Joni James

簡介: by Jason Ankeny
Pop songstress Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo in Chicago on September 22, 1930. After studying drama and 更多>

by Jason Ankeny
Pop songstress Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo in Chicago on September 22, 1930. After studying drama and ballet throughout her adolescence, upon graduating high school she joined a local dance troupe on a tour of Canada, 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 US 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.

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  • 2024年推出專輯:《The Entertainer》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Joni James – the Unforgettable》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Joni James Sings Songs By Victor Young & Frank Loesser (With Bonus Tracks)》
  • 2024年推出專輯:《Bo Diddley Medley》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《She Could Write a Book (The Dave Cash Collection)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《The Wah-Tusi》
  • 2020年推出專輯:《Just Joni》