Jo-El Sonnier () (born October 2, 1946 in Rayne, Louisiana) is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the U.S. Billboard country charts in the late 1970s. By the late 1980s, he had signed to RCA Records, breaking through with the Top Ten hits "No More One More Time" and "Tear Stained Letter". Although his chart success waned by the late 1980s, he has continued recording music. To date, he has recorded more than twenty albums, primarily on independent labels. Biography Sonnier was born to French-speaking sharecroppers in Rayne, Louisiana.[LINK: http://www.jo-elsonnier.com/] JoElSonnier.com At age three, he began to play his brother's accordion. By age six, Sonnier had performed on the radio; at age eleven, he made his first recordings.