Joni James - Why Don't You Believe Me (1952)

[alau18]

Gee they must have plagiarized some of this song for the star trek song Ruth on shore leave.

[KZN7404]

I was 8 years old and loved the song.

[beeobee100]

I remember having this song on a 45rpm record and playing it in the barracks, over and over, while in the navy at the USNAMTC , Point Mugu CA. Just 18 years old and away from my girlfriend for the first time in our lives.

Ah, memories.

[Caskchap]

What a voice, Russel Davies on Radio2 was saying how she married a top military man at the pentagon. Fantastic show Russel does, "The Art Craft And Inspiration Of |The Popular Song"

[tomservo56954]

And they say old folks can't deal with computers....

[TheHitsOf1952]

Nice song :-)

[TheLimePopsicle]

@TheHitsOf1952 Check out the 1952 playlist on my channel for more Hits of 1952. :)

[TheHitsOf1952]

@TheLimePopsicle

thanx a lot :-)

[unchained73]

@TheLimePopsicle Then along came Joni...Think about this...Not only were artists Margaret Whiting and Patti Page along with Jo Stafford the bigger female stars in and around the early 1950's but everything the recorded became hits. They were good, but Joni was the BEST. She did justice to every kind of song she sung... from Edith Piaf, Mattinata, to Hank Williams. She really had a style all her own. No wonder the great Babra Streisand was so influenced by what she could do with a song.

[MrZip61]

1952 and I was madly in love...well, as madly as a 16 year old can be.

[WeberAmazon]

What a beautiful voice!!!!

[stumpjumper169]

WOW! 1952 all over again ...... Navy ..... Corpus Christie, TX

[TheDonald122]

WOW, 1952 ALL OVER AGAIN AT FORT RILEY,KANSAS

[sz05ry]

Köszönöm a feltöltést <:o)

[bluegibby7]

Iwas young and foolish the first time I heard this .

[MrJoni2226]

Brings nostalgia! love it deep in my heart......a million thank you for posting this nice meaningful song. Believe me....no one can sing it better than Joni...a pure genuine voice singing a song right from the heart. ~Thumbs up!~

[chkjns]

@MrJoni2226 Perfectly said -sung from the heart. That's what music used to be! Added this back to my 1952 playlist, where you can hear other tunes like Thumbelina & the Ivanhoe theme. My channel lets you travel back in time to any year since 1900 with lists for every year. And over 400 of the best artists of the past century each have their own playlists. The orchestrations in the old songs were so inventive & dramatic, even Buddy Holly insisted on strings backing his last session in 1958.

[4george2]

I remember a 21 year old sailor in Japan hearing this with the Armed Forces radio network D.J. saying, "When it is saki sipping time in South Sasebo," before spinning Joni's song, 55 years ago!

[5GREYHOUND6]

The first time I heard this song was when I was stationed in Japan in 1952. Brings back many memories of those days.

[jayseah32]

@5GREYHOUND6 I was right there with you - '51 - '53. That's when I first heard this also, and enjoyed it ever since

[shatinterry]

My favorite from miss Joni James!!

[12Fegens]

Once this record took off the staff at

MGM records had to work day and night

to keep up with orders that were being

sent to far off places like Ireland, India,

and Japan.

The song remained #1 on the Billboard

chart in the U.S.A for 6 weeks in a row.

The record sold 2 million plus copies

and is the song everyone identifies

Joni James with.

[TheLimePopsicle]

It's also the first recording I ever heard by Joni.