JANIS JOPLIN

Detailed Biography – JANIS JOPLIN

 

 Real Name / Full Name / Birth Name: Janis Lyn Joplin

 Born: 19 January 1943

Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, USA

Died: 4 October 1970 (drug overdose)

Place of Death: Hollywood, California, USA

Family / Parents:  Father: Seth Ward (worked at the Texaco refinery)

Mother: Dorothy (East)

Brother: Michael

Sister: Lara

Profession: Rock Singer

Genres / Styles: Blues & Boogie Rock, Oldies, Rock/Pop, Classic Rock, Acid Rock, ’60s Oldies, R&B, Soul

 

Education: After graduating in 1960 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Janis took some college courses at Lamar Tech and later attended The University of Texas at Austin.   

 

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http://www.numberonestars.com/musiclegends/janisjoplinbiographyfacts.htm

Janis Joplin , 1943-70, American blues-rock singer, b. Port Arthur, Tex. After dropping out of college (1963) and singing folk rock in Texas clubs, she moved (1966) to San Francisco and became lead vocalist of the rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. The following year the group performed at the Monterey Pop Festival, where the raw intensity of Joplin’s voice and stage presence astonished the audience.

The band’s first major album, Cheap Thrills (1968), which included her iconic performance of “Piece of My Heart,” catapulted Joplin to stardom. She left Big Brother in 1968, putting together her own backup group, the Kozmic Blues Band, and scoring a success with a 1969 album.

By this time, Joplin was almost as well known for her flamboyant swigging of Southern Comfort, rumored drug use, and unconventional lifestyle as for her gritty, fierce, and sexually charged vocals. She had nearly completed the album Pearl (her nickname) when she died of a heroin overdose. Released in 1971, the record contained such classics as “Mercedes Benz” and “Me and Bobby McGee,” her only No. 1 hit. Joplin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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7047 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, CA – previously the Landmark Motor Hotel (now called the Highland Gardens Hotel), Room 105: where Janis Joplin accidentally overdosed on heroin in October of 1970.

 

 ”Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
- Janis Joplin