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Bonnie Raitt

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Bonnie Lynn Raitt
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November 8, 1949, Burbank, California, U.S. (age 74)

Bonnie Raitt (born November 8, 1949, Burbank, California, U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose wide musical range encompassed blues, folk, rhythm and blues, pop, and country rock. Touring and recording with some of the leading session musicians and songwriters of her day, she became a successful recording artist in the 1970s but did not achieve stardom until 1990, when she won four Grammy Awards—three, including album of the year, for Nick of Time (1989). Raised in Los Angeles by Quaker parents who were active in music and liberal politics (her father was Broadway musical star John Raitt), ...(100 of 357 words)

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