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    Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most successful and widely known rock performers...
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  • Pearl is the second and final solo album (and fourth album overall) by Janis Joplin, released on January 11, 1971, three months after her death on October...
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    Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual...
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    musicians between 1969 and 1971 (such as Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison), dying at the age of 27 came to be, and remains, a...
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  • Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits is a 1973 collection of hit songs by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, who died in 1970. It features live versions...
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  • This Is Janis Joplin 1965 is an album by Janis Joplin released by James Gurley in 1995. Recorded originally in 1965, the seven tracks that appear here...
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    Big Brother and the Holding Company (category Janis Joplin)
    personnel changes, the band became well known with the lineup of vocalist Janis Joplin, guitarists Sam Andrew and James Gurley, bassist Peter Albin, and drummer...
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  • A Night with Janis Joplin is a Broadway musical that includes works of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin (1943–1970). After 22 previews, it officially opened...
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  • Janis is a collection of performances by Janis Joplin, issued in 1975 as a compilation album containing film soundtrack and live recordings. Disc one...
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  • Company is the debut album of Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their main singer. Recorded during three days in December 1966 for Mainstream...
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  • Records in 1968. Cheap Thrills was the band's final album with lead singer Janis Joplin before she left to begin a solo career. For Cheap Thrills, the band and...
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  • Seth Morgan (novelist) (category Janis Joplin)
    Homeboy (1990), and was working on a second novel when he died. He was Janis Joplin's fiancé at the time of her death in October 1970. Morgan was the son...
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    Me and Bobby McGee (category Janis Joplin songs)
    based on a suggestion from Foster. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously...
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  • Mimms and the Enchanters, in 1963, and later recorded by rock singer Janis Joplin in 1970. Bert Berns wrote the song with Jerry Ragovoy. Garnet Mimms and...
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  • Thornton's best-known, largely due to performances and recordings by Janis Joplin. In the early 1960s,Thornton recorded several songs for Bay-Tone Records...
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  • Mercedes Benz (song) (category Janis Joplin songs)
    by the American singer Janis Joplin with Bob Neuwirth and the poet Michael McClure. The song was originally recorded by Joplin. A straightforward reading...
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  • In Concert is a live album by Janis Joplin. It was released in 1972, after Joplin's death, as a double-LP record. The first record contains performances...
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  • June 15, 2007) was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with the Band...
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  • of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled...
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  • Piece of My Heart (category Janis Joplin songs)
    mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin on lead vocals covered the song in 1968 and had a much bigger hit, after...
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  • founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company and recruited Janis Joplin as its lead singer. He was a producer and organizer, helping to stage...
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    to replace the lead singer. Fritz later opened for Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin from 1968 until 1970. Nicks credits both acts as inspiring her stage...
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  • I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (category Janis Joplin albums)
    overall by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, released on September 11, 1969. It was the first album which Joplin recorded after leaving her former...
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    Fields' statement on Janis Joplin's Opinion of Jim Morrison". Dazed Digital. July 22, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2021. Joplin, Janis (July 18, 1969). "The...
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    "Wheels turning on Spheeris' Joplin bio". Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2022. Adler, Shawn. "Zooey Deschanel Says Janis Joplin Biopic Is 'On Hold' — For Now"...
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    performed twice as the "singing" Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway musical Love, Janis, before dropping out of the show. "I left Janis because the producers failed...
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  • The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin, featuring Sophie B. Hawkins as Joplin. It opened on October 4, the anniversary of Joplin's death, and its run was...
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  • West Virginia Joplin (surname), people with the surname, most notably: Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American singer-songwriter Scott Joplin (1867–1917), American...
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    Woodstock: The Director's Cut was released and expanded to include Janis Joplin as well as additional performances by Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix...
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  • you're like a lion."Howie Mandel referenced the Monterey Pop Festival, Janis Joplin, and Clive Davis. He was the first to weigh in on Hadwin's performance...
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