Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at the young age of 27, in Los Angeles, California in 1970. In between those dates, though, she ...

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

One of the most famous rockers of the mid-1960s, Janis Joplin’s life was cut tragically short when she passed away from a heroin overdose in 1970. Though only in the spotlight for a few years, as her ...

Music journalist Holly George-Warren, author of the new biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music" (published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS), offers "CBS Sunday Morning" a roster of favorite ...

Janis Joplin made her mark on the 1960s but also influenced countless singers. “A Night With Janis Joplin” on Oct. 7 at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet offers a look at the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s ...

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

If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin. Joplin sang from the soul and with a voice hewn as if from sandpaper. And she lived a ...

There’s never been a Janis Joplin biopic. There have been movies — like the 1979 Bette Midler vehicle The Rose, originally conceived as a Joplin movie before Joplin’s estate withheld rights to her ...

More than 50 years later, the legend of the Monterey Pop Festival (June ’67) is alive and well. Considering the three-day event jumpstarted the careers of Jimi Hendrix (recommended by Paul McCartney), ...

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," ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Sheila Weller JANIS Her Life and Music By Holly George-Warren Janis Joplin, the racy hippie white ...

Looking back, Katrina Rose Dideriksen thinks it makes a lot of sense that she ended up playing rock icon Janis Joplin on stage. "People told me I sang like her, I had a big voice like her," said ...