 1960 she left Dolton and became part owner of Jerden Records. She was first married to musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc. Born in 1923 in Seattle, Washington to John and Doris Buckingham, Bonnie was initially raised in Redondo Beach along Puget Sound. Later, the family (including her five siblings) moved inland to a farm just outside the rural town of Auburn. She began performing at age 16, having taken up playing the guitar as a teenager, which led to her stage name, Bonnie Guitar. She later started songwriting. In 1944 she married her former guitar teacher Paul Tutmarc. The couple had one daughter, Paula (born 1950), but split up in 1955, and Bonnie moved to Los Angele
top songs
albums
Dark Moon
Only The Moon man knows
Bonnie Guitar EP
Dark Moon & Other Country Favorites
Dark Moon (1980) b/w All The Way With You
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Presenting Dark Moon
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Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone b/w If You See My Love Dancing
The Very Best Of
Open The Door To Your Heart b/w If You Don't Care
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The Quiet One
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Half Your Heart
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Clinging Vine b/w Dream Dreamers