Armando "Sonny" Bonilla was born and raised in East Harlem, New York City, the eldest sibling of a family composed of five sons of a Puerto Rican father – Roman Armando Bonilla, the leader of the East Harlem Orchestra – and a Colombian mother. After completing a tour of duty with the United States Air Force, he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and later he acquired a master's degree from Columbia University.[2] One of his younger brothers, Luis Bonilla, played congas on Larry Harlow's breakout album Heavy Smokin'. Another brother, Nestor, is also a professional percussionist.
He worked on Sesame Street, before joining Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. He left in 1978 to form Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band. He also worked as a session musician in New York. He wrote a treatment for a sitcom called "Cowboy Tito" while living in Hollywood and was producing a musical called "The Love of a Jukebox Hero". He co-wrote "Mambo Queen" with L.A. composer Aaron Loo. The Second Avenue Rhumba Band's song, "Goin' to a Showdown," and "Winter Love " was featured in the 1980 horror film Maniac.
Don Armando died in 2002, in Seattle, from cancer at the age of 56.[2]
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1979 Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band (ZE Records)
armando, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, le. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Don Armando news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Armando Bonilla Jr August 9 1946 November 16 2002 known as Don Armando was an American musician He formed the Second Avenue Rhumba Band with vocalist Fonda Rae and scored a 1 hit on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart with Deputy of Love 1 in 1979 Bonilla was also a percussionist with Dr Buzzard s Original Savannah Band Don ArmandoBornAugust 9 1946East Harlem New York USDiedNovember 16 2002Seattle Washington USInstrument s drumsFormerly ofSecond Avenue Rhumba BandDr Buzzard s Original Savannah Band Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 3 See also 4 ReferencesBiography editArmando Sonny Bonilla was born and raised in East Harlem New York City the eldest sibling of a family composed of five sons of a Puerto Rican father Roman Armando Bonilla the leader of the East Harlem Orchestra and a Colombian mother After completing a tour of duty with the United States Air Force he graduated from New York University with a bachelor s degree in Computer Science and later he acquired a master s degree from Columbia University 2 One of his younger brothers Luis Bonilla played congas on Larry Harlow s breakout album Heavy Smokin Another brother Nestor is also a professional percussionist He worked on Sesame Street before joining Dr Buzzard s Original Savannah Band He left in 1978 to form Don Armando s 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band He also worked as a session musician in New York He wrote a treatment for a sitcom called Cowboy Tito while living in Hollywood and was producing a musical called The Love of a Jukebox Hero He co wrote Mambo Queen with L A composer Aaron Loo The Second Avenue Rhumba Band s song Goin to a Showdown and Winter Love was featured in the 1980 horror film Maniac Don Armando died in 2002 in Seattle from cancer at the age of 56 2 Discography edit1979 Don Armando s Second Avenue Rhumba Band ZE Records A1 Deputy of Love A2 Compliment Your Leading Lady A3 Winter Love B1 Goin to a Showdown B2 How to Handle a Woman B3 I m an Indian Too B4 Para Ti This Is Just for You See also editList of Number 1 Dance Hits United States List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chartReferences edit Don Armando s Second Avenue Rhumba Band I m An Indian Too Deputy Of Love Discogs com 1979 Retrieved 2020 03 21 a b Armando Bonilla Jr Don Armando Variety January 22 2003 Retrieved 22 February 2017 nbsp nbsp This article on a United States drummer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Armando amp oldid 1212091126, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
