singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff grew up in Los Angeles and briefly attended UCLA. Emerging from the Monday night hootenanny scene at the
Troubadour nightclub, she was a member of
Bryndle, a
folk-rock group also featuring
Wendy Waldman,
Andrew Gold, and
Kenny Edwards, that formed in 1969, signed to A&M, and cut an album that was never released.
Edwards, a former member of
the Stone Poneys (a band featuring
Linda Ronstadt), and
Gold were later part of
Ronstadt's backing band, and they brought
Bonoff to her attention.
Ronstadt recorded three of
Bonoff's songs on her 1976 album, Hasten Down the Wind, leading to a recording contract for
Bonoff and the release of three albums on Columbia Records, the last of which, Wild Heart of the Young (1982), featured the Top 40 hit "Personally."
Bonoff worked on movie soundtracks during the '80s, notably on Footloose (1984) and About Last Night (1986). She released her fourth album, New World, in 1988. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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New World