Lonnie's Biography

Lonnie Hill, born in Alabama on April 14, 1954 and now lives near Nashville, TN with his wife, Wanda, and their two dogs.  Lonnie co-wrote his first song, “Merry-go-Round of Love” in November of 2003 and has been getting airplay on several radio stations.  Since then, Lonnie has written several more songs which include:  “Desire”, “When I Think of You”, “Life’s Reality”, and “Give Back My Heart.” and introducing his latest favorite...our love is (ETERNITY).

Country music has been Lonnie's passion all of his life.  He formed his own band called the Dixie Heart Beats. It didn’t take much to make them happy, as long as people were listening.  There were times that they would play in front of an old country store!  Lonnie joined "The Dave Osburn band" playing steel, but he always knew what he really wanted was to play his guitar, write and sing the country songs that he so passionately dreamed of in Nashville, TN!  So he and his family moved there and he worked a daytime job and played as much as he could at night.

His family and friends encouraged him to record his first song “Merry-Go-Round of Love”, and with the help of Fred Newell,who was once the lead guitarist on Nashville Now Network with Ralph Emery for many years. He was also with Porter Wagoner for many years. Bass player, Roy Voght, who also toured with International and Las Vegas star Engelbert Humperdinck for many years and a drummer and female vocalist it all fell into place.  The next day, Lonnie’s wife took the recorded song to Darrell Williams of WAKM radio in Franklin.  He played it on the air and soon there were many requests for it.  Later the song was taken to other radio stations and it got the same response.  He made a CD with the song during the Christmas holidays, with half the proceeds from its sale went to the American Red Cross. 

Lonnie has recorded songs like “Young Love”, “It’s Such a Pretty World Today”, “According to My Heart” and  Elvis songs that include “That’s Alright”, “Mamma”, “Don’t be Cruel”, “Teddy Bear” and many more. 

Lonnie now has a new CD out called; "Love Songs & Heartaches." See the "My Music page or Contact page for purchasing information.

Lonnie wants to thank his family and friends for being so supportive.  A special thanks goes to Darrell Williams at WAKM for taking a chance on his song.  He has been very inspiring.