With her strong, blues-inspired voice, singer Janis Joplin became well-known in the late 1960s. In 1970, an unintentional drug overdose claimed her life.
Janis Joplin fell in love with music at a young age, but it wasn’t until she joined the band Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1966 that her career really took off. Cheap Thrills, their record from 1968, was a great success. Joplin split from Big Brother shortly after, though, due to tensions between her and the band.
I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Joplin’s debut solo record, was released in 1969.
The singer is well known for her strong, blues-inspired vocals. Although the album, which was released after Joplin’s passing, garnered mixed reviews, her second endeavor, Pearl (1971), was a major hit.
On October 4, 1970, at the age of 27, the singer passed away from an accidental overdose.
Who is Janis Joplin’s husband Seth Ward Joplin?
Seth Ward Joplin was Janis Joplin’s father but not her husband. Dorothy Bonita East, a registrar at a business college who lived from 1913 to 1998, and her husband Seth Ward Joplin, an engineer at Texaco who lived from 1910 to 1987, welcomed Janis Joplin into the world on January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas.
