Janet Lawson

Janet Lawson was a jazz singer and educator. Her primary influences as a singer were saxophonists such as Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sonny Rollins. Her voice was described by jazz critic John S. Wilson in a 1977 New York Times article entitled Janet Lawson: The Dream Jazz Voice writing that she "has the kind of voice that most jazz singers probably wish they had. It is a full, well-developed, remarkably pliant voice with a lower range whose dark sonorities compare favorably with the deep power of Sarah Vaughan, and a high register in which she does not have to strain to project very fast, often complex, lines."

13 November 1940

Born on the same birth date (13 November 1940): Baby Washington

Born on the same birth day (13 November): Arthur Nebe • Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator) • George Whitefield Chadwick • Gilbert Perreault • Ivica Dragutinović • John A. Dahlgren • John Moore (British Army officer) • Kick (comedian) • Mark Lye • Merrick Garland • Michael Copon • Nikolai Fraiture • Ranjit Singh • Subliminal (rapper) • Terry Reid

Born in the same month (November 1940): Arieh Warshel • Barry Sadler • Janet Smith (judge) • Jim Bakken • Jürgen Todenhöfer • Luke Kelly • Marlène Jobert • Marshall Berman • Michel Audet • Ramesh Chandra Lahoti • Roberto Cavalli • Sally Baldwin • Ted Kulongoski