She was born
Bonnie Campbell in
Blanchard, Oklahoma, United States. She met
Buck Owens when she was 15. They played in a band in Mesa, Arizona, and married in 1948. They moved to
Bakersfield, California, by 1951 and started music careers. They divorced in 1953. Bonnie Owens's first recording was "A Dear John Letter", a duet with Fuzzy Owen on Mar-Vel Records (#MV-102) in 1953. The
B-side contained the song "Wonderful World". Owens had hits on the country chart in the early 1960s with the songs "Why Don't Daddy Live Here Anymore?" and "Don't Take Advantage of Me". Bonnie Owens was named Female Vocalist of the Year in 1965 by the
Academy of Country Music. She and Haggard married the same year. ==Discography==