Janis Joplin Profle
July 1st, 2009
Photo: Stevenson/Retna UK
Born
January 19th, 1943 (died October 4th, 1970)
Key Tracks
“Piece of My Heart,” “Cry Baby,” “Me and Bobby McGee”
Influenced
Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams
“She was shaking that shake that she did, and was screaming. I’d never seen anything like it,” says Melissa Etheridge of seeing Janis Joplin on The Ed Sullivan Show back in 1969. [...]