Janis
Joplin (born Jan. 19, 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. — died Oct.
4, 1970, Los Angeles, Calif.) U.S. rock and blues singer. Born
to a middle-class family, she ran away from home at age 17 and
began singing in Austin, Texas, and later in Los Angeles. She
joined the band Big Brother and the Holding Company in San Francisco
in 1966 and soon became famous for her raw, powerful, emotional
blues style. The album Cheap Thrills (1968) contains some of her
best-known recordings. After leaving the band, she continued to
record hit songs, including "Me and Bobby McGee." She
died from an overdose of heroin at age 27.
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Iggy
Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr.; April 21, 1947) is an American
singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor.[1] He is considered
an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other styles
of rock music.[1] Pop began calling himself "Iggy" after
his first band in high school (for which he was drummer), The
Iguanas.
Pop's
popularity has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his
subsequent solo career. His best-known solo songs include "Lust
for Life", the Top 40 hits "Real Wild Child"
and "Candy" (with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's),[2]
"China Girl" (co-written with and famously covered
by David Bowie) and "The Passenger".
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