In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, Five singles reached the top 100 including the Kris Kristofferson song "Me and Bobby McGee", which posthumously reached number 1 in March 1971..Her most popular songs include her cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", and "Summertime", as well as her original song "Mercedes Benz", which was her final recording.
Video: "Ball &Chain"
She sang from the inside out.
Pain was her genre.
A sweetheart, but feared nothing.
Her real message was love.
The love she never got as a kid.
Amazing artist.
On Sunday evening, October 4, 1970, Joplin was found dead on the floor of her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel by her road manager and close friend John Byrne Cooke.
Cooke believed Joplin had gotten heroin much more potent than what she and other L.A. heroin users had received on previous occasions, as was indicated by overdoses of several of her dealer's other customers during the same weekend. Death was ruled accidental OD.
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