Who is Joni James?

Do I ever have the coolest story for you! You may not recognize this woman below as she was a famous American singer of traditional pop music mainly during the 1950's. I didn't know who she was until recently. Well, until about 15 years ago that is. I've known all my life that my mother named me "Joni" after some singer from her youth but I never researched it or knew what her last name was. Until just 1 week before I was to marry my current husband. Getting where my story is headed? At the time my maiden name was Allen, but I was about to marry a great guy with the last name of James! Ironic and a little eerie isn't it? That's right, I was about to take on the...