Janis Joplin and The Kozmic Blues Band : Fillmore East 2/12/69

WANT TO GIVE YOU

ALL MY LOVE

OH, HONEY,

WON'T YOU COME ON

AND OPEN UP

I SAID,

OPEN UP YOUR HEART

Janis Joplin : 18 Essential Songs

HEY,

I WAITED SO LONG

FOR SOMEONE SO FINE,

I AIN'T GONNA LOSE MY CHANCE

TO MAKE YOU MINE

Janis Joplin : Blow All My Blues Away (Box Set) (Expanded Edition)

Janis Lyn Joplin 

(January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970)

 was an

 American singer

 and songwriter.

 One of the most iconic 

and successful 

rock performers 

of her era, 

she was noted for her

 powerful 

mezzo-soprano vocals 

and her 

"electric" 

stage presence.

In 1967, 

Joplin rose to prominence 

following an appearance

 at the

 Monterey Pop Festival, 

where she was the lead singer

of the then little-known 

San Francisco psychedelic

 rock band 

Big Brother and the Holding Company. 

After releasing two albums 

with the band, 

she left 

Big Brother to continue

 as a solo artist 

with her own backing groups, 

first 

the Kozmic Blues Band  

and then

 the Full Tilt Boogie Band. 

She performed at the 1969 

Woodstock Festival 

and on the

 Festival Express

 train tour. 

Five singles 

by Joplin reached

 the 

US Billboard Hot 100,

 including a cover 

of the 

Kris Kristofferson song

 "Me and Bobby McGee",

 which posthumously

 reached number one

 in March 1971. 

Her most popular songs

 include her cover versions of 

"Piece of My Heart", 

"Cry Baby",

 "Down on Me",

 "Ball and Chain",

 and

 "Summertime",

 as well as her 

original song

 "Mercedes Benz",

 which was her

 final recording.

Joplin died

 of a

'heroin overdose

 in 1970, 

at the age of only 27, 

after releasing

three albums

 two with 

Big Brother and the Holding Company 

and one solo album

A second solo album,

 Pearl, 

was released in

 January 1971, 

three months after

 her death.

 It reached number one

 on the Billboard 200.

 She was posthumously 

inducted into the

 Rock and Roll

 Hall of Fame

 in 1995. 

Rolling Stone

 ranked Joplin 

number 28 

on its 2008 list 

of the 

"200 Greatest Singers of All Time",

 dropping to number 78

 in the 2023 list. 

As of 2013, 

she remains one 

of the top-selling vocalists

 in the United States, 

with Recording Industry 

Association of America

 (RIAA) 

certifications of

 18.5 million albums sold.

Janis Joplin : Rarest Pearls

ONCE IN A GREEN TIME

A FLOWER 

OH, FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SUN

THE PASSION LASTED AN HOUR

AND THEN SHE

WILTED FROM HER LOVED ONE 

Janis Joplin : The Pearl Sessions

FREEDOM IS JUST ANOTHER WORD

FOR NOTHIN' LEFT TO LOSE,

NOTHIN' DON'T MEAN NOTHIN'

HON, IF IT AIN'T FREE

Janis Joplin & Johnny Winter : Boston Tea Party 12/11/69 (One Hot Winter Night)

 Janis Joplin & The Kozmic Blues Band

"One Hot Winter Night" 

12/11/69 

(Early Show)

Boston Tea Party, Boston, USA

Janis Joplin : Six Sides of Janis (Expanded Edition)

YOU SAY THAT IT'S OVER, BABY

YOU SAY THAT IT'S OVER, DEAR

STILL YOU HANG AROUND ME, COME ON

WON'T YOU 

MOVE OVER