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Janis Lyn Joplin (; January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic/acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her first ever large scale public performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival; this led her to becoming very popular and one of the major attractions at the Woodstock festival and the ''Festival Express'' train tour. Joplin charted five singles; other popular songs include: "Down on Me"; "Summertime"; "Piece of My Heart"; "Ball 'n' Chain"; "Maybe"; "To Love Somebody"; "Kozmic Blues"; "Work Me, Lord"; "Cry Baby"; "Mercedes Benz"; and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee". Joplin was well known for her performing ability and was a multi instrumentalist. Her fans referred to her stage presence as "electric"; at the height of her career, she was known as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul". Known as "Pearl" among her friends, she was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Rolling Stone )〕 and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Joplin remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 15.5 million albums sold in the USA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TOP ARTISTS (ALBUMS) )〕 ==Early life: 1943–1961== Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on , to Dorothy Bonita East (February 15, 1913 – December 13, 1998), a registrar at a business college, and her husband, Seth Ward Joplin (April 19, 1910 – May 10, 1987), an engineer at Texaco. She had two younger siblings, Michael and Laura. The family attended the Church of Christ.〔(Don Haymes ) in http://www.adherents.com/people/pj/Janis_Joplin.html.〕 The Joplins felt that Janis always needed more attention than their other children, with her mother stating, "She was unhappy and unsatisfied without (a lot of attention ). The normal rapport wasn't adequate." As a teenager, she befriended a group of outcasts, one of whom had albums by blues artists Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Lead Belly, whom Joplin later credited with influencing her decision to become a singer. She began singing in the local choir and expanded her listening to blues singers such as Odetta, Billie Holiday and Big Mama Thornton. Primarily a painter while still in school, she first began singing blues and folk music with friends. While at Thomas Jefferson High School, she stated that she was mostly shunned.〔 Joplin was quoted as saying, "I was a misfit. I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers."〔 As a teen, she became overweight and her skin broke out so badly she was left with deep scars that required dermabrasion.〔〔〔 Other kids at high school would routinely taunt her and call her names like "pig", "freak", "nigger lover" or "creep".〔 Among her classmates were G. W. Bailey and Jimmy Johnson. Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas, during the summer〔 and later the University of Texas at Austin, though she did not complete her studies. The campus newspaper ''The Daily Texan'' ran a profile of her in the issue dated July 27, 1962, headlined "She Dares to Be Different".〔 The article began, "She goes barefooted when she feels like it, wears Levis to class because they're more comfortable, and carries her Autoharp with her everywhere she goes so that in case she gets the urge to break into song, it will be handy. Her name is Janis Joplin."〔 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 Joplin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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