Joni James was born Giovanna Joan Carmella Babbo on Sept. 22, 1930 in Chica… Read Full Bio ↴Joni James was born Giovanna Joan Carmella Babbo on Sept. 22, 1930 in Chicago, IL. In her early years, she studied drama & ballet. After high school she toured Canada with a dance group. After taking a job as a chorus girl, she decided to pursue a singing career. MGM executives saw her in a TV commercial and she was signed by MGM in 1952.

She was the first American singer to record at Abbey Road Studios in England. Her fan base even included Asia and the Philippines. She had 7 top hits, including "Why Don't You Believe in Me?", "Your Cheating Heart," "Almost Always," and "Have You Heard?"

She married composer Tony Acquaviva in 1956. In 1964, she dropped out of the public eye to take care of him and did so until 1986, when Mr. Acquaviva passed away. She began to tour again in the 1990's. She was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Why Don't You Believe Me
Joni James Lyrics

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Why don't you believe me?
It's you I adore
Forever and ever, can I promise more?
I've told you so often the way that I care
Why don't you believe me?
It just isn't fair

Here is a heart that is lonely

Here is a heart you can take
Here is a heart for you only
That you can keep or break

How else can I tell you, what more can I do?
Why don't you believe me?, I love only you

Here is a heart that is lonely
Here is a heart you can take
Here is a heart for you only
That you can keep or break

How else can I tell you, what more can I do?
Why don't you believe me?, I love only you

Overall Meaning

Joni James's song Why Don't You Believe Me is a plea for love and affection that seems to fall on deaf ears. The song is a melancholic song sung in a hauntingly beautiful voice that speaks to the depth of emotions that the singer is feeling. She begins by asking why her love interest does not believe her, even as she has expressed her love for him many times and promises to love him forever. The second verse talks about her lonely heart that her love interest can take, keep, or break. The singer expresses her vulnerability towards her love interest by giving her heart entirely to him.

In the chorus, the singer reiterates her love for her love interest and asks what more she could do to make him believe her. She makes it clear that she loves only him and that she is not playing games with him. The song speaks to the human emotion of vulnerability that many of us experience when we love someone deeply, but our affections are not reciprocated.

Line by Line Meaning

Why don't you believe me?
I have been telling you everything about my love for you, but you still doubt me

It's you I adore
My love is only for you, and I cherish you so much

Forever and ever, can I promise more?
I promise to love you forever and ever, and there is nothing more I can promise

I've told you so often the way that I care
I have expressed my love for you repeatedly, and you know how much I care for you

It just isn't fair
It is not fair that you doubt my love despite my repeated expressions

Here is a heart that is lonely
My heart is lonely without your love

Here is a heart you can take
You have the power to take my heart and make it complete

Here is a heart for you only
My heart belongs to you alone

That you can keep or break
You have the choice to either keep my heart safe or break it into pieces

How else can I tell you, what more can I do?
I am running out of ways to express my love for you, and I do not know what more I can do

I love only you
My love is only for you, and you hold a special place in my heart

Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Kanjian Music, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Lew Douglas, Luther King Laney, Roy Rodde

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Comments from YouTube:

@1937mommy

12y↑5

This song made my hubby & i fall in love .married at 15 & 17 yrs old .been married since dec- 31-1952. also went to Bowen hight school with her brother angelo. Hope everyone is doing well .Love you Joni !!

@jonisanchez66

2y↑49

I was named after this woman, what an honor and privilege! 💕💐

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Joni how are you doing?

@jl7680

1y↑3

So was I! :)

@user-ny2tg5sr1f

1y↑2

Hi Joni, I was named after Joni James as well! Nice to see that you were as well, Joni

@jonithompson3583

1y↑1

I was named after Joni as well!

@Jerry-gu7yp

20w

@@jonithompson3583hello joni, how are you doing?

@opaulamorgan4265

2y↑4

Joni James had a beautiful voice, clear and sweet, This was a very popular song in the early 1950"s.

@elainelosee7974

3y↑2

How I love this song. I can
Remember Joni James
Singing this, like today.
I actually sang this.

@tuxguys

9y↑4

#1 on the day of my birth...
...Elvis on Sullivan was less than four years in the future...
...and boy, did we need him.

@wesleyhagensen9571

8y↑1

+tuxguys
Same here.

@tuxguys

Are we twins?

@Wolfsky9

2y↑4

Dad absolutely LOVED this pretty Italian girl, & her perfect voice.

@selenaandlexi

11y↑3

I CAN SIT ALL NIGHT AND LISTEN TO JONI SONGS ..WHAT A GREAT VOICE THAT WAS WHEN MUSIC WAS SOMETHING COMPARED TO WHAT THEY CALL MUSIC TODAY THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Selena how are things going with you?

@Tony7840

11y↑2

Joni James, was my heroine in the 50's. The last time that I saw her, was when, she appeared on the "Joe Franklin Show," in the early 70's. She still mesmerized me then, as she still does, now!!!!!

@jamescity1160

47w↑1

RIP JONI....Thanks for being a part of my childhood.

@glittertalkmedicalavocatin7939

2y↑2

Who's here after her passing also her voice is beautiful :)

@ginnydexter6191

2y↑9

Growing up , & now 62, Joni James was played throughout my childhood home. She brought & still brings Love & joy. RIP Joni🙏🏼❤️

@celiacamberos2452

12y↑4

When I hear JJ I just want to get lost in that time period her song pumps the blood through my heart to make me feel alive!

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Celia how are things going with you?

@francisalanwormald6328

8y↑2

I am drawn back to this song because of how much it meant to both of us "BACK THEN"... I play it & choke up...

@paulfivelson9430

2y↑13

I was so sad to hear that Joni James passed recently. I never saw her perform but I love her voice and her songs. RIP Joni! You were a beautiful person 💕

@janetsauerwein8086

Love that voice! RIP

@ralphseifer5537

2y↑2

Joni James left us yesterday, March 4, 2022. She brought an infinite amount of love with her songs. Ralph L Seifer, Long Beach, California.

@michaellazzeri2069

1y↑1

This song, & seeing all the photos of Joni, takes me back to the 50's, when life was so much simpler, & innocent. Dad----Mom-----I love & miss you both. ------------Your Oldest Son, MJL, 76 y/o

@robertthompson7929

2y↑1

I wish that Joni James and Jo Stafford were still with us so we could still listen to the wonderful and beautiful songs that they sang in the fifties

@robertbalsome6857

2y↑1

R.I.P. - Joni James. Thanks for the music!

@hamesh3474

2y↑10

What range ... such a beautiful beautiful voice.. love all her music... thank you for sharing 💝

@MrTeenidol

2y↑5

GOT TO MEET HER IN NEW YORK IN 1958...SO GRACIOUS !!!!..ALWAYS LOVED HER VOICE !!!

@edjenkins5502

11y↑6

Joni broke my heart in the fifties, and fuels my fantasies sixty years later. She is the fifties for me; and conjures ups all the angst of my pathetic adosolescence. Many thanks for uploading the tunes that translate to cherished memories.

@vitosanto3874

Don’t beat yourself up over what you call “A Pathetic Adolescence “ It was what it was my adolescence was the 1950s in a way it was tough for every one goin* through our changes. Find some Good in it.

@dodgelandesman9473

38w

Well put, lol. I'm in my early 30s total babe for sure. This song turns me into mush. Such a powerful, silky sexy voice

@JimFlynnMusic

12y↑4

Great song, and nobody sings it better than Joni James. I used to chop wood in the barn while listening to the "hit parade" on the radio back in 1952, and this is one of the songs I have never forgotten over the past 60 years. In fact this is one of the songs that made me want to be a songwriter.

@EduardoJose-op9wv

2y↑38

Rest in peace Joni. Her songs still resonates in my ear. One of my favorites of the 50's.

@ralphseifer5537

2y↑2

She was one of the very best. Thank you, Joni. RIP.

@louisvaccaro5865

20w

joni you were the very best!, you had a very special voice!. when you sang, you knew right away it was your voice!, not to many singers have that. i am an italian american, like you!, although we never met, i have to say, you are very special to me! may god bless you! love is a beautiful thing!, and love conquers all!!!! Louie Vaccaro, las vegas.

@VithuKichodhan-ss5gc

51w↑1

One of her very best singing and goes well with the song.

@genepotts9426

25w↑1

Grew up with her in the 50s. No one like her .playing in my car right now. Hav every album.

@theresachiorazzi4571

2y↑6

This lady had an elegance to be admired and that voice was one you can never forget Thanks Joni for all the pleasure you gave the world. R I P.

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Theresa how are things going with you?

@barbaragirion2106

7y↑11

They just don't have singers or love songs like this --she just melts your bones away!

@williamsouders806

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hope everything's going well with you Barbara?

@francisalanwormald6328

7y↑4

I REPEAT MYSELF...GREATEST FEMALE RECORDING OF MY YOUTH!!!! NOW AT 80 I STILL THRILL!!!

@TheSilvergold45

11y↑6

Joni was marvelous.. Joni is a very talented woman. Her songs.. Her voice.. Her arrangements are all marvelous..

@Wolfsky9

4y↑1

My Dad absolutely LOVED this woman . She was gorgeous, classy, & what a voice ! ------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o

@ODSoldier

13y↑22

I remember playing this in the cold wooden barracks with coal heaters in France, (Army 1955, age 17). I was spending my teen age years where I did not want to be. That's what you get for forging a birth certificate and joining up at 16. Joni was the sweetest voice and really made a lot of young guys like me home sick. Thanks for posing this great oldie and bringing back memories.

@emsaiii

3y↑1

No shirt! I did the same. Pittsburgh to Ft Jackson to Ft Bragg to Ft Campbell! Same barracks.

@scottburton9701

2y↑1

# 1 song in 1953-A # 37 hit for The Duprees in 1963-A certifiable classic!

@joanneelnen3164

11y↑2

Joni James, brings back my High School days

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Joanne how are things going with you?

@037RWILLIAMS

10y↑16

Brings back memories in the 50's - danced to this song so many times. There is no female singer quite like this gal. She is the cream of the crop.

@allyoop8879

7y↑1

Christmas time '52 our returning troop ship arrived and we wound up in Camp Kilmer NJ. As soon as possible a group of us went to the PX and as we walked through the door the opening strains of this song had just started playing. It stopped us dead in our tracks. We never heard of the song or Joni when we were overseas. Now when I hear this recording again it sounds as if I am back in that large PX. I can visualize it as if it was yesterday. It also has a special meaning.

@curbozerboomer1773

2y↑6

I remember hearing this clear, straight-forward, sweet female voice on the radio, in the early 1950s..I was just seven years old, but was somehow attracted to the sound of her voice...but, like others of my Boomer generation, I quickly moved on, to embrace the Rock and Roll revolution in popular music...I had forgotten about Joni, until I happened to recently read about her death...when I listened once again to this excellent hit record, I got misty-eyed!...She had such an innocent quality to her singing voice...nothing too stylized, just heartfelt singing, from such a pretty lady...she dropped out of the music scene, in the early 1960s, ostensibly to take care of her ailing husband...more likely though, by the early 60s, musical tastes had changed, crooners of both sexes were no long in vogue...but she had a great run in the 1950s...Interesting that she never had kids, coming from such an Italian background!..After her first husband died, in the mid 1980s, she eventually married again, to a much older retired military officer..they lasted until he died, at the age of 94...This sweet woman clearly believed in marriage!...She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery....Joni was a classy lady, all the way!

@joetodora189

7y↑2

My all time favorite female singer, bar none..

@raymondwohl2621

5y↑8

Joni James! her voice is like magic. She is an original who sings with great longing and heart.

@dennismiddlebrooks7027

2y↑1

A red table cloth Italian restaurant in Brooklyn circa 1955, playing this over the radio, along with songs by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Vic Damone. The height of civilization!

@frankhunt6065

11y↑1

I cry when I hear music from the 50's (my generation) Long gone but I still long for the those simple wonderful years.

@richardmillar7221

8y↑2

HOW WONDERFUL GREW UP IN THE MID 40 S THIS WAS MUSIC KIDS TODAY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT great music is IT WILL LIVE ON AND ON

@richardrussette2635

8y↑1

Richard, you are so right, I grew up at that time all the great singers and the big bands. nothing but a bunch of crap today.

@robertwilson5431

6y↑3

I have loved this lady's music for more years than I can count. When my daughter was born, we named her "Joni." I still have long-play records, cassettes and CDs containing Joni James' music.

@kerryincolumbus

11y↑1

Buddy, you just summed up in a few sentences what men of our generation have been thinking for 50-60 years! When I was teenager back in the mid-50s, I thought she had the sweetest sound ever and that she was singing directly to me (Doris Day was the only other singer that could to that for me)! I met my first real girlfriend (later to become my wife) because we picked the same Joni James song at a jukebox in a soda shop in Bellefontaine Ohio in 1953 (this very same song, in fact).

@michaellazzeri2069

18w↑1

Ohhhhhhh Joni ! A Classic Italian beauty. What a voice ! The 50's . I want to go back so badly !! -------------MJL< 77 y/o

@jeanettesattora1078

9y↑3

I wish my parents had named me Joni, because one of my favorite singers was Joni Mitchell. But my parents were born in 1920, and I was named after another female singer Jeanette McDonald. By the way I also sing and I love the sound of Joni James voice. It is really beautiful.

@rchman100

+Donald Lentz Mitchell did an album of 50's/60's pop and did a terrific job with the music. Not at all folksy. Tackled some A-List singers and did herself proud. One of the rare rockers I thought was worthy to spend my money on. I listen to that music regularly. You can buy that on CD..........

@deborahcorlett717

3y↑1

My mother worked in a record shop, Russel Acots in Oxford, England, playing records for customers. My father a young G.I. wooed this young record clerk by having her place all of Joni James records for him! They have been married for 61 years!

@derekkess9601

I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?

@michaellong3716

12y↑1

first heard Joni in the very early sixties when I was in the British military stationed in Hong Kong. A beautiful voice and a wonderful person. Wish I could have met her. Michael in UK

@rosemarieganaden922

6y↑1

just discovering Joni James . . . great voice

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Rosemarie, how are you doing?

@evelyndelrosario9974

7y↑1

Thanks for sharing, I love her!

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Evelyn how are you doing?

@keith4936

2y↑19

God speed Joni, your voice will live on forever 🙏

@davidbarnett9312

10y↑29

I was born in 1943. As a tenish year old, this is the music that imprinted on my brain. My older sisters were always listening to the radio. On Saturdays from 10 am to noon, WOAI in San Antonio would play the top 20 countdown. Such great and wonderful music that has stuck with me through all the great singers who followed in the rock 'n roll years.

@Fegen100

11y

Your Aunt Joni will always be my favorite female singer. I have seen her in person many times. She is greatly loved by her fans.

@sjjcws

7y↑1

Certainly, one of the prettiest of the girl singers.

@davewallace8219

1y↑2

joni s voice just....shimmers!

@JIMBOSKI58

12y↑1

First heard this song about 1952 at the age of twelve. Too old and advanced for me at that age, but Joni James' voice sang loud and clear at the time and stayed with me..

@jerryhassfield5167

8y↑2

God gave her something many don't have TALENT

@edlonas2310

11y↑1

I was a teenager in the fifties. What great times. Juke boxes, soda shops and all the rest . Those were "Happy Days" indeed.

@da8ish

12y↑2

a great song.there are great songs today. you dont have to turn loose the memory to embrace today

@billwoodrow2682

8y↑2

My favourite song & singer of the 60's. Never heard anyone to match her since then. Many happy memories from this song.

@statesideqsod

13y↑2

I agree with all comments here, especially Sparwood8. I first heard this song on WVNJ 1160 when they used to play music. They don't make songs like this anymore, unfortunately. It's nice to have Youtube where all this great music can still be found and enjoyed.

@ormondbeech

10y↑6

I noticed a lot of comments from 1953, and I know the feeling when hearing "Why Don't You Believe Me" brings back so many sweet memories..They continued when I got drafted and shipped overseas, along with my 45's (records) Thanks Joni lv ya

@Frock1935

12y↑1

Wonderful when I hear her voice a tear comes to my eye. . I had the pleasure to see her perform at The Paramont on Times Square in1953. what beautiful memories. My friends and I sat front row to the left, she's as beautiful as her voice Thanks.

@TheDerrickoh

11y↑1

Wonderful music. I'm grateful for being a part of this current generation, but man sometimes I think I would have loved to live in these times.

@allyoop8879

7y↑8

When we got off the troop ship in late Dec 1952, just before Christmas, 4 or 5 us walked into the PX (at Camp Kilmer NJ, I believe), and this song had just started playing on the juke box. We all stopped dead in our tracks, looked at each other, and said, quite loudly in
disbelief, "Who the heck is that? What a voice, what a song." Some new Army men nearby said " Where have you guys been? That's Joni James!" We never heard of her in Germany. I still say "What a voice, what a song. Powerful."

@Wolfsky9

4y↑1

This is for my Dad -----------------he LOVED Joni James, knowing she was a nice Italian girl : Gorgeous, classy, & what a voice. ---------------I liked her too, as I grew up to her music in our home.-----------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o

@joeyplays5078

2y↑3

Now this song could make me cry but this is a great song

@melvinbjugstad-ph9ml

1y↑1

Junior James has been my favorite female singer since the first time she sang this song.

@phylliscrispin5304

10y↑9

We danced at the Rustic Cabin In Englewood Cliffs, traveled to see Joni's concerts in New York etc. As my sweetheart rested in his chair and hospital bed in our living room, I played Joni's songs and sang along with her. We were married 55 years when my husband went home to rest. I play Joni's songs always. We loved her beautiful voice. How lucky we were! Thanks Joni!! Phyllis

@ceeceeable5433

10y↑1

Awesome!!

@jakubvalenta5403

Phyllis Crispin these comments are really outstanding.

@Jerry-gu7yp

Hello Phyllis hope everything's going well with you?

@silvinodtanchoco8456

9y↑16

Listening to Joni for sixty five years most likely till I die. Thanks a lot.

@jerrylyons9279

she'll always have my heart.

@desmondoakley.2976

5y↑2

I to fell in love with this Woman, Her voice used to send tingles down my neck they still do! it was whilst I was serving in the HongKing area from 1955 to 1958. Be stationed on Island off Hong kong I used to tune my TCS receiver to Manila Radio and swoon to her singing. JUST FOUND HER AGAIN AFTER MENTIONING TO MY MY WIFE OF 60 YEARS WHO HAD NEVER HEARD OF HER!!

@joesmoke9624

2y↑10

This music is conscious moving and beautifully sung.

@joeleblanc9870

11y↑1

absolutely! the youth today have not clue what a true singer is

@francisalanwormald6328

9y↑3

15 & SOO IN LOVE.. TEARS ME UP AT 78!!!

@Bravo1890

This song tears me too now at 22 :'( great talent

@drrl5166

Im 97 and this song tears me up

@walterclampffer6035

5y↑2

SAW HER ENTERTAIN AT THE NAVAL BASE IN NORFOLK IN 1956. SHE HAD EVER SAIOR AND MARINE HOMESICK AS HELL. SHE IS STILL THE BEST.

@Tom-cu9hf

8y↑66

There will never be another JONI JAMES. She was the sweetheart of all us KOREAN WAR VETERANS in our time! I can still recall her rendition of this song when it first came out in 1952. It ranked #1 on the charts.She went on to have many, many, more great hits. Hard to believe she just turned 86 on September 22, 2016.

@lanaxianellecruz4713

Tom ii

@charleschomos2276

YES ... THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ... JONI JAMES !!!

@jerrylyons9279

4y↑2

yes, anyone in the army (as i was) or other service members, remember a time never forgotten.

@jp-a1a729

4y↑1

john sexton
She’s who I’m named after!

@charleschomos2276

4y↑1

MY FAVOURITE ... SINCE THE 50'S

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@richardmosher7126

9y↑2

Wish that she could have been movies!!!

@glennjohnson8170

6y↑1

Glenn Johnson Have this on `78 but wonderful to hear it here!What a great voice!Thanks for this upload.

@leojohnluna3034

7y↑1

ceeceeable thank you for uploading this song ,love it so relaxing to hear her angelic voice...

@ronaldferrari3709

Leo John Luna voice of a angle a fan since 1954. I have 78 45 33 taps and CD.

@mary5827

4y↑3

My now 80 year old friend introduced me to her music a few years ago! I love her crystal clear voice!

@Jerry-gu7yp

How are you doing Mary?

@jakubvalenta5403

5y↑3

Exceptionally beautiful song and comments here too. I can listen this Masterpiece over and over again.

@AndersonDE7

13y↑12

I also grew up in the 1950s, and this was one of the most unforgettable songs of that era.

@margieherderhorst6236

David Anderson me too

@mastermonarch

2y↑2

Rest in Peace Joni James there will never be another

@nmvince42

12y↑1

Such purity of voice. And thanks for the wonderful memories.

@paulcourtney6844

8y↑75

no scandal, no drugs just a great voice from my youth.

@poppybell8217

4y↑2

Ahem. This was an era that covered up scandals, drug abuse, sexism and racism.

@brooklyn-baby

3y↑1

You were so lucky to live those times

@rickpavia5793

@@poppybell8217 And your point is?

@poppybell8217

2y↑1

@@rickpavia5793 wow. The fact that you even asked that question… I recommend higher education, Rick.

@rickpavia5793

2y↑3

@@poppybell8217
What does racism and sexism have to do with this song? It’s not about any of that. We all know that the past wasn’t perfect so why mention it at all? Just enjoy a song from another era.

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@037RWILLIAMS

10y↑25

Joni is by far the best female vocalist ever. She can sing any type of song be it country or any other type of song - she is just the best !!!

@tedcantu1

5y↑2

She has always been pure class. What a sweet voice. Dont hear that today,

@francisalanwormald6328

8y↑1

I AMAZED AT HEARTFELT INPUT THAT FOLLOWED MY COMMENT OF A YR AGO>> AT 79 I STILL TEAR UP AT HER VOICE & THAT SONG!!

@PSCBestPractice

8y↑1

awesome voice. thanks Mon and Dad

@jaroncreed

dumbass

@lerebs

13y

I remember Joni from my high school years back in the 50's. I loved her then and I love her now more than 50 years later.

@vvsmste

9y↑3

I just have to get some of these albums. I had never heard of her and I think she is FAB! But seriously, she really is good. And the orchestra behind her is great. I will add her music to my collection.

@rchman100

+Yukon Mike Stewart You can buy Joni James music on eBay.

@charlescrowder4292

8y↑2

+Yukon Mike Stewart
A favorite of mine also. I used to be a DJ in Philly and I have a pile of her 45's! The original DJ copies.

@dorianakinci

12y↑1

Great Masterpiece thanks for sharing it...

@thomassmythe233

11y

Listened to her album in my room with my eyes closed It was.love at first sight. I was 8. what memories.

@rogercastuciano926

4y↑3

One of her kind!! The true feminine voice of her generation !! Am still longing to hear her voice and it is already 2019 !!

@donaldsullivan9862

6y↑3

I first heard Joni on Armed Forces Radio while serving in Japan during the Korean War. She was the best of a great crop of female songbirds of that era, including Jo Stafford, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Kitty Kallen, Gogi Grant, and others. Unfortunately, at the height of her career, she quit to care for her ailing husband. MGM replaced her with Connie Francis. She resumed her career later, but rock and roll was popular by then and she could never get into that style. I have bought every record, tape, and disc of Joni that I could find, many at used record stores. Still love her.

@joyresano9734

6y↑1

90's baby but love listening to her voice

@idamccarty3402

10y↑4

I remember when Joni came to Bowen High School (1952?) and did a show for us in the auditorium... such a special treat from such a special young lady who happened to have a great/big/beautiful voice!

@luisnavarro9307

9y↑2

I wish I was there to see her I graduated from Bowen high in 1963, she sure was cute!!!

@Kinseydsp

9y↑3

Ida McCarty It must have been wonderful to hear her Sing she has been such a lovely person all her life and such a great singer! The way she took care of her Husband, what a special Person!

@Steptoe58

12y↑1

I regularly play her 78rpm's, always nice to hear her voice.

@robertliles2400

2y↑1

Sad to hear of her passing.. Beautiful woman and amazing voice

@nannyrick

13y↑2

She was great. There was none like her. All my high school memories come back when I listen to Joni. I will love her music forever. Nanny

@gmonet46

13y↑1

@statesideqsod I too heard it on an AM in South Jersey...WCMC in Wildwood (Cape May County) and for a young boy, her voice was entoxicating. I had numerous lp's and 45's that got sold when I gave up my collection...now I am buying some of her records back. She was beautiful. Thanks.

@elainelosee7974

3y↑1

My Favorite singer.
Her voice, amazingly beautiful 😍 💗 💖

@Jerry-gu7yp

How are things going with you Elaine?

@johnnyray1121

7y↑2

This song "Why don't you believe me" was number 1 for many weeks on the top ten in 1953. She had a beautiful voice Too bad she ended her career short at that time to care for her sick husband. When she came back a year or so later Patty Page was the top female singer.

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