Joni James - Why Don't You Believe Me

[@jamescity1160]

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

[@michaellazzeri2069]

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

[@davewallace8219]

joni s voice just....shimmers!

[@michaellazzeri2069]

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

[@michaellong3716]

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

[@genepotts9426]

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

[@robertbalsome6857]

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

[@joanneelnen3164]

Joni James, brings back my High School days

[@statesideqsod]

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 KZbin where all this great music can still be found and enjoyed.

[@joeyplays5078]

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

[@melvinbjugstad-ph9ml]

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

[@deborahcorlett717]

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?

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

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!

[@jonisanchez66]

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

[@jl7680]

So was I! :)

[@JoniMerritt]

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

[@jonithompson3583]

I was named after Joni as well!

[@1937mommy]

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 !!

[@richardmullins1883]

That's beautiful 😍

[@VithuKichodhan-ss5gc]

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

[@opaulamorgan4265]

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

[@ralphseifer5537]

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

[@robertrusso7940]

My father passed on December 26, 2023 and she was his favorite. Every time I hear her voice I tear up.

[@francisalanwormald6328]

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

[@hamesh3474]

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

[@da8ish]

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

[@walterclampffer6035]

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.

[@ginnydexter6191]

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

[@paulfivelson9430]

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

[@robertthompson7929]

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

[@jeanettesattora1078]

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..........

[@EduardoJose-op9wv]

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

[@ralphseifer5537]

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

[@louisvaccaro5865]

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.

[@Wolfsky9]

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

[@Saraandpopa]

😅

[@MrTeenidol]

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

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

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.

[@selenaandlexi]

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

[@edjenkins5502]

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.

[@dodgelandesman]

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

[@ahmetakincilosangeles]

Great Masterpiece thanks for sharing it...

[@celiacamberos2452]

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!

[@joetodora189]

My all time favorite female singer, bar none..

[@Tony7840]

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!!!!!

[@evelyndelrosario9974]

Thanks for sharing, I love her!

[@elainelosee7974]

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

[@barbaragirion2106]

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

[@williamsouders806]

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[@JimFlynnMusic]

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.

[@Wolfsky9]

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

[@TheSilvergold45]

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

[@davewallace8219]

wonderful!

[@johannarocho3040]

I was 7 when this song came out! I remember it like it was yesterday!

[@scottburton9701]

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

[@JIMOTOOLE1949]

The Duprees also recorded Have You Heard, originally another of Joni's hits.

[@caspercasper896]

a nice nice execellent brilliant song

[@rosemarieganaden922]

just discovering Joni James . . . great voice

[@037RWILLIAMS]

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]

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.

[@isaiah9339]

wow so nice voice TY Joni We'll never forget You !

[@curbozerboomer1773]

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!

[@glittertalkmedicalavocatin7939]

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

[@leojohnluna3034]

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.

[@raymondwohl2621]

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

[@patriciabridgeman4817]

She is one of the GREATS

[@michaellazzeri2069]

Joni James-------such a natural beauty, Dad used to be glued to the tV any time she was on TF. A nice Chicago Italian girl.------------------MJL, 76 y/o

[@ODSoldier]

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]

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

[@richardmillar7221]

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]

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.

[@joesmoke9624]

This music is conscious moving and beautifully sung.

[@nmvince42]

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

[@chickinpickin1]

loved her. RIP my dear...

[@glennjohnson8170]

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

[@Fegen100]

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.

[@PSCBestPractice]

awesome voice. thanks Mon and Dad

[@jaroncreed]

dumbass

[@joeleblanc9870]

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

[@cdcooper1000]

Rest In Peace, Joni❤️

[@billwoodrow2682]

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

[@francisalanwormald6328]

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

[@davidbarnett9312]

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.

[@keith4936]

God speed Joni, your voice will live on forever 🙏

[@gmonet46]

@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.

[@frankhunt6065]

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

[@tedferrer]

One of my favorite singers

[@tuxguys]

#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]

+tuxguys Same here.

[@tuxguys]

Are we twins?

[@desmondoakley.2976]

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!!

[@marilyncooper7208]

Loved her 👍🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@TheDerrickoh]

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.

[@jeffreyberkin-ez3uh]

Wonderful singer😊

[@Tom-cu9hf]

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]

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

[@jp-a1a729]

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

[@charleschomos2276]

MY FAVOURITE ... SINCE THE 50'S

[@vvsmste]

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]

+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.

[@jakubvalenta5403]

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

[@kerryincolumbus]

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).

[@idamccarty3402]

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]

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

[@Kinseydsp]

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!

[@richardmosher7126]

Wish that she could have been movies!!!

[@francisalanwormald6328]

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

[@sjjcws]

Certainly, one of the prettiest of the girl singers.

[@mastermonarch]

Rest in Peace Joni James there will never be another

[@marilyncooper7208]

I love this song 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌟🌟🌟

[@windstorm1000]

A lush sweeping classic sung intimitably by Ms. James. Where are the 'girl' singers like this anymore? No more! Now all manufactured tech babble!

[@037RWILLIAMS]

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]

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

[@Frock1935]

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.

[@mary5827]

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

[@robertwilson5431]

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.

[@allyoop8879]

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."

[@silvinodtanchoco8456]

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

[@jerrylyons9279]

she'll always have my heart.

[@jerryhassfield5167]

God gave her something many don't have TALENT

[@lerebs]

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.

[@ferdie3123]

My favorite DIVA - awesome song.

[@Wolfsky9]

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

[@rubyboone3896]

She was great

[@elainelosee7974]

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