Born in 1944 as Davenie Johanna Heatherton and the daughter of veteran song-and-dance man Ray Heatherton (1909-1997), Joey trained
in ballet as a youngster and started her career off as a teen performer on the New York stage as one of the children in "The Sound
of Music." She also began recording about that same time. She went on to gain national exposure as a regular on "The Perry Como Show" (1948)
portraying an innocent young coed who developed a crush on the star. The gimmick worked and Joey eventually parlayed this success
into an acting career. Madara and White wrote and produced two songs for her on Decca Records," Live and Learn" and
