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Blues-rock musician Janis Joplin’s screaming soulful voice in many ways is a personification of the Flower Power Era (along with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon, Grace Slick and many others). She came to symbolize energy of the Psychedelic, Haight Ashbury, love beads, love ins, free love, flower children, black light posters and incense, expansion of consciousness, spiritualism soaked in the unusual drug idealism of the late 1960’s. It was a time of bright hope and optimism and the shedding of many social-psychological-sexual traditions that went sour.
Janis came on this scene with a singing style not heard before on the playlists of white American radio stations. Her singing was more like that of Aretha Franklin and other blues/gospel singers than the typical white girl songstress. However, her greatest influence came from earlier female blues singers such as Odetta, Memphis Minnie, and particularly Bessie Smith for whom, upon discovering she had been buried in an unmarked grave, Janis provided a headstone in August 1970, just two months before she herself passed away.
She died on October 4th 1970 at the age of 27 due to a heroin overdose. She is a member of the “27 Club,” a group composed of musicians who all died at the age of 27, along with other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones.
Janis came on this scene with a singing style not heard before on the playlists of white American radio stations. Her singing was more like that of Aretha Franklin and other blues/gospel singers than the typical white girl songstress. However, her greatest influence came from earlier female blues singers such as Odetta, Memphis Minnie, and particularly Bessie Smith for whom, upon discovering she had been buried in an unmarked grave, Janis provided a headstone in August 1970, just two months before she herself passed away.
She died on October 4th 1970 at the age of 27 due to a heroin overdose. She is a member of the “27 Club,” a group composed of musicians who all died at the age of 27, along with other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones.
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Mercedes Benz
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Cry Baby
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Move Over
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Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
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Get It While You Can
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Down on Me
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Ball and Chain
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Kozmic Blues
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Maybe
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Bye, Bye Baby
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A Woman Left Lonely
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Shoutbox
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Aksak_Maboul wrote:
adore her
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whythe60shateus wrote:
misery n'
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diana2amazing wrote:
Legend
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PooJones wrote:
She's amazing! I love her.
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KeremErdin wrote:
my first love :-))
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flowerchild09 wrote:
I love her..she reminds me of my mom in so many ways..love her music..wish i coulda went to woodstock
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Billie_Jean_Is wrote:
@blue_morgan Yeah, her interpretation of Summertime is incredible, probably the best one. I also love E. Fitzgerald & L. Armstrong's version.
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wellhart wrote:
MAYBE <3
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blue_morgan wrote:
her 'summertime' is best version ever of this song ^_^
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asher09 wrote:
wow i start to listen to her about a month ago and i cant stop!
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LerkoTortuga wrote:
the best voice ever on this planet
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Borghek wrote:
♥ :')
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m4rh wrote:
hahahaah she's the one. my one.
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moscasdefuego wrote:
trust meeee ♥
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UschiSchaefer wrote:
SHE'S INCREDIBLE<3!! uuh, i'm gonna dress up as her for a costume party, i'm exciteeed. hihi ;)
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blue_morgan wrote:
<3 amazing.
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theapril-sea wrote:
My Diva!!!
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Mr_Joplin wrote:
My Janis =]
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wellhart wrote:
Hey guys, Janis Joplin is in "Best Singers of All Time" Group, Join us! http://www.lastfm.es/group/Best+singers+of+all+time
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christybabe wrote:
awsome
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"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. …
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