Texas-born blues-rock singer Janis Joplin's sadly short career saw her change from coffehouse folkie into a feminist blues icon for the psychedelic '60s generation, all in the space of four years. Though she started out as a solo singer, it was as the frontwoman for Bay Area acid-blues-rockers Big Brother & The Holding Company that she skyrocketed to fame, her outsized voice, image, and personality making her natural star material. Eventually, she proved too big for the confines of Big Brother and went the solo route. A breakthrough album was recorded just before her early death, adding a tragic aura to her small body of work.

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• (2005)  Pearl (Legacy Edition)
• (1982)  Farewell Song
• (1971)  Super Hits
• (1970)  Pearl
• (1970)  Joplin In Concert
• (1970)  18 Essential Songs
• (1970)  Janis
• (1969)  Cheap Thrills/I Got Dem 'Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama!/Pearl
• (1969)  Big Brother & The Holding Company (Featuring Janis Joplin)/Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits/Live At Winterland '68 (3 Pak)
• (1969)  Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
• (1969)  I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
• (1968)  Janis
• (1968)  The Essential Janis Joplin
• (1968)  Box Of Pearls
• (1963)  Love, Janis

• Me And Bobby McGee
• Piece of My Heart
• Mercedes Benz
• Cry Baby
• Summertime

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• mariemargarete on 2009-05-11 01:38:05.553:
  Love, love, love: Me and Bobby McGee and Cry Baby....
• mariemargarete on 2009-05-11 01:36:26.227:
  Me and my granddaughter both love Janet .....we are kindre spirits...
• amaroleslie on 2007-09-13 14:35:29.403:
  Janis Joplin is the most awsome person.Ilove her music.It would have been great to see her preform live.But atleast I have her music.She sings with such a passion
• Fleur_deve on 2007-08-05 12:50:41.513:
  Janis....soul singer....love her so much....
• angels4real on 2007-04-16 09:46:03.393:
  I always liked Janis's music. I'm from Austin,Texas, and I always likes one of our old city landmarks, where she sang when she was first getting started. They have changed up the place some, of course,but for nostalgia sake, they kept a lot,the same - like on the wall,where she signed..."Janis sang here". I always liked that.