MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Port Arthur, Texas, Janis Joplin, Big Mama Thornton
20 Mar 2019
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Janis joplin (1943-70: the most successful white blues singer of the 1960s, born in port arthur, texas, came to san francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called big brother and the. Holding company: big brother"s appearance at the monterey pop festival in 1967 led to a contract with. Columbia records: big brother"s 1968 album cheap thrills, number one on the pop charts. Included a number twelve hit single, piece of my heart, a cover version of a. 1960s r&b hit by emma franklin: joplin"s full-tilt singing style and directness of expression. Inspired by blues singers such as bessie smith and by the r&b recordings of big. Mama thornton: pushed her voice unmercifully, one of joplin"s most moving performances is her rendition of the george and ira. Gershwin composition summertime, written in 1935 for the american folk opera porgy and bess. The grateful dead: career spanned more than three decades.
