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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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 musical that includes works of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin (1943–1970). Written and directed by Randy Johnson, the show...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • include her song "Ball and Chain", made famous in the late 1960s by Janis Joplin. Though later recordings of her songs by other artists sold millions...
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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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  • published two memoirs, including one detailing her relationship with singer Janis Joplin. Peggy Louise Caserta was born on September 12, 1940, in Covington, Louisiana...
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  • Down on Me (traditional song) (category Janis Joplin songs)
    from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its remake by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company. Several early recordings and...
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  • road manager and associate of Bob Dylan, as well as the co-writer of Janis Joplin's hit song "Mercedes Benz". Neuwirth was born in Akron, Ohio, on June...
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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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    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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  • 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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    "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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