Classic Photos of Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin poses for a portrait in Texas, circa 1960.
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Big Brother & the Holding Company
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images David Getz, Janis Joplin, Sam Andrew, James Gurley and Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company pose for a photo circa 1966-67.
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Janis Joplin with Big Brother & the Holding Co.
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Janis Joplin performs with Big Brother & the Holding Company, circa 1968.
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At Home in San Francisco
Image Credit: Photograph by Baron Wolman Janis Joplin poses at home in San Francisco in 1967. "Janis lived around the corner, so I'd go over to her house and shoot some pictures," photographer Baron Wolman says. "Janis had a dark side and a light side. I worked hard to get the light side. This one was the exception, this is the dark side. There was part of her that was kept hidden by all sorts of demons that she faced in her life."
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‘Piece of My Heart’
Image Credit: Photograph © Daniel Kramer Photographer Daniel Kramer captures Janis Joplin cutting her 1968 hit "Piece of My Heart" in New York. "Janis wanted a bottle of Southern Comfort, so I accompanied her to a local wine store, then she did a few takes," he recalls. "It was an empty studio, there was no stage or audience, no one to work to — yet she was just incredible."
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Janis Joplin With Clive Davis
Image Credit: Courtesy of Clive Davis Clive Davis with Janis Joplin at a party celebrating Joplin's record deal in 1968. Davis told Rolling Stone of the first time he saw Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival, "Joplin was mesmerizing, like a white tornado."
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Janis Joplin
Image Credit: Evening Standard Janis Joplin poses for a photograph on April 5th, 1969.
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Denmark 1969
Image Credit: Jan Persson/Redferns Janis Joplin in Denmark on April 19th, 1969.
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Crowd Pleaser
Image Credit: Jan Persson/Redferns Janis Joplin performs amongst the crowd in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 19th, 1969.
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Woodstock
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archive Janis Joplin at Woodstock in Bethel, New York in 1969.
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Woodstock
Image Credit: Henry Diltz Janis Joplin performs at Woodstock with the Kozmic Blues Band in August, 1969. Because of delayed sets, bad weather and technical issues, Joplin didn't take the stage until over 10 hours later than scheduled.
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Janis Joplin & Tina Turner
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archive Janis Joplin and Tina Turner perform at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 27th, 1969.
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Festival For Peace
Image Credit: Russo/NY Daily News Archive Janis Joplin performs at Shea Stadium in New York as part of a 12-hour Summer Festival For Peace on August 6th, 1970.
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Electric Performer
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Janis Joplin performs, circa 1970.
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Shutterbug
Image Credit: Chris Walter/WireImage Janis Joplin with a camera in 1969.
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“Freedom’s just another word . . .”
Image Credit: Donna Santisi/Redferns Janis Joplin performs in the United States in 1969.
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Time Travels
Image Credit: RB/Redferns Janis Joplin smokes a cigarette while sitting on her psychedelic painted car in the late 1960s.
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Sun and Flowers
Image Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Janis Joplin smiles for the camera at an outdoor festival, circa 1970.
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Party Girl
Image Credit: Walter Daran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Janis Joplin waves to the camera at a party while wearing her signature fur hat, circa 1969.
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Flowers In Her Hair
Image Credit: GAB Archive/Redferns Janis Joplin poses for a portrait in the 1960s.