Joni James

For her contribution to the recording industry, Joni James has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Some of their hit songs are:. For many years she was out of the public eye, but began touring again in the mid-1990s. Their bass player is Mario Cipollina, younger brother of John Cipollina. In 1964 she retired from music, in part also because her husband, Anthony Acquaviva (a music director) was in bad health and needed her attention. "The Power of Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. She had a number of hits following that one, including "Your Cheatin' Heart" (a cover of Hank Williams' hit) and "Why Don't You Believe Me". The band's lead singer is Huey Lewis, who has a cameo appearance in the film as the teacher who rejects Marty McFly's band's audition for the school's 'Battle of the Bands' contest - ironically, the piece the band plays is an instrumental version of "The Power of Love".

Her first hit, "Why Don't You Believe Me?" sold over a million copies. Their song "The Power of Love" was a #1 US hit and featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future, with which they also recorded the theme song "Back In Time". Some executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) spotted her in a television commercial, and she was signed by MGM in 1952. Huey Lewis & the News are a popular rock band from the 1980s. After doing a fill-in in Indiana, she decided to pursue a singing career. Plan B (2001). She then took a job as a chorus girl in the Edgewater Beach Hotel in her native Chicago. The Best of (1996).

As an adolescent, she studied drama and ballet, and on graduating from high school, went with a local dance group on a tour of Canada. Time Flies.. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994). Joni James (born Joan [or Giovanna] Carmella Babbo, September 22, 1930) was an American singer of traditional pop music. Hard at Play (1991). Biography on the Iceberg (http://www.theiceberg.com/artist/1215/joni_james.html) site. Small World (1988).