Janis Joplin didn't write many of her own songs, usually opting to reinvent existing classics, but the ones she wrote proved ...

55 years ago the world lost the first queen of rock ’n’ roll, her groundbreaking music, influence, and unmatched legacy keep ...

On this day in 1970, trailblazing rock icon Janis Joplin tragically died of an accidental overdose at the age of 27.

When Janis Joplin died at 27 on October 4, 1970, she left behind a groundbreaking musical legacy. But behind her powerful ...

Known as "The Queen of Rock" and “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul," Janis Joplin died on Oct. 4, 1970. It's a chance to ...

"This is a night that will rock your world!" - Los Angeles Times Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the ...

The track was later released posthumously as an instrumental on her second and final solo album, Pearl. Joplin was 27 when ...

Nobody on this planet had (or will have) a voice quite like Janis Joplin. She died tragically young, but in the time that she had, she cemented herself as one of the greatest singers of the 20th ...

Dua Lipa welcomed Billie Joe Armstrong for Green Day's "Wake Me Up Before September Ends" in San Francisco, where she also covered a Janis Joplin classic a night earlier.

Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, ...

9-28-68: Big Brother and the Holding Company were scheduled to play a sold-out show at downtown's Community Concourse. The afternoon before the show, their singer Janis Joplin announced to the press ...