Janis joplin biography 1969 concert dates
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Janis Joplin
American singer (1943–1970)
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943–October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, as well as her "electric" stage presence.
In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. After releasing two albums with the band, she left Big Brother to continue as a solo artist with her own backing groups, first the Kozmic Blues Band [it; pt] and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band. She performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival and on the Festival Express train tour. Five singles by Joplin reached the US Billboard Hot 100, including a cover of the Kris Kristofferson song "Me and Bobby McGee", which posthumously reached number one in March 1971. He
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Joplin is remembered for her powerfully distinctive raspy voice and her stomping foot. Her vocal style, her outrageous dress, her outspokenness and sense of humor, her liberated stance (politically and sexually) and her hard-living image all combined to create a unique female persona in rock which challenged familiar gender stereotypes. Her tattooed breast was well ahead of its time.
Janis and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane pioneered a new range of expression for white women in the male-dominated world of rock. Janis' Festival performance was cut from the Woodstock film; perhaps as an editorial statement about the quality of her work that Saturday evening. By the time Joplin reached Woodstock, her drug use had returned. She was described as high on heroin and alcohol and feeling powerful stage fright as did many of the performers facing 450,000 fans. Hear some of her concert. Sadly, she accidenta
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Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (19th January, 1943 - 4 October, 1970) was an Americanblues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive, raspy voice. She is widely considered to be the greatest hona rock singer of the 1960's.[1] Joplin performed on four albums recorded between 1966 and 1970 -- two as the lead singer of San Francisco's Big Brother and The Holding Company, and two released as a solo artist.
Joplin was inducted to the Rock and Roll ingång of Fame in 1995, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin #46 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[2]
Life and career
Early life
Janis Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 19th the daughter of Seth Ward Joplin and Dorothy Bonita East.[3] Her father was an engineer at Texaco. Janis had two younger siblings, Michael and Laura. As a teenager, she befriended