Janis Joplin

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blues singer counterculture figure human rock singer singer songwriter

Janis Joplin was a powerhouse American rock and blues singer of the late 1960s, renowned for her raw, soulful voice and electrifying stage presence.

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Janis Joplin canonical 42
Janis Lyn Joplin 1
influencing Janis Joplin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues singer ⓘ
counterculture figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
rock singer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1962 ⓘ
ageAtDeath 27 ⓘ
associatedAct Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Full Tilt Boogie Band ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ
Kozmic Blues Band ⓘ
surface form: The Kozmic Blues Band
attended Lamar State College–Port Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Lamar State College of Technology

University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
causeOfDeath heroin overdose ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-01-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-10-04 ⓘ
education Thomas Jefferson High School (Port Arthur, Texas) ⓘ
familyName Joplin, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Joplin
fullName Janis Joplin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Janis Lyn Joplin
genre blues ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Janis ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1995 ⓘ
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
hollywoodWalkOfFameStarYear 2013 ⓘ
influenced Melissa Etheridge ⓘ
Pink ⓘ
Stevie Nicks ⓘ
influencedBy Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Bessie Smith ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Odetta ⓘ
knownFor emotional stage performances ⓘ
powerful raspy vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf 27 Club ⓘ
Big Brother and the Holding Company ⓘ
Full Tilt Boogie Band ⓘ
Kozmic Blues Band ⓘ
movement 1960s counterculture ⓘ
hippie movement ⓘ
notableAlbum Cheap Thrills ⓘ
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ
notableWork Ball and Chain ⓘ
Cry Baby ⓘ
Me and Bobby McGee ⓘ
Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
surface form: Mercedes Benz

Piece of My Heart ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedAt Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) ⓘ
surface form: Monterey Pop Festival

Woodstock Festival 1969 ⓘ
surface form: Woodstock Festival
placeOfBirth Port Arthur, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
vocalType mezzo-soprano ⓘ

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Bill Graham → promotedArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Clive Davis → discovered → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Hotel Chelsea → famousResident → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Otis Redding → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Bessie Smith → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
hippie movement → associatedWithArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Port Arthur, Texas, United States → notableResident → Janis Joplin ⓘ
subject surface form: Port Arthur, Texas
Fillmore West → hostedArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Albert Grossman → notableFor → Janis Joplin ⓘ
this entity surface form: managing Janis Joplin
Albert Grossman → managedArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Fillmore East → notablePerformer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Bill Graham Presents → associatedWith → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Janis Joplin → fullName → Janis Joplin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Janis Lyn Joplin
Chet Helms → associatedWith → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Chet Helms → broughtToSanFrancisco → Janis Joplin ⓘ
The Soundtrack of My Life → featuresPerson → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Woodstock Festival 1969 → performer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Fillmore Auditorium → hostedPerformer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Stevie Nicks → influencedBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Wulf Wolodia Grajonca → promotedArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Daniel Kramer → hasPhotographed → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Odetta → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Wolfgang Grajonca → workedWith → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Haight-Ashbury → associatedWith → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Summertime → notableRecordingBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Me and Bobby McGee → notableCoverArtist → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Me and Bobby McGee → mostFamousVersionBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Me and Bobby McGee → performedBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Tell Mama → hasCoverVersionBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Kenneth Threadgill → knownFor → Janis Joplin ⓘ
this entity surface form: influencing Janis Joplin
Kenneth Threadgill → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Kenneth Threadgill → associatedWith → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Fire and Rain → hasCoverVersionBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Paul A. Rothchild → associatedAct → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Bessie → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
subject surface form: Bessie Smith
Human Be-In → featuredPerformer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → influenced → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Big Mama Thornton → associatedAct → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Janis → hasNotableBearer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Alecia Beth Moore → influencedBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Mary Rose Foster → inspiredBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Mary Rose Foster → basedOn → Janis Joplin ⓘ
Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) → notablePerformer → Janis Joplin ⓘ
To Love Somebody → hasCoverVersionBy → Janis Joplin ⓘ