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 ...

Janis Joplin made a lot of great music, however, not all great songs become hits. After all, top 40 radio is dominated by pop stars and Joplin wasn’t a pop star in the conventional sense.

She was one of the top artists of the late 60s, A Night With Janis Joplin starring Tony Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies showcases the music from the iconic singer.

Of the show’s 26 songs, 23 involve Davies. Her favorite is “Ball and Chain,” a Big Mama Thornton blues song. “The way Janis does it is so different and so great,” she says.

The song gives Joplin the opportunity to build slowly and summon her powers at various points along the way. When Pennebaker’s crew had a second shot at filming it, they didn’t miss.

Music journalist Holly George-Warren, author of the new biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music," offers "Sunday Morning" a roster of Joplin hits – well-known and rare – that capture the ...

Longtime music manager Bennett Glotzer, who helped guide the careers of such legendary artists as Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa, died on July 9 in Los Angeles due to complications from heart disease.

Onstage, Joplin oozed confidence, sexuality and exuberance, but biographer Holly George-Warren describes the singer as a bookworm who worked hard to create her "blues feelin' mama" persona. Her ...

Mary Davies stars in “A Night With Janis Joplin” Oct. 5 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. One Halloween, Mary Davies dressed up like Janis Joplin. Her friends thought she was Elton John.

In the years after Joplin's death, the singer's stature has grown to legendary proportions through a number of biographies, reissues of her music, and the 2015 documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue.

I let the music speak for Janis as I let Janis speak for herself.” ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 Where: Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet ...

Associated Press Janis Joplin, circa 1969. "Her impact on artists who are still on the scene today, her skill as a vocalist and her deep knowledge and use of roots music put her at the forefront ...