Timeline Janis Joplin: Pearl

From Port Arthur to Monterey, Woodstock and Pearl — Janis Joplin, rock's first great female star, gone at 27.

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1943 Janis Joplin born in Port Arthur, Texas Gulf Coast An outsider in a Texas oil town.
1962 Janis Joplin sings at Threadgill's in Austin University of Texas Sings folk and blues at a converted gas station.
1963 Janis Joplin moves to San Francisco North Beach Hitchhikes to San Francisco with Chet Helms.
1966 Janis Joplin joins Big Brother and the Holding Company Haight-Ashbury Becomes the band's singer.
1967 Janis Joplin sings Ball and Chain at Monterey Breakthrough A performance that makes her a star overnight.
1968 Janis Joplin releases Cheap Thrills with Big Brother Piece of My Heart Number one for eight weeks.
1968 Janis Joplin leaves Big Brother Solo career Goes solo with the Kozmic Blues Band.
1969 Janis Joplin plays Woodstock Early hours of Sunday Performs in the early hours of the second night.
1969 Janis Joplin releases I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! Solo debut With Try (Just a Little Bit Harder).
1970 Janis Joplin on the Festival Express Train tour of Canada A train tour across Canada with the Grateful Dead and The Band.
1970 Janis Joplin records Mercedes Benz Last recording An a cappella song recorded three days before her death.
1970 Janis Joplin dies in Hollywood Aged 27 Found dead at the Landmark Motor Hotel.
1971 Janis Joplin's Pearl released Posthumous number one Number one for nine weeks, with Me and Bobby McGee.
1971 Janis Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee reaches number one Kris Kristofferson song Her only number one single, posthumous.
1995 Janis Joplin inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Melissa Etheridge.