Bonnie Lou(1924-2015)
- Soundtrack
Producers didn't think the name Mary Jo was country enough and asked
her to change her name. She had two top 10 Country hits in 1953; "Seven
Lonely Days" and "Tennessee Wig Walk" as well as a pop hit in 1955,
"Daddy-O". She also recorded several Christmas albums with her TV
associates. Worked on KMBC radio in Kansas City and WLW radio in
Cincinnati including its TV affiliates WLWT in Cincinnati, WLWD in
Dayton and WLWI in Indianapolis. Was a regular on three local shows in
Cincinnati;The Paul Dixon Show, Midwestern Hayride and the Ruth Lyons
50-50 Club over a 30-year period. When live local TV became almost
extinct in the 80s she returned to radio including WPFB in Middletown,
Ohio. Her husband was proprietor of Okums Furniture.
