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Janis joplin pearl 50th anniversary11/6/2023 It was a surprise ( laughs) - to say the least. I listened to a lot of music first and one day I started singing, and I could sing. Janis Joplin recalled her long road to personal and creative freedom: “I started singing when I was about 17. Among those who paid tribute to Joplin were Kris Kristofferson, record label exec Clive Davis - who signed Joplin along with Big Brother & The Holding Company to Columbia Records, and Joplin's siblings, Michael and Laura. In November 2013, Joplin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard. In August 2014, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative Joplin “Forever” postage stamps as part of the USPS' ongoing “music icons series,” and unique in that while purchased at the current first class rate, it will always be accepted as a first class stamp throughout the years and never need additional postage as rates increase. Sadly, on February 12th, 2015, Joplin's closest musical collaborator, guitarist Sam Andrew - who performed alongside her in both Big Brother & The Holding Company along with her solo band Kozmic Blues Band - and was the primary musician that promoted and championed her work over the decades, died at 73 following complications from a heart attack. Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills “restores the band's vision and intent in an essential new collection of 30 rare performances including 29 studio outtakes - 25 previously unreleased - from the mythic 1968 sessions that generated Big Brother & The Holding Company's Cheap Thrills.” Highlights on the set include such Joplin & Big Brother classics as “Piece Of My Heart,” “Ball And Chain,” and “Summertime,” among others. The set was issued under its original title, which was nixed by Columbia Records for being too controversial. The doc is now available for digital download.Ģ018 saw the 50th anniversary of Big Brother & The Holding Company's major label debut and the double-disc release of Sex, Dope & Cheap Thrills - featuring the material that introduced the world to Janis Joplin. The recent Joplin documentary, Janis: Little Girl Blue, premiered in 2015 at the Venice Film Festival, before hitting PBS via its American Masters series. Originally released on January 12th, 1971, Janis Joplin's “Me And Bobby McGee” from the posthumous Pearl album, became the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach Number One the first was Otis Redding's “(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay,” in 1968. The new clip features elements included in the new book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68, which was released in June. In March 2021, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of it topping the Billboard Hot 100, was the first official video for Janis Joplin's “Me And Bobby McGee.” The clip, which was created in partnership with the Janis Joplin Estate and Columbia/Legacy Recordings, features the classic tune written by Kris Kristofferson, which in Joplin’s death became her signature song. Joplin was 27-years-old, and at the time of her death was working on what became her final album, Pearl. After a long night of partying, Joplin's body was discovered in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood with fresh needle marks in her arm, and her death was ruled an accidental overdose. It was 52 years ago today (October 4th, 1970) that Janis Joplin was found dead.
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