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Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is a singer-songwriter who was mostly active in the 1960s and 1970s; her most successful song ''At Seventeen'', was released as a single from her 1975 album ''Between the Lines'' which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart. Born in 1951 in New York, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for ''At Seventeen'' and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, ''Society's Child'' (nearly 40 years later). Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author. ==Early life== Born to a Jewish family in New York City, she was primarily raised in New Jersey, initially on a farm, and attended East Orange High School in East Orange, New Jersey〔Nash, Margo. ("JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS" ), ''The New York Times'', March 16, 2003; accessed December 19, 2007. "Yet when Janis Ian went to East Orange High School, she was kicked out of the chorus."〕 and the New York City High School of Music & Art. Her parents, Victor, a music teacher, and Pearl, ran a summer camp in upstate New York. In that Cold War era they were frequently under government surveillance because of their left-wing politics. As a child she admired the work of folk pioneers such as Joan Baez and Odetta. Starting with piano lessons at the age of six or seven, Ian, by the time she entered her teens, had learned the organ, harpsichord, French horn, flute and guitar.〔''Life Magazine'', October 27, 1967, p. 53〕 At the age of 12, she wrote her first song, "Hair of Spun Gold," which was subsequently published in the folk publication ''Broadside'' and was later recorded for her debut album. In 1964, she legally changed her name to Janis Ian. Her new last name was her brother, Eric's, middle name.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janis Ian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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