Janice Green

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Originally known as the "Oh Julie Girl" for her female vocals in the song by The Crescendos, she recorded for Nasco Rescords.

According to Brian Lee at colorradio.com: "Based on information from her oldest son Guy, we have some details on Janice. She was born in Nashville in September 1941, grew up in the Inglewood area of Tennessee, and attended Issac Litton High School. She sang at many local fairs, festivals and carnivals, and was Hillbilly Queen at a festival in Madison Tennessee in either 1956 or 1957. According to Guy, "she was doing a concert at a state fair,possibly in Mississippi, and Elvis Presley and his group were there. After the show, several of the artists started a jam session and were making up words to songs. Elvis got tickled cutting up with Mom during that session and the next day brought her on stage with him and sang a song together." She got married in the late 1950's to Luke Morgan, who was a driver for a country western tour bus, that included stars of the day like Carl Smith, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Goldie Smith. They met at a local Tennessee night club located in printers alley, called the Black Poodle. She made an attempt to sing country, but her voice was deemed not suited for C+W music at that time. After having her first son in 1960, her music career stalled for a while. She then met Bob Crewe in late 1961 or early 1962, and he asked her to travel to New Jersey to be a back up vocalist with his new group called the Four Seasons. She did the show, and came back to New Jersey. She was called to come back to New Jersey again, to be one of the back up singers on the Four Seasons new LP, so her voice is on some of the great early tracks by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Due to some personal issues, that was the last of the professional singing she did. Janice owned and or worked at a few restaurants in the Maury county (Tennessee) area, with the names of The Popular House restaurant, Fran and Jan's, and Jan's cafe. At last report, she was in a care center in Tennessee, after a having massive stroke in 2007, and recuperating."


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