When she was in her mid-teens, she was appearing with country singers including Arnold, Hank Snow, The Browns and Jim Reeves.

At age 15, Martin signed with RCA Victor in March 1956, just two months after Elvis Presley joined the label.

Soon Martin was performing on American Bandstand, The Today Show and Tonight Starring Steve Allen.

Safeguarding the young Janis Martin from this, her parents decided to not accept Parker's offer, and instead go with the head of the Old Dominion shows.

RCA chose Martin to tour as a member of the Jim Reeves show and continued recording rock and roll and country material that ended up being successful on both charts, including "My Boy Elvis", "Let's Elope Baby", her cover of Roy Orbison's song "Ooby Dooby", and "Love Me to Pieces".

In 1957, Janis went on a USO tour in Europe with Jim Reeves, Del Wood (a pianist famous for performing the song "Down Yonder"), The Browns, and Hank Locklin.

In 1975, she was working for the Halifax, Virginia, Police Department when music historian Dennis West tracked her down.

In the 1980s, the Bear Family label gathered Martin's complete record history with the compilation album The Female Elvis.

[3] Flores recorded an album with Martin six months before her death, but it was not released until September 18, 2012, as The Blanco Sessions by Cow Island Music.

[4][5] Martin died from cancer on September 3, 2007, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.