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    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...
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  • American singer Janis Joplin, released on January 11, 1971, by Columbia Records. The album was released three months after Joplin's 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their lead singer. Recorded during three days in December 1966 for Mainstream...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Janis may refer to: Janis (film), a 1974 film about Janis Joplin Janis (1975 album), a compilation and the soundtrack album for the film Janis (1993 album)...
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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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    Me and Bobby McGee (category Janis Joplin songs)
    based on a suggestion from Foster. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, making the song the second posthumously...
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  • Columbia Records. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A Night with Janis Joplin is a musical that includes works of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin (1943–1970). Written and directed by Randy Johnson, the show...
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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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  • 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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    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)
    American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, released on September 11, 1969, by Columbia Records. It was the first album which Joplin recorded after leaving her...
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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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  • 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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    alleged alcohol-fueled encounter with Janis Joplin. David Crosby stated many years later that Morrison treated Joplin cruelly at a party at the Calabasas...
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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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  • Janis: Little Girl Blue is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Amy J. Berg, about the American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin. It had its world...
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    As a performer, she was influenced by artists including Iggy Pop and Janis Joplin. Initially known as Epiphany, Dead Sara's first gig was at the Los Angeles...
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  • successful performers of folk and folk-rock music, including Bob Dylan; Janis Joplin; Peter, Paul and Mary; the Band; Odetta; Gordon Lightfoot; and Ian &...
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