Janis Joplin would have been 80 today ...

That laugh!
She really was one of a kind. Amazing woman

It’s my birthday today too.
And Dolly Parton’s.
Unfortunately, I’m not an iconic singer-songwriter

Happy Birthday, Fan
Hope it’s a good one !

Happy birthday Fanny and happy birthday to Dolly and to a long lamented Janis, both fabulous singers and women.

She was unique, I loved her voice, most of all when she sang "Ball and Chain"

Happy Birthday Fanny, have a great day Well anyway I share my birthday with the late Frank Sinatra who could also be pretty terribull terrible too!

Happy birthday FC Hope you want lovely day with Gracie.
I share my birthday with Albert Einstein. I know who’s the cleverer!

want?? Have a …

Happy Birthday FannyI hope you have a good one.
It doesn't seem so long that we were all listening to Janis Joplin.
I don't know who I share my birthday with Georges Gran but I think I am the day after John Lennon. Maybe my mother should have pushed harder as I was born late at night.
Einstein now that's one to come to terms with relativity was never on my understanding radar.

Thank you everyone! Much appreciated 😘

GeorgesGran well, you haven’t had to resort to flogging Smart Metres!

Happy birthday Fanny 🥂🍾

Happy Birthday Fanny 🎈
I share a birthday with Joni Mitchell with whom I also share a talent for singing/songwriting 😉😂
Hard to summon up a mental image of an 80 year old Janis Joplin.

I remember the name but can’t place what she looked like or her songs, I think she was a bit of a wild child when younger.

Happy birthday Fanny! Janis was an incredibly gifted musician, what a tragedy to die so young.

Ah, thank you Kate, Sally and Gilly.
Much appreciated 😘

Sally I love Joni, are you a fan?

Happy birthday Fanny - I think Janis died before you were even born!

FannyCornforth

It’s my birthday today too.
And Dolly Parton’s.
Unfortunately, I’m not an iconic singer-songwriter

And I don't think you're 80 today!

Happy birthday, FannyCornforth 🌺🥧🎈

Thank you Calli and Riverwalk
Blimey, yes she did die before I was born
I read Janis’s biography about 30 years ago.
It’s so dreadfully sad that she died due to drugs.
And so many of that generation, I’m thinking of Hendrix especially

And a member of the infamous '27 Club'...

Happy birthday!

Yes, a fan. ah, she was bold and as a woman "before her time".
if I think of her I think of her "Cry Baby" wow she screamed it out

live www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRhHdFRFBAs

Perhaps the best woman rock'n'roll singer ever. Loved her when she sang with Big Brother and the Holding Company- Another little piece of my heart www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcxbIln3sc
Gone but not forgotten.

I have no memory of her being popular when I was young. After she died she was the poster child for drug abuse. I think she may have been popular as a pop singer in the USA but here? I don't think so. Waste of a life poor thing (whoever she was)

I was aware of her as soon as I got to Uni (1969) and well...all the counter culture music was out there.
It also coincided with the beginnings of the Women's Movement and she was one of the icons - perhaps her death made her more so, who can say.

I'm not sure how many of the young men I knew were happy with the strength of her quite raw sexuality, quite threatening for some, again, who can say her role if she's have continued?
She's up there alongside Kate Millet and Cindy Sherman.