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Janis Joplin
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Janis is born
January 19, 1943
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In Port Arthur, Texas
First Performance
June 10, 1966
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Janis Joplin's first performance with Big Brother & The Holding Company at the Avalon Ballroom.
Performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival
June 27, 1967
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The Start of their East Coast Tour
February 17, 1968
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East Coast Tour started in Anderson Theater, New York. Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company begin an East Coast tour of the U.S. prior to recording their album "Cheap Thrills."
Janis Performs at the Wake for Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 7, 1968
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Janis Joplin performs with Big Brother & the Holding Company at the "Wake for Martin Luther King, Jr." concert in New York with Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Richie Havens, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop.
Release of "Cheap Thrills"
August 12, 1968
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Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company release "Cheap Thrills" on CBS/Columbia Records.
Janis Departs
September 1968
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In a meeting at New York's Chelsea Hotel, Janis Joplin announces she's leaving Big Brother & the Holding Company.
"Piece of My Heart" Hits the Charts
September 29, 1968
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"Piece of My Heart," the lone Top Forty hit by Big Brother and the Holding Company, enters the charts. It reaches #12.
Cheap Thrills Charts
October, 1968
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Cheap Thrills reaches #1 on the Billboard charts and stayed #1 for 8 nonconsecutive weeks. By the end of the year it was the most successful album of 1968, having sold nearly a million copies.
Last Live Performance with Big Brother and the Holding Company
December 7, 1968
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Janis Joplin performs for the last time as a member of Big Brother & the Holding Company. Two weeks later, she debuts her new group, the Kozmic Blues Band
Created the Kozmic Blues Band
March 20, 1969
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Janis Joplin and her new Kozmic Blues Band open at Winterland.
Live in Europe, and on Tour
April 4, 1969 - April 30, 1969
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Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band embark on a European tour with dates in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Paris.
Dick Cavett Show
July 18, 1969
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Janis Joplin appears for the first time on the Dick Cavett Show. She becomes a celebrated guest and returns twice more in 1970.
First Solo Album Released
September 18, 1969
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Janis Joplin's first solo album, "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again (Mama)", is released.
Arrested!
November 15, 1969
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Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa, Florida for using vulgar and indecent language at her concert. Joplin is released on bond, and the charges are eventually dropped.
End of the Kozmic Blues
1970
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Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band part ways. Janis forms the Full-Tilt Boogie Band.
Last Public Performance
August 12, 1970
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Janis Joplin's last public performance takes place at Harvard Stadium, Boston with the Full Tilt Boogie Band.
Recording, Again
October 3, 1970
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Janis Joplin visits Sunset Studios to listen to the instrumental track for the song "Buried Alive in the Blues" prior to recording her vocal track, which is scheduled for the next day. Janis Joplin is scheduled to return to Sunset Studios to record vocals on "Buried Alive in the Blues". One verse reads: "All caught up in a landslide / Bad luck pressing in from all sides / Just got knocked off my easy ride / Buried alive in the blues." Her last time in the studios before she died.
Heroin Overdose
October 4, 1970
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Janis Joplin is found dead of a drug overdose at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles at the age of 27 by her road manager John Cooke.
Pearl
January 11, 1971
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Four months after her death, Janis Joplin's last studio recordings are released as the posthumous album "Pearl". Featuring "Me and Bobby McGee" "Mercedes Benz" and "Get It While You Can", the album stays at the top of the charts for nine weeks.
Pearl Hits #1
February 27, 1971
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"Pearl", the album that Janis Joplin was making at the time of her death, hits #1 on the album charts.
"Me and Bobby McGee" Hits #1
March 14, 1971
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"Me and Bobby McGee" becomes a #1 single in the US. It tops Billboard's pop singles chart for two weeks.
Greatest Hits Album
July 14, 1973
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"Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits" enters the album charts. It will peak at #22 and sell more than 2 million copies.
"Janis: The Way She Was"
1974
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The documentary Janis:The Way She Was is released in theaters.
Hall of Fame
January 12, 1995
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Janis Joplin is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the tenth annual induction dinner. Melissa Etheridge is her presenter.
Lifetime Achievement Grammy
2005
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Janis Joplin is posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
World Events
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
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D-Day Invasion
May 23, 1944
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Nazi Concentration Camps are Exposed
May 22, 1945
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U.S.A Drops Atomic Bomb on Japan
September 22, 1945
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Effective Polio Vaccine invented
May 23, 1953
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School Segregation Abholished
May 22, 1954
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Space Race Begins
October 4, 1957
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President Kennedy is Assassinated
Nov 22, 1963
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Congress Outlaws Segregation
Jul 2 1964
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
April 4, 1968
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Neil Armstrong is First to Walk the Moon
July 20, 1969
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Berlin Wall is Taken Down
November 10,1989
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U.S.S.R. Dissolves
Dec 26, 1991
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