An 11-song demo was recorded but no deal came of this first effort. By 16, Karla and her sister Lisa auditioned for Elektra Records. She had already fallen in love with the guitar and studied with Frank Hamilton of the famous folk group, The Weavers. She and her sister Lisa were writing songs and playing as a duo titled “The Daughters of Chester P” named after their father, Dr. The group first formed in the late 1960s, but did not release any albums until twenty years later with two studio albums and a live album between 19.Born and raised in Southern California, Karla Bonoff was a songwriter by the age of fifteen. The band also included Andrew Gold until he left it in 1996. She was also a member of the group Bryndle, which included Wendy Waldman and Kenny Edwards (Edwards also produced Bonoff's first three albums). She is backed by her touring band, which includes the late Kenny Edwards (guitar, bass, mandolin, cello, vocals) and Nina Gerber (guitar) plus long-time associate Scott Babcock (drums and vocals). This double CD includes many of her best-known songs performed live in concert on Octoin Santa Barbara, California (except for one song recorded Jin 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. Bonoff is best known as a songwriter, but she is also noted for her hit recording of 'Personally', which became a #19 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the summer of 1982. 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.

Chester Bonoff and Shirley (Kahane) Bonoff, and named after her paternal grandfather Karl Bonoff.

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