John Valby, a renowned comedic singer, songwriter, and keyboardist, was born in 1945 in Rochester, New York. His father, Richard, was a talented violinist, and Valby's exposure to music began at an early age. He attended McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, where the Catholic nun instructors taught him how to play the piano.
Valby then went on to major in philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he served in the army during the Vietnam War. During his college days, he started writing raunchy compositions for his fraternity brothers, which marked the beginning of his journey as a comedic songwriter.
In 1975, while touring in the Buffalo, New York bar circuit, Valby made a significant change in his performance style. He started singing and playing filthy songs instead of the customary ragtime classics and pop standards he had previously done. This new direction led to the development of his extensive repertoire of cheerfully lowbrow tunes, which included a wide range of hilariously crude, lewd, and flat-out rude songs about sex and racial slurs.
Valby's manager aptly gave him the nickname Dr. Dirty, and he has since recorded and produced over thirty albums. He has also appeared as raucous bordello emcee Johnny Hotrocks in the amusing teen sex comedy romp "Losin' It." In addition, Valby composed the score for the short feature "Nancy Ray Smiggen's Family Tree and the Magic Extravaganza" and has recorded pop albums and produced albums for other artists.
When he's not touring, Valby is an avid hockey player and lives in western New York State with his wife Anne and five children. He continues to tour and perform at various clubs and college campuses all over the East Coast in America, bringing his singularly sleazy, vulgar, and uproarious act to audiences everywhere.
