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San Francisco pop singer
Bonnie Hayes applied the new wave updating of '60s girl-group pop (
Blondie, the Go-Go's, etc.) to bright, bouncy songs with a strong, self-confident outlook.
Hayes recorded two albums with her backing band, the Wild Combo (guitarist
Paul Davis, bassist
Hank Maninger, and drummer
Kevin Hayes); those records were 1982's buoyantly enthusiastic Good Clean Fun and 1984's Brave New Girl.
Hayes signed with Chrysalis and employed a larger backing band for 1987's Bonnie Hayes, but then disappeared from view for quite some time. She returned in 1995 with a new album, Empty Sky, which featured longtime cohorts
Paul Davis and
Kevin Hayes, a guest appearance from friend
Huey Lewis, and many others. ~ Steve Huey