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- Birth nameMary Joan Kath
- 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 Cincinnati including its TV affiliates WLWT in Cincinnati, WLWD in Dayton and WLWI in Indianapolis. Was a regular on three local shows in Cincinnati;The Paul Dixon Show, Midwestern Hayride and the Ruth Lyons 50-50 Club over a 30-year period. When live local TV became almost extinct in the 80s she returned to radio including WPFB in Middletown, Ohio. Her husband was proprietor of Okums Furniture.
- IMDb mini biography by: wllmlos
- SpousesMilton J. Okum(January 2, 1966 - December 8, 2015) (her death)Glenn E. Ewins, Jr.(August 26, 1945 - January 24, 1964) (his death, 1 child)
- Bonnie Lou was the featured star on the first country music program regularly broadcast by a national television network. Midwestern Hayride was on NBC.
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