Vinyl records

Joni James vinyl records

6 albums with 67 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Giovanna 'Joan' Carmella Babbo. American singer of traditional pop standards. b. 22/09/1930 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. d. 20/02/2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. Married to composer-conductor (1956-1986, his death). James was born into an Italian family in Chicago. As an adolescent, she studied drama and ballet, and on graduating from high school, went with a local dance group on a tour of Canada. She then took a job as a chorus girl in the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. After doing a fill-in in Indiana, she decided to pursue a singing career. Some executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) spotted her in a television commercial, and she was signed by MGM in 1952.