Joni James, a popular 1950s pop singer who topped the charts in 1952 with "Why Don't You Believe Me?" died Feb. 20, her son said. She was 91. James died of natural causes in a hospital in West Palm ...

Joni James, a popular singer in the 1950s who scored several pre-rock hits including “Why Don’t You Believe Me?” and “How Important Can It Be?” and continued to chart throughout the decade, has died.

Joni James, a popular singer in the 1950s who scored several pre-rock hits including "Why Don’t You Believe Me?" and "How Important Can It Be?" and continued to chart throughout the decade, has died.

She reached No. 1 with her first record, "Why Don’t You Believe Me?," had another hit with her version of "Your Cheatin’ Heart" and made history at Carnegie Hall ...