Janis Lyn Joplin was born on Jan. 19, 1943 in the Gulf Coast oil town of Port Arthur, Texas. Her father worked for Texaco, and her mother was a college registrar. American Stock / Getty Images ...

Janis Lyn Joplin, the oldest child of Seth and Dorothy Joplin, was born Jan. 19, 1943. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad • Dad's workplace: Texaco Refinery, 25th Street.

Early on, we learn, young Janis Lyn Joplin got kicked out of her high-school choir and, according to a childhood friend, “couldn’t figure out how to make herself like everybody else.” ...

Janis Joplin has passed into the realm of legend: an outwardly brash and inwardly vulnerable personality who possessed one of the most passionate voices in rock history. She is beloved around the ...

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer considered the premier female blues vocalist of the Sixties; her raw, powerful and uninhibited singing style, combined ...

Janis Joplin's death in October 1970 made her an unfortunate member of the so-called 27 Club. Five decades on, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll's loss is still felt by fans worldwide. Given Joplin's ...

Janis Lyn Joplin was born on Jan. 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas and had a "typical upbringing" in the area, according to a Visit Port Arthur page on the singer's life, stating that Joplin ...

Peggy Caserta, whose candid revelations about her romantic relationship with rock star Janis Joplin were revealed in a ...

Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin's one-time lover, has died at 84. Caserta wrote two memoirs about her time with the rocker, including 1973's 'Going Down with Janis' and 2018's 'I Ran into Some Trouble.' ...

Emmy nominee Shailene Woodley will play Janis Joplin in an upcoming film about the rock musician’s life, making her the latest of many actresses that have been attached to play Joplin in various ...

A new Janis Joplin biopic will detail the singer’s “last days” before her death from a heroin overdose aged 27.. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Shailene Woodley’s documentary will be a ...