# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bonnie-lou
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:53:52.363Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bonnie-lou"
name: "Bonnie Lou"
slug: "bonnie-lou"
description: "Mary Joan Okum, known by her performing name Bonnie Lou, was an American musical pioneer, recognized as one of the first female rock and roll singers. She is also one of the first artists to gain crossover success from country music to rock and roll. She was the \"top name\" on the first country music program regularly broadcast on a national TV network. Bonnie Lou was one of the first female co-hosts of a successful syndicated television talk show, and a regular musical performer on popular shows in the 1960s and 1970s. She \"was a prime mover in the first days of rockabilly,\" and is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American rock and roll and country music singer (1924-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bonnie_Lou_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-10-27"
deathDate: "2015-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.43
  momentum:             3.865190046486191
  historical:           7.084378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1241735/"
    handle:    "nm1241735"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/582059"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "بوني لو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "بونى لو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Lou"
    title: "Bonnie Lou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Lou"
    title: "Bonnie Lou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Lou"
    title: "Bonnie Lou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Lou"
    title: "Bonnie Lou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0edcdbd-b250-4948-8664-eb6fc4aefced"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4942391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4654172"
    title: "Bonnie Lou"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump