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Janis Martin (March 27, 1940 – September 3, 2007) was an United States|American rockabilly and country music singer. Janis Martin was one of the few female rock & roll artists to make records, proving to the male-dominated rock & roll industry that women too could sell a large amount of records and score rock & roll hits. This opened doors for other rock & roll singers to come, like Brenda Lee.

She was nicknamed ''The Female Elvis'', for the impressive dance moves she did on stage, similar to those of Elvis Presley.

Early life & rise to fame
Janis Martin was one of the few women working in the male-dominated rock & roll music field during the 1950s. Among the popular male rock & roll singers at the time were Bill Haley and the up and coming Elvis Presley. Martin, however, became one of rock & roll's pioneering singers, and also one of country music's earliest female innovators.

She was born in 1940 in Sutherlin, Virginia. Her mother was a stage mother, and her father and uncle were both musicians, who practised in hopes of gaining a professional career in the music industry. It was not surprising that Janis soon began becoming interested in music also. Before she was six years old, Martin was already singing and playing the guitar, and credited her influences from the Country Music singers Eddy Arnold and Hank Willia... read all