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Born: January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX
Years Active: 60 's, 70 's
Died: October 04, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Rock

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Biography:
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 ... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
Full Tilt Boogie
1998 Live at Winterland '68
1983 Prime Cuts
1978 Janis Joplin
1975 Janis [Original Soundtrack]
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Filmography:
2008 Chelsea on the Rocks
2003 Festival Express
2001 Big Brother and the Holding Co. With Janis Joplin: Nine Hundred Nights
2000 Intimate Portrait: Janis Joplin
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Member Of: Big Brother & the Holding Company More >> Similar Artists: The Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix Derek and the Dominos Blind Faith Joe Cocker More >>

Influenced By: Otis Redding Aretha Franklin Bessie Smith Odetta Big Mama Thornton More >> Followers: 4 Non Blondes Lou Ann Barton Alannah Myles Melissa Etheridge Marilyn Scott More >>

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