American Songwriter

The Janis Joplin Song That “Changed Everything” for Kris Kristofferson: “From Then On, It Was All a Big Blur”

When one thinks of “Me And Bobby McGee”, one thinks of the incomparable Janis Joplin. The iconic vocalist who defined the 1960s didn’t get to see all the love she got from her version of the song. It ...
American Songwriter

The Songs that Define Janis Joplin’s Career

Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at the young age of 27, in Los Angeles, California in 1970. In between those dates, though, she ...
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How Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz' Became a Timeless Soft Rock Classic Written on a Napkin

In 1970, Janis Joplin recorded one of the most unusual songs of her career. There were no guitars, no drums and no full band behind her. Instead, "Mercedes Benz" featured only Joplin's voice ...
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Kris Kristofferson Wrote This Classic Song Before Janis Joplin Made It a No. 1 Hit

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...