

This double CD includes many of her best-known songs performed live in concert on October 24, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California (except for one song recorded on July 30, 2005, in Japan). She also recorded "Somebody's Eyes" for the Footloose (1984) soundtrack and "Standing Right Next To Me" on the 8 Seconds (1994) soundtrack.īonoff's first live album was released in September 2007. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the middle of 1982.

19 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as No. Bonoff is best known as a songwriter, but she is also noted for her hit recording of " Personally", which became a No. Her other albums include Restless Nights (1979), Wild Heart of the Young (1982), New World (1988) and All My Life (a greatest hits collection) in 1999. In her early career, Bonoff sang background vocals for Ronstadt and Wendy Waldman before releasing her debut album in 1977, titled Karla Bonoff. One of her mother's grandmothers was born in Pennsylvania to Hungarian Jewish parents, while her mother's other grandparents were born in Austria and Germany. Her paternal great-grandparents and one of her maternal great-grandfathers were immigrants from the Russian Empire. Most notably, Linda Ronstadt recorded several Bonoff songs, including three tracks on the 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind ("Someone To Lay Down Beside Me", "Lose Again" and "If He's Ever Near"), which introduced Bonoff to a mass audience, and " All My Life", a 1989 duet with Ronstadt and Aaron Neville.īonoff was born to Chester and Shirley (nee Kahane) Bonoff, and named after her paternal grandfather Karl Bonoff. Bonoff's songs include "Home," covered by Bonnie Raitt, " Tell Me Why" by Wynonna Judd, and " Isn't It Always Love" by Lynn Anderson. While Bonoff has released a number of albums, she is primarily known for her songwriting.

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