Don Armando
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Don Armando Bonilla (8/9/46-11/16/02) 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" in 1979. Bonilla was also a percussionist with Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. He was the father of Elizabeth Bonilla and Adriana Bonilla and husband of Billie Burdette de Bonilla.
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- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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Don Armando (Sonny) Bonilla was born and raised in East Harlem, NYC, the eldest sibling of a family composed of five sons of a Puerto Rican father 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 the Manhattan School of Music. One of his younger brothers, Luis Bonilla, played Congas on Larry Harlow's breakout album "Heavy Smokin". Another brother, Nestor is also a professional percussionsist.
