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 ...
Bonnie Lou was the featured star on the first country music program regularly broadcast by a national television network. Midwestern Hayride was on NBC.