Janis Martin, a mezzo-soprano who reinvented herself as a soprano midway through a career that brought vivid praise for her command of Wagner and Strauss, died Dec. 14 in San Antonio. She was 75. The ...

Janis Martin, one of the unsung, early pioneers of rock 'n' roll, will get her props this month at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland in a special tribute concert led by Texas ...

The co-producer of the singer's posthumous album talks about getting her idol back in the studio. Janis Martin, 'The Female Elvis,' Returns Janis Martin was just a teenager from Virginia when she was ...

Cow Island Music to release 'The Blanco Sessions,' funded by Kickstarter, on September 18. Flores will embark on U.S. tour to perform Martin’s songs. AUSTIN, Texas — Janis Martin was one of the few ...

Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis. These names come quickly to mind when thinking of the original rockabilly greats. Besides these pioneering kings, however, there were several women who ...

Janis Martin, the Sacramento-born opera singer who began her career at the San Francisco Opera as a precocious, hardworking mezzo-soprano before attaining international prominence as a soprano in the ...

Janis Martin, a Sacramento native and El Camino High School graduate who became an international opera star, died Dec. 14 in San Antonio at age 75. Ms. Martin grew up in a musical family. Her father, ...

In 1956, RCA Records dubbed singer Janis Martin "The Female Elvis," a title bestowed with the apparent approval of the King himself and his manager, Col. Tom Parker. Billboard magazine named her Most ...

“Rockabilly filly” Rosie Flores returned to her Southland stamping ground Wednesday for the unveiling of a project obviously near and dear to her heart, “The Blanco Sessions” album she produced for ...