Alyssa Bonagura


Alyssa Bonagura is an American singer-songwriter.

Early life and career

Alyssa Bonagura is from Franklin, Tennessee. She is the daughter of singers Michael Bonagura and Kathie Baillie of Baillie & the Boys. She has been singing since the age of 2 and is a multi-instrumentalist. At the age of 10, she was asked by Kenny Rogers to sing a duet with him on his Christmas album Christmas From The Heart. She was awarded the Sennheiser Scholarship which allowed her to graduate from Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts with a degree in sound technology in 2009. She performed back up vocals in "That Old Glass Case" on her mother's 2006 album Love's Funny That Way. While studying in England from 2006 to 2009, she became a temporary member of Pete Wylie and The Mighty Wah! and played at such events as the 2007 Queens Variety Show in Liverpool, England at the Empire Theatre, and Knowsley Hall Music Festival alongside acts such as The Who, The Coral, and The Thrills. She performed at the 2008 European Capital of Culture event, Liverpool: the Musical – the event which inaugurated Liverpool's new Echo Arena with Ringo Starr.
In 2010, Bonagura signed with Rondor Music International as a songwriter and has successfully written songs for Raquel Castro's debut single "Diary". In 2011, Sarah Jarosz released a single that she co-wrote with Bonagura called "Run Away."
She's also co-written the song "Keeping Secrets" with Tyler Ward on his 2012 album Hello. Love. Heartbreak. and "Like U" for Kaya Jones former member of The Pussycat Dolls on her Release album.
She has produced artists including Jo Dee Messina and Jessie James. Alyssa co-wrote, produced, and was featured on the song Unbreakable,
the first song Messina has released since her split from a major label. Jessie James' version of Bonagura's song "Nothing More To Say" was featured on Perez Hilton's blog site in 2010.
In 2012, her song "I Make My Own Sunshine" was used in a Lowe's commercial. Her debut album Love Hard was released on October 30, 2012.
Penned by Bonagura, her father Michael, and the Nelson twins, the single, "This Christmas", featuring Alyssa Bonagura, is the title-track of the Nelson's album and marks their first return a Billboard magazine chart in more than 20 years. "This Christmas" debuted at #22 on the Adult Contemporary chart on December 12, 2015.
On March 13, 2016, Bonagura performed with bandmate Ruby Stewart at the CMC Rocks festival in Queensland, Australia. Billing themselves as The Sisterhood, the two have been working together for a year after Rod Stewart told them, "you two should start a band, your voices are good together." The Sisterhood will perform a one-hour set with backing by the Morgan Evans band.

Discography

Albums

As a writer & producer *

YearArtistAlbumSong
2019The Sisterhood BandSingleGet Up and Go*
2019The Sisterhood BandSingleBullet*
2019Jessie James DeckerSingle"Roots And Wings"
2017Jessie James DeckerSouthern Girl City Lights "Another Dumb Love Song"
2017Jessie James DeckerSouthern Girl City Lights "Girl Like Me"
2017Jessie James DeckerSouthern Girl City Lights "Flip My Hair"
2017Jessie James DeckerGold "Gold"
2016Steven Tyler"We're All Somebody from Somewhere" "I Make My Own Sunshine"
2015Jana KramerThirty One "Circles"
2015Jessie James DeckerSingle"Lights Down Low"
2014Jessie James DeckerComin' Home "Rain on the Roof of This Car"
2014Jessie James DeckerComin' Home "Diary"
2014Jessie James DeckerComin' Home "Momma Wrote You A Lullaby" *
2014Jo Dee MessinaMe "Not Dead Yet"
2014Jo Dee MessinaMe "He's Messed Up"
2014Tyler HiltonIndian Summer"I Want To Be in Love So Bad"
2014Morgan Evans Morgan Evans "Tornado"
2014Morgan Evans Morgan Evans "I Wanna Go"
2014Morgan Evans Morgan Evans "Best of Me"
2014Morgan Evans Morgan Evans "Best I Never Had"
2013Tyler WardHello. Love. Heartbreak. Sony Music Entertainment"Keeping Secrets"
2013Jo Dee MessinaiTunes Single"Unbreakable" *
2013Sarah JaroszBuild Me Up From Bones "Gone Too Soon"
2012Chelsea Basham Single"I Make My Own Sunshine"
2011Sarah JaroszFollow Me Down "Run Away"
2011Isabelle Boulay"Les grands espaces" "All I Want Is Love"
2011Jessie James DeckerUnreleased single "Nothing More To Say" *