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Janis Joplin recorded a version for her band Big Brother and The Holding Company's 1968 Cheap Thrills album. The album charted at number 1 for eight weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. [19] In the UK, a version by the Fun Boy Three reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982. [20]
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals, [1] as well as her "electric" stage presence.
Cheap Thrills is the second studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, released on August 12, 1968, by Columbia Records. Cheap Thrills was the band's final album with lead singer Janis Joplin before she left to begin a solo career.
In 2008 they released the two-CD set The Lost Tapes, with songs recorded at concerts between 1966 and 1967 in San Francisco, and featuring Janis Joplin as lead singer. Some songs had already been unofficial releases, but there are 12 never-before-released songs. [38] [39]
Shailene Woodley is ready to rock and roll as Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic about the legendary singer’s life. When asked by Jimmy Fallon if she will lend her own singing voice to the ...
Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their lead singer.Recorded during three days in December 1966 for Mainstream Records, it was released on August 23, 1967, shortly after the band's major success at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Shailene Woodley is sharing an update on her preparations to portray Janis Joplin.. Woodley, 33, spoke with Jimmy Fallon about her upcoming biopic of 1960s rock icon Joplin, who died at 27 in 1970 ...
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits is a 1973 collection of hit songs by American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, who died in 1970. It features live versions of Down on Me and Ball and Chain which were included on the album In Concert the previous year. The cover photo was taken in 1970 in Columbus, Ohio.