Janis Joplin idolized this legendary singer, whose talent and style inspired her iconic voice and legendary rock career.

On this day in 1970, Janis Joplin began recording what would become her calling card and a piece of integral music history.

This story in the Chronicle's Sunday Zest magazine on Aug. 23, 1970. Excerpts of the story, as it ran then, follow. Janis Joplin, the celebrated demigoddess of blue-eyed soul, the heiress to the ...

The triple vinyl set is the follow-up to 2015’s The First Ten Years. What will he call the one that comes out in 2035?

When one thinks of “Me And Bobby McGee”, one thinks of the incomparable Janis Joplin. The iconic vocalist who defined the 1960s didn’t get to see all the love she got from her version of the song. It ...

Though they may have been far from technically sound, Big Brother and the Holding Company were, in fact, the perfect band for a young Janis Joplin to have on her side. Nevertheless, her departure from ...

When I saw Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Fillmore East last August, Janis Joplin put on the most exalting, exhausting concert I have ever been privileged to see, hear, and feel. Euphoric ...

The rare student of Vladimir Horowitz, he made a dazzling Carnegie Hall debut at age 20 and performed major concertos from Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Prokofiev. By Mike Barnes Senior ...

In the 1960s, Janis Joplin was an icon of the counterculture, a female rock star at a time when rock was an all-boys' club. "At that point in time there weren't too many women taking center stage," ...

The new Mean Girls makes some changes to the story, including Janice being a queer character. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We ...