"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." - Janis Joplin
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Considered to be the greatest white female rock vocalist of the 1960s, Janis Joplin lived the rock lifestyle to the utmost. Her supercharged gritty vocals were unleashed with a powerful and uninhibited stage presence.
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The album "Cheap Thrills" was released in 1968, and it topped the charts for 8 weeks. "Cheap Thrills" featured the hit single "Piece of My Heart" and also included songs “Ball and Chain” and “Turtle Blues”. Janis left Big Brother in 1968 going solo and forming a couple backup groups. Janis Joplin lived hard - her excesses of drugs and alcohol are legendary. In 1970 she died of an overdose at the age of 27.

Her brief but magnificent career made Janis Joplin a celebrity, and time has labelled her a legend of rock music. Her albums have gone gold, platinum, and triple-platinum. She is the subject of numerous films and documentaries, and remains one of the brightest stars of the 1960s.