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    • Janis Joplin is Legacy Recordings' "Artist of the Month" for January

    Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:29:48

    Janis Joplin is Legacy Recordings' "Artist of the Month" for January - Check out these clips

    Janis Joplin Photos

    • Janis Joplin - A view of the front of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.
    • Janis Joplin - A view of the art-decorated stairway at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.
    • Janis Joplin - A sign at the entrance at the entrance of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.

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    Janis Joplin Videos

    • Janis Joplin - "Get It While You Can" (Lyric Video)
    • Janis Joplin - To Love Somebody

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    January 19 marks icon Janis Joplin's 70th birthday, and to celebrate the life and music of the beloved electric blues singer, Legacy Recordings has announced that she is their first Artist of the Month.

    Each month, the new series will offer fans new content, contests and chances to participate in commemorating a music icon reaching a significant milestone.

    Legacy's Artist of the Month will provide fresh perspectives on an essential cornerstone catalog of pop music history whose sounds continue to affect people's lives.

    Watch Janis Joplin's "To Love Somebody" below:



    Watch "Me and Bobby McGee" below:



    Check out the Artist of the Month page legacyrecordings.com.

    Did you enjoy these Janis Joplin videos?

    —Katie Sheehan
    01.16.13



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