Cannon, Judy
(*1939)
Melbourne singer Judy Cannon (1939) is recognised as one of Australia's first female rock'n'rollers. Unlike other performers from the early 1960s, like Noeleen Batley (dubbed “Australia's Little Miss Sweetheart”), Judy Stone and Patsy Ann Noble who presented wholesome, soft images, Cannon was an out-and-out blues belter. Her influences included Johnny ‘Mr Cry’ Ray, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and LaVern Baker. Perhaps only Betty McQuade and Laurel Lea approached Cannon in style. Cannon's…