Karla Bonoff

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Karla Bonoff

Karla Bonoff (born December 27, 1951 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American singer-songwriter .

Songwriting

Karla Bonoff has written Home for Bonnie Raitt , Tell Me Why for Wynonna Judd and Isn't It Always Love for Lynn Anderson , among others . Linda Ronstadt has recorded several of her songs, including Someone to Lay Down Beside Me , Trouble Again , All My Life and Falling Star . Stylistically, Bonoff is mainly assigned to West Coast music or folk rock . Her main instruments are the piano and the acoustic guitar .

singer

Bonoff had made a name for herself not only as a writer, but also as a background singer for Ronstadt before she recorded her first album, Karla Bonoff, in 1977 . It made it into the top 100 in the US charts as well as the single I Can't Hold On . Her two following albums Restless Nights (1979) and Wild Heart of the Young (1982) reached top 50 placements; With the single Personally , she briefly occupied position 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 . After the less successful album New World (1988), she took a longer studio break and concentrated more on writing songs. In September 2007 a new own production appeared for the first time with a live album.

Member of Bryndle

Karla Bonoff was temporarily a member of the Bryndle group , which included Wendy Waldman, Kenny Edwards and, until 1996, Andrew Gold . After a first phase of collaboration in the 1970s (all three other musicians were involved in Bonoff's first albums alongside Linda Ronstadt), this group was mainly active in the mid-1990s.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1977 Karla Bonoff US52
gold
gold

(40 weeks)US
First published: November 1977
1979 Restless nights US31 (26 weeks)
US
First published: November 1979
1982 Wild Heart of the Young US49 (35 weeks)
US
First published: June 1982

more publishments

  • 1988: New World
  • 1995: Bryndle (with Bryndle)
  • 1999: All My Life: The Best of
  • 2002: House of Silence (with Bryndle)
  • 2007: Live
  • 2019: Carry Me Home

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1978 I Can't Hold On
Karla Bonoff 		US76 (4 weeks)
US
First published: January 1978
1980 Baby Don't Go
Restless Nights 		US69 (7 weeks)
US
First published: February 1980
1982 Personally
Wild Heart of the Young 		US19 (18 weeks)
US
First published: April 1982
Please Be the One
Wild Heart of the Young 		US63 (7 weeks)
US
First published: September 1982

More singles

  • 1979: When You Walk in the Room
  • 1984: Somebody's Eyes

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Bonoff, Karla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California