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...learned how to use her voice, but she kept her unsophisticated manner. "Everybody in their life goes through different romantic phases," she decided. "All you have t do is remember real living, and put it into the song." By last winter, 22-year-old Joanie Babbo-known as Joni James-had graduated to a place among the top recording songbirds in the U.S. Three of her hits nestled simultaneously on bestseller lists: Why Don't You Believe Me?, Have You Heard? and Your Cheatin' Heart...
Your Cheatin' Heart (Joni James; M-G-M). A rhymed kind of I told you so that is sung much too prettily for its gloomy subject. The third of Songbird James's three current bestselling records...
...down, but I can't tell how far"). She disdains such long-hair affectations as warming up her voice ("What have I got to warm up?"). But in common with the new postwar generation of ballad vendors, including such contemporaries as Patti Page (Mercury), Peggy Lee (Decca), Joni James (M-G-M), Jo Stafford and Doris Day (both Columbia), Rosemary knows how to put a song across...
Have You Heard (Joni James; M-G-M). An unsophisticated ditty of unrequited love that shows off an attractive voice in a relaxed style. A promising follow-up to Songstress James's current top seller, Why Don't You Believe...