After her death, her J-45 was given to close friend and collaborator Bob Neuwirth, who taught her Bobby McGee and co-wrote with her Mercedes Benz. Add a Show Listing MUSIC ...

You know feelin’ good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee. Death. And all great love stories, of course, must end somehow. The greatest end in death.

It’s ‘Me and Bobby McKee,’’ Kristofferson said. “I thought he said ‘McGee.’” The singer went on to explain that Bobby McKee was a secretary who worked in the same building as Foster.

Dierks Bentley and more honored Kris Kristofferson with a performance of his song Me and Bobby McGee at the 2019 CMA Awards.

She formally recorded “Me and Bobby McGee” in September 1970. It was released in January 1971. Between those two dates, the singer died of a heroin overdose.

Joplin’s version of “Me and Bobby McGee” was released in 1971, the year following her death. The track wouldn’t just become her only No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.