When Janis Joplin died at 27 on October 4, 1970, she left behind a groundbreaking musical legacy. But behind her powerful voice was reportedly a fragile soul who spoke of a yearning for "love" in a ...

Sharon Catherine Brown in ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ by Randy Johnson. Pasadena Playhouse 2015 (Photo: Earl Gibson III.) In recanting Joplin’s life and musical journey, Johnson found it fitting to ...

If anyone were going to have a posthumous party instead of a traditional, tear-filled wake, it would have been iconic rock singer Janis Joplin. Three weeks after she died of a drug overdose in a Los ...

'Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can' will tell the life story of the iconic singer, who died at age 27 in 1970 Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as ...

Kris Kristofferson penned “Me and Bobby McGee.” Inspired by a secretary of one of his friends, this track became one of Kristofferson’s greatest moments as a songwriter. He played into the traditional ...