Sisyphean task? Laura Joplin, who oversees her sister's estate, said the Search for Pearl could provide a fitting tribute. "We're not really looking for Janis or a Janis clone.

To shield herself from those outside expectations, Joplin started urging others to call her Pearl. “I’m tired of being Janis, call me Pearl,” she once explained.

Pearl really embodied Joplin’s entire range of emotions as a soul singer. And, both beautifully and sadly, it also showed how much pain she was in.

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"To replace her, my life has been a constant search for Pearl since then." Joplin first landed in San Francisco in 1963 but moved back to Texas after her career did not take off amid drug abuse.