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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The Very Best Of
Pop - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 janv. 2011
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The Pop Queen (Remastered)
Pop - Paru chez Master Tape Records le 31 janv. 2020
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Presenting Joni James
Pop - Paru chez Universal Digital Enterprises le 17 déc. 1953
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I Feel A Song Coming On
Pop - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 mars 2011
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Joni Sings: Songs by Victor Young, Songs by Frank Loesser
Pop - Paru chez Poppydisc le 30 déc. 1956
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Jazz - Paru chez Big City Jazz le 3 mars 2015
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The Very Best of Joni James 1951-62 - All the Hits & More
Pop - Paru chez ACROBAT le 5 févr. 2016
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Musical Moments to Remember: Joni James – Romance! (Remastered 2017)
Variété internationale - Paru chez Jube Legends le 5 janv. 2018
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There Goes My Heart
Pop - Paru chez 2008 Classic Records le 21 nov. 2010
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The End of the World
Pop - Paru chez Golden Bridge Records le 28 nov. 2019
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Like...3 O'clock in the Morning
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez Poppydisc le 25 nov. 1962
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Why Don't You Believe Me
Jazz - Paru chez Black Sheep Music le 9 déc. 2013
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Joni James … Give Us This Day
Pop - Paru chez Vintage 2015 le 29 juil. 2015
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My Last Date (With You) / I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Lounge - Paru chez MGM le 25 août 1960
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