Janis Joplin. Janis Joplin. Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as "electric". At the height of her career, she was known as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul," and became known as Pearl among her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004,[1] and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Early life: 1943–1961[edit] Joplin as a senior in high school, 1960. Singing career: 1962-1965[edit] Texas[edit] Cultivating a rebellious manner, Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues heroines and, in part, after the Beat poets. San Francisco[edit] She left Texas for San Francisco ("just to get away from Texas", she said, "because my head was in a much different place"[11]) in January 1963, living in North Beach and later Haight-Ashbury.
Back in Texas[edit] Kozmic Blues (Live in Toronto, 1970) Cry Baby (live in toronto 1970) Summertime. Piece of my heart. Woodstock. Monterey - Ball and Chain. Interviewed by Dick Cavett. Janis Joplin Interviews. Her very last album.