The soulful singer had performed at Woodstock a year earlier and was working on her second solo album at the time Her only No. 1 hit, "Me and Bobby McGee," was released after her death in 1971 In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Janis Joplin died at 27 on October 4, 1970, she left behind a groundbreaking musical legacy. But behind her powerful voice ...

Janis Joplin's voice helped define the late 1960s, but behind the scenes her career was shaped by a manager who treated artists like high‑risk investments. Years before her death, Albert Grossman ...

To this day, Janis Joplin is one of the crucial figures in the ’60s flower-power movement. With hit songs such as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart,” and “Summertime” Joplin planted herself as ...

Janis 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 1970, ...

If her ascent to rock ‘n’ roll stardom were a rollercoaster, Janis Joplin would have been in the middle of an upside-down loopedy-loop in the fall of 1970. Her increasing resumé of iconic live ...

A sad anniversary in rock music history has just passed: it’s been 40 years since singer Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in a Hollywood hotel. KPCC’s Nick Roman says Joplin had stayed in Los ...

On what would have been his 90th birthday, we remember not the man behind "Me and Bobby McGee," a songwriter whose work ...