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Janis Joplin
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Born
January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX

Died
October 4, 1970

Years Active:
60s | 70s

 
The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, she left the group in the late '60s for a brief and uneven (though commercially successful) career as a solo artist. ...
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Influences
Aretha Franklin

Performed Songs By
George Gershwin Kris Kristofferson Bert Berns Michael Tilson Thomas Bob Dylan Bobby Womack Clarence Carter Eddie Floyd Bob Dylan & Grateful Dead

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