Janis Martin, a teenage rockabilly sensation of the 1950s who was billed as "the female Elvis," died Sept. 3 of cancer at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. She was 67.
I was pretty young way back then, but I liked Rockabilly. Still do. I probably heard her sing, but I was never really conscious of Ms. Martin until recently, when I saw a TV show about "The Women of Rockabilly". This gal was a pistol.
You can hear her and some of the other Rockabilly gals of that era here. Man, them broads got some pipes!
Read more about her here.
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