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- 1
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- My Very Bones
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Janis Darlene Martin (March 27, 1940 – September 3, 2007) was an American rockabilly and country singer. With a distinctive country twang to her voice, she was one of the few women performing rockabilly music during the period of the genre's infancy, and a pioneering female innovator on the country music scene. Nicknamed "The Female Elvis" due to her vivacious on-stage dancing, she was the only female rocker given this title who was acknowledged by Elvis Presley himself. <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janis
- Family name
- Martin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsylvania County
- Place of death
- Durham
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- Janis Martin 1956.JPG
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- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1940-03-27
- date of death
- 2007-09-03
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
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