Joni James
Pop songstress Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo in Chicago on September 22, 1930. After studying drama and ballet throughout her adolescence, she joined a local dance troupe on a tour of Canada upon graduating high school, later working as a chorus girl at the Windy City's Edgewater Beach Hotel. A fill-in gig at an Indiana roadhouse convinced James to pursue a career as a singer, and while appearing in a TV commercial she was spotted by executives at MGM, signing to the label in 1952. Her single "Why Don't You Believe Me" sold over a million copies, topping the U.S. charts for six weeks and falling just shy of the Top Ten in Britain.
An overnight sensation, James enjoyed an incredible run of hits over the next year, among them the double-sided "Have You Heard"/"Wishing Ring," "Purple Shades," Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Is It Any Wonder," "Almost Always," "My Love, My Love," "You're Fooling Someone," "Nina-Non (A Christmas Lullaby)," and "You're My Everything." By 1954, however, James' early success seemed to dissipate entirely, and after returning to the Top Ten twice the following year with "How Important Can It Be?" and "You Are My Love," she never reached to the upper rungs of the charts again, although she continued cracking the Top 100 for the remainder of the decade. In 1964, she retired from music to tend to her ailing husband, musical director Anthony Acquaviva, and spent the next three decades essentially removed from the public eye; finally, during the mid-'90s, she returned to touring while also supervising the re-release of her classic MGM recordings. Joni James died on February 20, 2022 at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida; she was 91 years old.
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Christmas
Ambient / New Age / Easy Listening - Released by Burning Fire on 2 dec. 2008
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The Very Best Of
Pop - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 jan. 2011
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The Pop Queen (Remastered)
Pop - Released by Master Tape Records on 31 jan. 2020
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Presenting Joni James
Pop - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 17 dec. 1953
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I Feel A Song Coming On
Pop - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 mrt. 2011
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Joni Sings: Songs by Victor Young, Songs by Frank Loesser
Pop - Released by Poppydisc on 30 dec. 1956
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Jazz - Released by Big City Jazz on 3 mrt. 2015
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The Very Best of Joni James 1951-62 - All the Hits & More
Pop - Released by ACROBAT on 5 feb. 2016
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Musical Moments to Remember: Joni James – Romance! (Remastered 2017)
Internationaal variété - Released by Jube Legends on 5 jan. 2018
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There Goes My Heart
Pop - Released by 2008 Classic Records on 21 nov. 2010
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The End of the World
Pop - Released by Golden Bridge Records on 28 nov. 2019
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Like...3 O'clock in the Morning
Moderne jazz - Released by Poppydisc on 25 nov. 1962
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Why Don't You Believe Me
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 9 dec. 2013
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Joni James … Give Us This Day
Pop - Released by Vintage 2015 on 29 jul. 2015
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My Last Date (With You) / I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Lounge - Released by MGM on 25 aug. 1960
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