Cat. No. VV 1363: JANIS MARTIN ~ THAT ROCKIN' GIRL ROCKS ON. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15046.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

JANIS MARTIN BEGAN HER CAREER AT AGE ELEVEN AS A COUNTRY SINGER ON WDVA BARNDANCE IN DANVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. FROM THE BARNDANCE SHE TRAVELLED WITH GLEN THOMPSON'S BAND FOR TWO YEARS THEN WENT ON THE ROAD WITH JIM EANES. IN 1953, JANIS APPEARED AT A TOBACCO FESTIVAL WITH ERNEST TUBB AND SUNSHINE SUE AND FOLLOWING THAT APPEARANCE JANIS WAS INVITED TO BECOME A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE OLD DOMINION BARNDANCE OUT OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE NATION RANKING ONLY BEHIND THE GRAND OLD OPRY AND THE WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA BARNDANCE.

TWO STAFF ANNOUNCERS AT WRVA (THAT CARRIED THE BARNDANCE OVER THE CBS NETWORK) WERE SUCCESSFUL SONGWRITERS AND PENNED A SONG CALLED "WILL YOU, WILL YUM" AND HAD JANIS RECORD A DEMO WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ENDED UP WITH STEVEN SCHOLES AT RCA VICTOR AND JANIS WAS CALLED UPON TO RECORD THE SONG FOR VICTOR RECORDS. SO AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN JANIS BECAME A RECORDING STAR. THE RECORD WAS HER BIGGEST HIT AND ON THE FLIP SIDE WAS A SONG CALLED "DRUGSTORE ROCK AND ROLL" WHICH JANIS WROTE HERSELF (AND FOR WHICH SHE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR TODAY). THE RECORD SOLD AROUND 750,00 COPIES. AT THE TIME ELVIS PRESLEY WAS THE BIGGEST ROCK SINGER IN THE COUNTRY AND ALSO RECORDED FOR RCA VICTOR AND RCA WERE SO IMPRESSED WITH JANIS' DELIVERY OF THE SONG SHE WAS GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO USE THE TITLE OF "THE FEMALE ELVIS PRESLEY". DURING HER CAREER JANIS RECORDED 26 SIDES FOR RCA VICTOR BUT SADLY NEVER ACHIEVED THE SAME LEVEL OF SUCCESS. JANIS LATER RECORDED FOR SEVERAL OTHER LABELS AND ALL ARE AVAILABLE ON SEVERAL RELEASES BY OTHER REISSUE LABELS.

THIS 1979 RELEASE BY BEAR FAMILY IS A GREAT COMPANION TO BEAR FAMILY'S "THAT ROCKIN' GAL" AND FEATURES THE REMAINDER OF THE RCA VICTOR OUTPUT ALONG WITH EIGHT TRACKS RECORDED AFTER JANIS LEFT RCA VICTOR AND SHOWS THAT SHE COULD STILL ROCK WITH THE BEST OF THEM. THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL CREASES AND SOME MINOR WEAR ALONG A COUPLE OF EDGES. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Love And Kisses / Love Me, Love Cha Cha Cha / Two Long Years / All Right / Billy Boy, My Billy Boy / Let's Elope Baby / Please Be My Love / One More Year To Go. Side 2 - Here Today And Gone Tomorrow Love / Teen Street / Hard Times Ahead / Cry Guitar / I Don't Hurt Anymore / Half Loved / My Confession / I'll Never Be Free.

12" VINYL RECORD