Janis Joplin

  • Name: Janis Joplin
  • Date of Birth: January 19, 1943
  • Place of Birth: Port Arthur, TX, USA
Mini-bio: Janis Joplin got interested in folk music in high school, but it wasn't until she was studying at University of Texas that she started performing herself and touring a bit around the state. She got wi...( read more)de recognition through the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. She died in late 1970 from an accidental drug overdose.
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Replace this image with an actor photoJanis Joplin mini-bio: Janis Joplin got interested in folk music in high school, but it wasn't until she was studying at University of Texas that she started performing herself and touring a bit around the state. She got wide recognition through the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. She died in late 1970 from an accidental drug overdose.

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  • alush1
    alush1
    Janis' primary musical interest was Rand B and specifically classic blues.This was at a time when it was the sole domain of African-American musicians.

    The Joplins felt that Janis always needed more attention than their other children, with her mother stating, "She was unhappy and unsatisfied without [receiving a lot of attention]. The normal rapport wasn't adequate."[3]

    As a teenager, she befriended a group of outcasts, one of whom had albums by African-American blues artists Bessie Smith and Leadbelly, whom Joplin later credited with influencing her decision to become a singer.[4] She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta and Big Mama Thornton.

    Primarily a painter while still in school, she first began singing blues and folk music with friends. While at Thomas Jefferson High School, she stated that she was mostly shunned.
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  • dollie716
    dollie716
    I like her songs.
    posted 926 days ago
  • cartershot
    cartershot
    Janis is the Queen of Rock...the first, the only! She will live on forever in the hearts of her fans all over the world!
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