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Bookmark or Share- Bridges: Janis Joplin's life took her from Port Arthur to ... - MSNJanis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in ...
- Janis Joplin - WikipediaJanis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most successful and widely known rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, as well as her "electric" stage presence.
- Janis Joplin | Biography, Songs, & Facts | BritannicaJanis Joplin, American singer who was the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s. She dazzled listeners with her raw blues-soaked voice and her fierce and uninhibited musical style. Her best-known songs included ‘Piece of My Heart’ and ‘Me and Bobby McGee.’
- Janis Joplin | Rock & Roll Hall of FameJanis Joplin shot out of Port Arthur, Texas, and blasted west to San Francisco during one of the most creative periods in this country’s cultural history, when an amplified music rose up from a boundless love for the blues and brought to flower a prideful, inspired, authentic American art form.
- Janis Joplin - Songs, Death & Woodstock - BiographySinger Janis Joplin rose to fame in the late 1960s and was known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals. She died of an accidental drug overdose in 1970.
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