Bonnie Raitt
Biography
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born 8 November 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.
During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country.
In 1989, after several years of critical acclaim but little commercial success, she had a major hit with the album Nick of Time.
The following two albums, Luck of the Draw (1991) and Longing in Their Hearts (1994), were also multimillion sellers, generating several hit singles, including "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me" (with Bruce Hornsby on piano).
Raitt has received 10 Grammy Awards.
She is listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" and number 89 on the magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Musical Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- Frasier (1993) as Denise (voice)
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Musical Guest
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- The Colbert Report (2005)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Musical Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Musical Guest
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Ellen (1994) as Bonnie Raitt
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Musical Guest
- Soundbreaking (2016) as Self
- Austin City Limits (1975) as Self
- Behind the Music (1997) as Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self - Honoree
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) as Self - Musical Guest
- Fridays (1980) as Self - Musical Guest
- CMT Crossroads (2002) as Self
- The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971) as self
- The Blues (2003) as Self
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992) as Narrator (voice)