Bonnie Guitar

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Dark Moon 02:37 Tools
Love Is Over, Love Is Done 02:01 Tools
Mister Fire Eyes 02:24 Tools
Tender Words 00:00 Tools
Frantic Party 00:00 Tools
I'm Living In Two Worlds 00:00 Tools
By the Light of the Silvery Moon 00:00 Tools
Half Your Heart 00:00 Tools
Moonlight on the Colorado 00:00 Tools
Candy Apple Red 00:00 Tools
Johnny Vagabond 00:00 Tools
Moonlight and Shadows 01:51 Tools
Mister Fire Eyes (2) 00:00 Tools
Shine on Harvest Moon 00:00 Tools
A Woman In Love 00:00 Tools
If You'll Be The Teacher 00:00 Tools
If You See My Love Dancing 00:00 Tools
There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder 00:00 Tools
Carolina Moon 00:00 Tools
Making Believe 00:00 Tools
It's Only a Paper Moon 00:00 Tools
I Found You Out 00:00 Tools
Letter From Jenny 00:00 Tools
The Moon Is Low 00:00 Tools
Prairie Moon 00:00 Tools
Open The Door 00:00 Tools
Get Your Lie The Way You Want It 00:00 Tools
Moonlight and Roses 00:00 Tools
Roll Along Kentucky Moon 00:00 Tools
Get Out and Under the Moon 00:00 Tools
Country Lady 00:00 Tools
Three On A Match 00:00 Tools
Stand There Mountain 00:00 Tools
Hey, Mr. Music Man 00:00 Tools
Love By The Jukebox Light 00:00 Tools
I Almost Lost My Mind 00:00 Tools
A Very Precious Love 00:00 Tools
Down Where The Tradewinds Blow 00:00 Tools
I'll Meet You In Denver 00:00 Tools
Over 00:00 Tools
Noon Train 00:00 Tools
No One Takes the Train Anymore 00:00 Tools
Paradise 00:00 Tools
Big Mike 00:00 Tools
The Tallest Tree 00:00 Tools
Perfect Stranger 00:00 Tools
Tell Her Bye 00:00 Tools
Look What You're Doing 00:00 Tools
Padre 00:00 Tools
Honey On The Moon 00:00 Tools
Slowly 00:00 Tools
Burning Memories 00:00 Tools
You Can Steal Me 00:00 Tools
Honeycomb 00:00 Tools
Happy Everything 00:00 Tools
My Arms Stay Open Late 00:00 Tools
That See Me Later Look 00:00 Tools
Mr. Fire Eyes 00:00 Tools
Much Too Well 00:00 Tools
Stop the Sun 00:00 Tools
Allegheny 00:00 Tools
I Really Don't Want To Know 00:00 Tools
Nothing To Cry For 00:00 Tools
Leaves Are The Tears Of Autumn 00:00 Tools
Dark Moon Part 00:00 Tools
Don't Worry 00:00 Tools
The Green, Green Grass Of Home 00:00 Tools
I Couldn't Believe It Was True 00:00 Tools
Here We Lie 00:00 Tools
If You Were Here 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Missing You (Under the Mistletoe) 00:00 Tools
Still the Same 00:00 Tools
Paper Roses 00:00 Tools
I Went To Your Wedding 00:00 Tools
Grey Rain Years 00:00 Tools
Don't Be Cruel 00:00 Tools
Down By The Riverside 00:00 Tools
Dark Moon (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You 00:00 Tools
What Can I Say 00:00 Tools
Moonlight & Roses 00:00 Tools
I Believe In Love 00:00 Tools
Get Out And Get Under The Moon 00:00 Tools
You Win Again 00:00 Tools
Did It Rain 00:00 Tools
Pour a Little Water on the Flowers 00:00 Tools
Make The World Go Away 00:00 Tools
Two Strangers 00:00 Tools
O Holy Night 00:00 Tools
Gentle On My Mind 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time Is Here 00:00 Tools
Starry Eyes 00:00 Tools
Crazy Arms 00:00 Tools
You Can't Stop My Heart From Breaking 00:00 Tools
Only I 00:00 Tools
Wine from My Table 00:00 Tools
She's Standing Between Us 00:00 Tools
I Get So Lonely 00:00 Tools
JOY TO THE WORLD 00:00 Tools
Silver Bells 00:00 Tools
Just Call Me Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Cold Wind 00:00 Tools
Almost Like Being With You 00:00 Tools
Poppa Says (Dawn Holds Another Day) 00:00 Tools
Wake Up To Me Gentle 00:00 Tools
What's in It for Me 00:00 Tools
Take Good Care Of Him 00:00 Tools
Happy State Of Mind 00:00 Tools
I'll Step Down 00:00 Tools
Baby Moon 00:00 Tools
Dark Moon (1957) 02:40 Tools
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
Go Back You Fool 00:00 Tools
Little Jesus Loves Me 00:00 Tools
Sweet Child Of Sunshine 00:00 Tools
I've Just Destroyed The World 00:00 Tools
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know 00:00 Tools
From This Moment On 00:00 Tools
A Spanish Cavalier 00:00 Tools
Singing The Blues 00:00 Tools
Let Him Go 00:00 Tools
To Be Alone 00:00 Tools
I Saw Your Face In The Moon 00:00 Tools
I'll Pick Up My Heart 00:00 Tools
The Fool 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Giant 00:00 Tools
White Christmas 00:00 Tools
The French Song 00:00 Tools
Who Is She 00:00 Tools
Solitude 00:00 Tools
Ramblin' Man 00:00 Tools
Bits And Pieces 00:00 Tools
Things Songs Are Made Of 00:00 Tools
Honey 00:00 Tools
Whispering Hope 00:00 Tools
Sands Of Rosa Rita 00:00 Tools
Rocky Mountain Moon 00:00 Tools
Moonlight & Shadows 00:00 Tools
Roll Along Prairie Moon 00:00 Tools
Good Time Charlie 00:00 Tools
A Very Special Love 00:00 Tools
Blue Christmas 00:00 Tools
Last Christmas 00:00 Tools
If Raindrops Were Kisses 00:00 Tools
It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' 00:00 Tools
Your Cheatin' Heart 00:00 Tools
I Don't Hurt Anymore 00:00 Tools
I Forgot To Remember To Forget 00:00 Tools
Maybe 00:00 Tools
Bringing In The Sheaves 00:00 Tools
Night Train to Memphis 00:00 Tools
Rock Of Ages 00:00 Tools
The Old Rugged Cross 00:00 Tools
Shanty Boat 00:00 Tools
Peace In The Valley 00:00 Tools
Bits & Pieces 00:00 Tools
Goodtime Charlie 00:00 Tools
A Maiden's Prayer 00:00 Tools
Broken Hearted Girl 00:00 Tools
You Only Think Of Me (When You're Lonely) 00:00 Tools
Green, Green Grass Of Home 00:00 Tools
Are You Sincere? 00:00 Tools
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 00:00 Tools
I'm Not Through Loving You 00:00 Tools
Roll Along, Kentucky Moon 00:00 Tools
He's Leaving Me 00:00 Tools
In The Garden 00:00 Tools
Faded Love 00:00 Tools
An Old Fashioned Love 00:00 Tools
The Kickin' Tree 00:00 Tools
I Walk Alone 00:00 Tools
The Sweet Bye & Bye 00:00 Tools
Wings Of A Dove 00:00 Tools
If Tears Could Talk 00:00 Tools
Going, Going, Gone! 00:00 Tools
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Bonnie Guitar (born Bonnie Buckingham March 25, 1923 in Seattle, Washington) is an American Country-Pop Singer. She is best remembered for her 1957 Country-Pop crossover hit "Dark Moon". She became one of the first female Country Music singers to have songs crossover from the Country charts to the Pop charts, and have hits on both sides. She also co-founded the record company Dolton Records in the late 50s, that launched the careers of The Fleetwoods and The Ventures. In 1960 she left Dolton and became part owner of Jerden Records. She was married to the late musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc. Along with Patsy Cline, Bonnie Guitar developed the Country-Pop crossover trend that would later be associated with other female Country singers in the years to come, like Skeeter Davis, Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle, and Jeannie C. Riley. Bonnie Guitar's real name was Bonnie Buckingham, and she was born in 1923 in Seattle, Washington. As a teenager, she took up playing the guitar. This is how she later got her stage name Bonnie Guitar. As a teenager, she also started songwriting. Through much of the 1950s, Bonnie worked as session guitarist at quite a few record labels. She worked for small labels, like Abbot, Fabor, and also Radio labels. Working at these places got Guitar noticed as a professional guitarist. She played on sessions for well-known singers, like Jim Reeves, Dorsey Burnette, Ned Miller, and the Decastro Sisters. However, after working with singers, she aspired to be a singer on her own, and make her very own recording career in the process. She heard the song "Dark Moon", and found it was really for one of the singers she worked with as a session guitarist for, Ned Miller. However, Guitar liked "Dark Moon" so much she decided to wave her royalty rights, but if she would be allowed to record it instead. It was then decided that Guitar would record the song instead of Ned Miller. The song was issued under Fabor Records in 1956. "Dark Moon" was then issued over to Dot Records. By the Spring of 1957, "Dark Moon" hit the Pop Top 10 list and went into the Country Top 15 list. Guitar officially had a hit. When Bonnie's song "Dark Moon" was a hit on the Country and Pop charts, it got her name noticed. Not only was she one of the few female Country singers in Country Music at the time, but she was also one of the few Country singers that had a hit on the Country and Pop charts. Only one other female Country singer was achieving this crossover success Guitar was having at the time, which was Patsy Cline, when her single "Walkin' After Midnight" was a #2 Country hit and a #12 Pop hit. "Dark Moon" brought Guitar a wide audience, and she was soon appearing on quite a few Pop Music programs. Like Patsy Cline couldn't follow-up her crossover success, neither could Guitar. Her follow-up to "Dark Moon" called "Mister Fire Eyes" failed to make a substantial impact on the Pop charts, making it only to #71 there. On the Country charts though, it was again a Top 15 hit. Because she couldn't follow-up her crossover success, her contract soon ended with Dot Records, and Guitar returned back to Washington. Guitar however decided she would form her very own record label called Dolphin Records. She co-founded it with refrigerator salesman Bob Reisdorff. However, the two decided to re-name the label Dolton Records. The label soon released a lot Guitar's singles like "Candy Apple Red" and "Born to Be With You". However, her recording career was superseded by that of a high school trio called The Fleetwoods. The trio was signed to the Dolton label and soon had major Pop Music hits in 1959, with two #1 hits, "Come Softly to Me" and "Mr. Blue". Guitar was soon credited as one of the people who helped launch The Fleetwoods into major music stardom. Soon another group called The Ventures were signed to Bonnie's Dolton label. They too had a monster hit called "Walk Don't Run". However, Bonnie thought it was time she would get her own music career back on foot, and she soon left Dolton, and went back to Dot Records. This time, Bonnie was positioned more towards the Country charts. Guitar recorded a series of albums for the Dot label. It was in 1966, that she scored her next major hit with "I'm Living In Two Worlds". The song was Guitar's first Top 10 Country hit. It even entered the Pop charts, but just about made the Hot 100. In 1967, she scored an even bigger Country hit, with the Top 5 hit "A Woman In Love", which reached #6 on the Country charts. That same year, she won the Academy of Country Music's "Top Female Vocalist" award, and became the second person to win that award. In 1968, "I Believe in Love" was another Top 10 hit. In 1969, Guitar teamed up with Buddy Killen, and together they had a hit duet with "A True Lover You'll Never Find (Than Mine)". After 1969, Guitar's chart success faded away rapidly. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.