Biography

One of the greatest female rock singers of the 1960s, Janis Joplin first rose 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. For years, Joplin's life had been a roller coaster of drug addiction, alcoholism, and volatile personal relationships. Musically, however, things were on the upswing shortly before her tragic death of a heroin overdose. Her final album, Pearl (released posthumously), was solid evidence of her growth as a mature, diverse stylist who could handle blues, soul, and folk-rock. ~ Richie Unterberger

Top Tracks

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• All Is Loneliness

• As Good As You've Been To This World

• Ball And Chain

• Bye Bye Baby

• Call On Me

• Catch Me Daddy

• Combination Of The Two

• Cry Baby

• Dear Landlord

• Down On Me

• Farewell Song

• Get It While You Can

• I Need A Man To Love

• Kozmic Blues

• Light Is Faster Than Sound

• Little Girl Blue

• Little Girl Blues

• Magic Of Love

• Me And Bobby Mcgee

• Medley: Amazing Grace/hi Heel Sneekers

• Mercedes Benz

• Misery 'n

• Move Over

• One Good Man

• One Night Stand

• Piece Of My Heart

• Summertime

• Tell Mama

• To Love Somebody

• Try

• Try (just A Little Bit Harder)

• Turtle Blues

• Work Me, Lord

Discography

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• Live at Winterland '68

  Legacy / Columbia/Legacy

  1998

• Janis Joplin

  Supraphon

  1978