In song, Janis Joplin prayed for a Mercedes-Benz, but in real life, she drove a Porsche just like her friends. Giving John Lennon's Rolls-Royce a run for its psychedelic paint-job money, Joplin's 1964 ...

The untimely death of singer Liam Payne at 31 marks a tragic addition to the growing list of musicians who left the world too soon. Found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires ...

To this day, Janis Joplin is one of the crucial figures in the ’60s flower-power movement. With hit songs such as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart,” and “Summertime” Joplin ...

In a 2020 interview with the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, the late prolific songwriter Kris Kristofferson shared his reaction to hearing Janis Joplin’s distinctive version of his track ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Nick Gravenites, the blues singer and guitarist for The Electric Flag and songwriter for Janis Joplin, has died, his family announced. He was 85. “I regret to inform all of ...

According to Janis Joplin.net, Kris recounted: 'She'd definitely let ya know when she was being abused, and she thought so a lot. 'She was always jangling around talking about how everybody was ...

But Bobby, as we came to know him/her, depended on another Texan, Janis Joplin. Joplin’s journey began closer to here. She was a Port Arthur native whose migratory path included stops in ...

However, few unlikely pairings can rival the collaboration between Tom Jones and Janis Joplin from the late 1960s. Despite how well their surnames work together, Jones and Joplin existed within ...

Kris Kristofferson previously revealed he never thought he'd live past 30 after the death of his ex-partner, Janis Joplin. The prolific country music icon and Hollywood actor—who died peacefully ...

Pink sat on a stool opposite her band’s guitarist for a rendition of “Me and Bobby McGee,” the song made famous through the rendition by rock singer Janis Joplin. “Janis Joplin was my ...

Kristofferson with his second wife Rita Coolidge in 1972 Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot The song later became a hit for Janis Joplin, who had grown up in Port Arthur, several hundred miles along the ...