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JUL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUR! Established 1888 J^'% LOS ANGELES ' ^ ..SSiim Francisco .v Tbiffland - Seattle vtosi Angeles, Calif. SlS^IS* Mirrpr *^f&jtk D, 215,006) 953 FLQR^EL MUIR Jon blames, who operie%at Ciro's last ni^^il^A^ierica's sweetheart as far as the re6Q_m-$uffltgf pube^-i^: concerned and, judging from her performance, she's well on her way to becoming one of the top night spot entertainers. And she's only 22. 'I worked pretty hard for about five years," Joni told me last night, "and I used to get very discouraged. My mother wanted me to quit and get married and live next door to her. She was serious. She wanted me to be happy, but I'm glad I didn't quit." At Bowen High School in Chicago Joni took the journalism course and won a scholarship at De Kalb University, where she planned to be- coftie a newspaper writer. But her widowed mother needed money and Joni started going around singing at night spots after putting in a day shift in a bakery. She told me: MI love to sing and it makes me happy. 1 like singing so much I'd do it for nothing, but don't tell anybody. My agent thinks I ought to have lots of money." Every song Joni has recorded has ?╟≤ become a" hit. They've been selling into trig millions and bosses at MGM Records think this little Italian thrush is a gift from heaven. She's the first hit- __mifi^?Θ╝- _m^S& \eral \last U Vph ted & i Las Vegas, Nev. Review Morning Journal JUL 1 2 1953 fin-up PHo^to'^c^iei^^o , _ I It wasn't unusual % 4&feC. M__!iI??.'1_!l#^1^4!w?S miMt maeazine ' and tiM* ^W*k*> WM^J^?╤$K^wa * LasVJgfs for ^^Se^^^^^ ^ tiest giS? I?╟? this ph%Sg??d^te^ La^ (left) and Bek Stetaer;.aj(w8i..I?╜|-,G?╜fi?╜HL w?? ^^ CANDIDLY, HOLLYWOOD . . By Jay Scott Personal jj| Appearance .. ~ -;, cJilL ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Culver City, Calif. Star-News (Cfr. 3.549) MAY 1953 4NN JEFFREY and Robert Sterling, who are on the night-club circuit themselves, as a husband and wife team, got a big kick out of Johnson's act. They're playing now at the Coconut Grove. 12 DETROIT FREE PRESS ROTO MAGAZINE -Sunday. May 31. 1953 TTntrl jn T iir- I leave for Toronto, _ Wednesday, May 13, to present] his song-and-dance act at the Ca-| sino the following day. He will open May 2^?·the Chi-| cago Theater in Chicago^turn-P ing to Canada Jdfeg.-.lfc.to appear at the Seville Thea^m Montreal.] Johnson, who-jBRbr complet-i ed co-starring wii&y&ther Wil-j liams in M-G-M's 43$$f to Love," will then return'W'^plilm capital, resuming his "supper club act at the Sands for four weeks over [the next Christmas and New Year's holidays.