Janis Joplin music

About Janis Joplin

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The greatest white female rock singer of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, she left the group in the late '60s for a brief and uneven (though commercially successful) career as a solo artist. Although she wasn't always supplied with the best material or most sympathetic musicians, her best re... Read More

Influences on Janis Joplin

Bessie Smith, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, and Big Mama Thornton

Followers of Janis Joplin

Aerosmith, Heart, Blind Melon, Kim Carnes, Melissa Etheridge, Alannah Myles, Cindy Bullens, and Joan Osborne

Fans of Janis Joplin

peter

Wellesley Hills, …

63 plays

nix ~be good to…

Sydney Australia

41 plays

amp50

Riverside, Ca

ONLINE

39 plays

edventure420

United States

ONLINE

37 plays

eclectic

United Kingdom

32 plays

lee

Bangkok Thailand

ONLINE

29 plays

Comments about Janis Joplin

Oblaidon

Hanford, Ca

Wednesday March 10 2010 01:54 PM

“ Listening to Move Over. Janis, what a tragic loss. Miss you. ”

mimi

United States

Monday March 08 2010 05:17 PM

“ The hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I hear her. She was absolutely incredible! ”

tornado_1957

Pilot Point, Tx

Monday March 01 2010 09:19 PM

“ -----one of a kind---------!!!!! ”

insiduous1

Lewisville, Tx

Monday February 22 2010 03:17 PM

“ 'Don't you turn your back on love...' She's awesome. I'm reading her biography BURIED ALIVE by Myra Friedman right now. ”

jafrapal

Madisonville, La

Sunday February 14 2010 01:26 PM

“ Bless her God! She was just looking for love in all the wrong places....She just didn't know how many good people DID love her. Sing and sing in that beautiful band in Heaven, our precious flower, Janis! ”