Originally released on January 12th, 1971, Janis Joplin's “Me And Bobby McGee” from the posthumous Pearl album, became the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach Number One the first was Otis Redding's “(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay,” in 1968. The new clip features elements included in the new book, Janis Joplin: Days & Summers – Scrapbook 1966-68, which was released in June. In March 2021, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of it topping the Billboard Hot 100, was the first official video for Janis Joplin's “Me And Bobby McGee.” The clip, which was created in partnership with the Janis Joplin Estate and Columbia/Legacy Recordings, features the classic tune written by Kris Kristofferson, which in Joplin’s death became her signature song. Joplin was 27-years-old, and at the time of her death was working on what became her final album, Pearl. After a long night of partying, Joplin's body was discovered in her room at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood with fresh needle marks in her arm, and her death was ruled an accidental overdose. If you only watch one thing today, let it be this interview.It was 52 years ago today (October 4th, 1970) that Janis Joplin was found dead. One of her very last public appearances was on the Dick Cavett show, of which she was a regular. the vocals were never recorded and it was included as an instrumental. Also included was the social commentary of “Mercedes Benz”, presented in an a cappella arrangement the track on the album features the first and only take that Joplin recorded.Īrguably the most haunting track on the album is the cover of Nick Gravenites’s “Buried Alive in the Blues”, to which Joplin had been scheduled to add her vocals on the day she was found dead. The posthumous Pearl (1971) became the biggest-selling album of her career and featured her biggest hit single, a cover of Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster’s “Me and Bobby McGee” (Kristofferson had previously been Joplin’s lover in the spring of 1970). The opening track, “Move Over”, was written by Joplin, reflecting the way that she felt men treated women in relationships. Joplin’s death in October 1970 at age 27 stunned her fans and shocked the music world, especially when coupled with the death just 16 days earlier of another rock icon, Jimi Hendrix, also at age 27. Cooke believes Joplin had been given heroin that was much more potent than normal, as several of her dealer’s other customers also overdosed that week. The official cause of death was a heroin overdose, possibly compounded by alcohol. Upon entering Joplin’s room (#105), he found her dead on the floor beside her bed. He saw Joplin’s psychedelically painted Porsche 356 C Cabriolet in the parking lot. Full Tilt Boogie’s road manager John Cooke drove to the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood where Joplin was staying. On October 4, 1970, producer Paul Rothchild became concerned when Joplin failed to show up at Sunset Sound Recorders for a recording session. Lennon told Dick Cavett on-camera the following year that Joplin’s recorded birthday wishes arrived at his home after her death. Joplin recorded vocals for “Half Moon” and “Cry Baby”. Then Full Tilt Boogie recorded the instrumental track for “Buried Alive in the Blues”. The session ended with Joplin, organist Ken Pearson, and drummer Clark Pierson making a special one-minute recording as a birthday gift to John Lennon. Joplin was among several singers who had been contacted by Yoko Ono with a request for a taped greeting for Lennon’s 30th birthday, on October 9. On September 26, 1970, Full tilt Boogie Band were recording at Sunset Sound Recorders. Friends and family begged her to stop yet Joplin continued to use. Her management had already held interventions with her about her heroin use. In 1970 she went into the studio to record her fourth album with her new band called The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Struggling with lyrics and banter with her band on stage. She was noticeably inebriated at her Woodstock performance. Joplin was also known to occasionally use heroin. By the late 60’s she would often perform high on heroin. Her relationship with narcotics began in high school where she gained a reputation as a “speed freak” and used methamphetamines regularly. Her drink of choice was Southern Comfort. Here she is in the studio during the Cheap Thrills era (1968):īy this point in her incredibly quick rise to fame her had consistently struggled with drinking. Little did she know that her last record would be her biggest yet. She was working on her fourth studio album Pearl. On Oct 4th, 1970, Janis Joplin was found dead in her room at the Landmark Hotel Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose.īy 1970 Janis Joplin had three records under her belt, including her first solo effort since splitting from Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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