| LC control no. | no 98033681 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | James, Joni |
| Variant(s) | Babbo, Joan Carmello Babbo, Giovanna Carmella |
| Birth date | 1930-09-22 |
| Death date | 2022-02-20 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | West Palm Beach (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Popular music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers |
| Special note | Machine-derived authority record. |
| Found in | LCCN 94-749783: Let there be love, p1993 Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (James, Joni; b. Joan Carmello Babbo, Sept. 22, 1930, Chicago, Ill.) Washington post WWW site, viewed March 3, 2022 (in obituary dated Feb. 25, 2022: Joni James, a dulcet-voiced pop singer whose 1952 recording of the ballad "Why Don't You Believe Me?" sold millions of copies and established her as a Hit Parade queen for a dozen years before she largely exited the music world, died Feb. 20 in West Palm Beach, Fla. She was 91. Giovanna Carmella Babbo was born in Chicago on Sept. 22, 1930) |
| Associated language | eng |
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