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Joni James, singer behind Why Don't You Believe Me? and How Important Can It Be?, passes at age 91
Joni James, the singer who recorded the hit 1950s tracks Why Don't You Believe Me? and How Important Can It Be?, has died at the age of 91.Her son, Michael Acquaviva, confirmed with The Washington Post that his mother passed on February 20.James' family announced she passed of natural causes in a West Palm Beach, Florida hospital, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Joni James, the singer who recorded the hit 1950s tracks Why Don't You Believe Me? and How Important Can It Be?, has died at the age of 91.James, who later earned the nicknameQueen of Hearts, was born Givanna Carmello Babbo on September 22, 1930 in Chicago, according to Deadline.She worked as a dancer as a young girl and toured throughout Canada in the late 1940s.