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Joni James, '50s pop star, dead at 91

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Joni James, a popular singer in the 1950s who scored several pre-rock hits including "Why Don’t You Believe Me?" and "How Important Can It Be?" and continued to chart throughout the decade, has died.

She was 91. James’ son, Michael Acquaviva, told The Washington Post that she died February 20 of natural causes in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Born Giavanna Carmello Babbo on September 22, 1930, in Chicago, James was working as a dancer by age 12 and toured in Canada in the late 1940s.

She also was modeling by high school. After pivoting to music, she first recorded for Sharp Records before moving to MGM. Joni James passed away at age 91. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) James was 22 when her first hit topped the U.S.

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