Joni James

Later years For many years she was out of the public eye, but began touring again in the mid-1990s some years after she was widowed, performing memorable concerts at New York's Town Hall, Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall.

With her renewed popularity, nearly her entire body of work was released on the Capitol-EMI, DRG and Taragon labels under her personal supervision In October 2001, just a few weeks after 9/11, she appeared at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, accompanied by the Count Basie orchestra. The streets of the city were still lined with armed soldiers, and she was a guest of honor at the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Tribute to Barbra Streisand.

James died at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2022, at the age of 91. She was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

For her contributions to the entertainment industry, James has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Singles Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Chart positions AlbumU.S. CB CANUK 1952 "Let There Be Love"b/w "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Non-album track) — — — —Let There Be Love "You Belong to Me"b/w "Yes, Yes, Yes" — — — —Non-album tracks "Why Don't You Believe Me?" / 1 1 — 11Joni James' Award Winning Album "Purple Shades" 26 — — — 1953"You're My Everything"b/w "You're Nearer" — 24 — —Let There Be Love "Have You Heard?" / 4 3 — —Joni James' Award Winning Album "Wishing Ring" 17 21 — — "Your Cheatin' Heart"b/w "I'll Be Waiting for You" (Non-album track) 2 4 — — "Almost Always" / 9 16 — — "Is It Any Wonder?" 16 27 — — "My Love, My Love" / 8 13 — — "You're Fooling Someone" 11 21 — —Award Winning Album Vol. 2 "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" / 23 22 — —Non-album tracks "Why Can't I" — 30 — — "Nina-Non"b/w "Christmas and You" 27 27 — —Merry Christmas from Joni 1954 "Maybe Next Time" / 22 33 — —Non-album track "Am I in Love" 22 23 — —Let There Be Love "In a Garden of Roses" / 22 23 — —Award Winning Album Vol. 2 "Every Day" 23 48 — —Non-album tracks "Mama Don't Cry at My Wedding" / 23 19 — — "Pa Pa Pa" — 42 — — "When We Come of Age"b/w "Every Time You Tell Me You Love Me" (Non-album track) 28 19 — —Joni James' Award Winning Album 1955"The Moment I Saw You"b/w "Where Is That Someone for Me" — 48 — —Non-album tracks"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"b/w "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" — — — —Merry Christmas from Joni "How Important Can It Be?"b/w "This Is My Confession" (from Let There Be Love) 2 6 — —Joni James' Award Winning Album"When You Wish upon a Star" / — 48 — —Award Winning Album Vol. 2 "Is This the End of the Line" — 23 — —Non-album tracks "You Are My Love"b/w "I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (from Little Girl Blue) 6 11 — — "My Believing Heart"b/w "You Never Fall In Love Again" (Non-album track) 49 31 — —Joni James' Award Winning Album 1956"Danny Boy"b/w "To You I Give My Heart" (Non-album track) — — — —Joni James Sings Irish Favorites "Don't Tell Me Not to Love You"b/w "Somewhere Someone Is Lonely" 83 — — —Non-album tracks "I Woke Up Crying"b/w "The Maverick Queen" 72 37 — — "Give Us This Day" / 30 30 — —Give Us This Day "How Lucky You Are"b/w "Give Us This Day" 70 — — —Award Winning Album Vol. 2 "Love Letters"b/w "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (from In the Still of the Night) — — — —Non-album tracks1957"Only Trust Your Heart"b/w "I Need You So" — — — — "Summer Love"b/w "I'm Sorry for You, My Friend" (from Joni James Sings Songs of Hank Williams) 97 — — —1958"Nothing Will Ever Change"b/w "Does It Show" — — — —"Love Works Miracles"b/w "Dansero" (from Award Winning Album Vol. 2) — — — — "Junior Prom"b/w "Coming from You" — — — — "There Goes My Heart"b/w "Funny" (Non-album track) 19 21 27 —More Joni Hits 1959 "There Must Be a Way"b/w "Sorry for Myself?" (Non-album track) 33 28 30 24 "I Still Get a Thrill"b/w "Perhaps" 51 45 38 — "I Still Get Jealous"b/w "Prayer of Love" 63 66 — — "Are You Sorry?"b/w "What I Don't Know Won't Hurt Me" (Non-album track) 102 106 — — "Little Things Mean a Lot" / 35 54 40 — "I Laughed at Love" 108 123 1960 "I Need You Now" / 98 tag — —Non-album tracks "You Belong to Me" 101 114 — —Award Winning Album Vol. 2 "We Know"b/w "They Really Don't Know You" — 124 — —More Joni Hits "My Last Date (With You)"b/w "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (from I'm in the Mood for Love) 38 54 — —Non-album tracks "Be My Love"b/w "Tall a Tree" (from One Hundred Voices...One Hundred Strings and Joni) — 112 — —1961 "Theme from 'Carnival'"b/w "Can You Imagine That" — — — — "I Gave My Love"b/w "Go Away (Bother Me No More)" — — — —Folk Songs By Joni James "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place"b/w "You Were Wrong" — 123 — —Non-album tracks1962 "I Almost Lost My Mind"b/w "I'll Be Around" — — — —After Hours "Tender and True"b/w "It's Magic" (from I'm Your Girl) — — — —Non-album track "You Are My Sunshine"b/w "Lend Me Your Handkerchief" — — — —Country Style "Anyone But Her"b/w "Forgive a Fool" — 126 — —Non-album tracks1963 "He Says the Same Things to Me"b/w "Hey, Good Lookin'" (from Joni James Sings Songs of Hank Williams) — — — — "Red Sails in the Sunset"b/w "Every Time I Meet You" — — — —Like 3 O'Clock in the Morning1964 "Teach Me to Forget You"b/w "Un Caffe" (from Italianissime!) — — — —Non-album tracks "Break My Heart"b/w "Don't Let the Neighbors Know" — — — — "Pearly Shells"b/w "Hawaiian War Chant" — — — —Beyond The Reef "Sentimental Me"b/w "You're Nearer" (from Bossa Nova Style; new version of song from Let There Be Love) — — — —Non-album track "Once I Loved"b/w "Dindi" — — — —Bossa Nova Style1965 "There Goes My Heart"b/w "I Still Get Jealous" — — — —More Joni Hits

Albums Let There Be Love MGM (1954) Joni James' "Award Winning Album" MGM 3346 (1954) Little Girl Blue MGM (1955) When I Fall in Love MGM (1955) In the Still of the Night MGM (1956) Songs by Victor Young and Songs by Frank Loesser MGM (1956) – later reissued as My Foolish Heart Merry Christmas from Joni MGM (1956) Give Us This Day (Songs of Inspiration) MGM (1957) Sings Songs by Jerome Kern and Songs by Harry Warren MGM (1957) Among My Souvenirs MGM (1958) Je T'aime... I Love You MGM (1958) Songs of Hank Williams MGM (1959) Joni Swings Sweet MGM (1959) Joni Sings Irish Favo(u)rites MGM (1959) 100 Strings and Joni MGM 3755 (1959) Joni at Carnegie Hall MGM (1960) I'm In the Mood for Love MGM (1960) 100 Strings & Joni In Hollywood MGM (1960) – also known as Joni Sings Hollywood One Hundred Voices... One Hundred Strings & Joni MGM (1960) – also stylized as 100 Voices, 100 Strings & Joni 100 Strings & Joni On Broadway MGM (1960) The Mood is Blue MGM (1961) The Mood is Romance MGM (1961) The Mood is Swinging MGM (1961) Folk Songs by Joni James MGM (1961) – also known as Joni Sings Folksongs Ti Voglio Bene... I Love You MGM (1961) Joni After Hours MGM (1962) I'm Your Girl MGM (1962) Country Style MGM (1962) I Feel a Song Coming On MGM (1962) Like 3 O'Clock in the Morning MGM (1962) Something for the Boys MGM (1963) Beyond The Reef MGM (1964) Joni Sings the Gershwins MGM (1964) My Favorite Things MGM (1964) Put On A Happy Face MGM (1964) Italianissima! MGM (1964) Bossa Nova Style MGM 4286 (1965) Why Don't You Believe Me? Bygone Days BYD77053 (2010) – compilation