Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin Fast Facts:

Influences included musical icons Leadbelly, Odetta and Bessie Smith, for whom Joplin provided a headstone 33 years after the blues great's death.
An outcast in both high school and college who was frequently targeted for ridicule and torment.
Pre-fame, occasionally performed with future Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen.
Broke through with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, thanks to a mesmerizing set that included Joplin's take on the song "Ball and Chain."
Cheap Thrills, Big Brother's second album, went to No. 1 upon its release in August 1968; Joplin left the band four months later.
Had been scheduled to record vocals for "Buried Alive in the Blues," a song slated for the album Pearl, the day she died of a heroin overdose.
Released in 1971, Pearl and the single "Me and Bobby McGee" both topped the charts.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 by folk-rock singer Melissa Etheridge.

Janis Joplin Relationships:
Seth Joplin - Father
Dorothy Joplin - Mother
Laura Joplin - Sister
Country Joe McDonald - Ex-significant Other
Kris Kristofferson - Ex-significant Other
Seth Morgan - Ex-significant Other
College:
Attended Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, TX; attended University of Texas, Austin, TX