The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Janis Lyn Joplin
1943 - 1970 (27 years)-
Name Janis Lyn Joplin Born 19 Jan 1943 Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas, USA Gender Female Died 4 Oct 1970 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, USA Person ID I5027 A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America Last Modified 8 Nov 2013
Father Seth Ward Joplin, b. 19 May 1910, Texas, USA , d. May 1987, Prescott, Yavapai Co, Arizona, USA (Age 76 years) Mother Dorothy East, b. 15 Feb 1913, Texas, USA , d. 13 Dec 1998, Prescott, Yavapai Co, Arizona, USA (Age 85 years) Married 24 Oct 1935 Amarillo, Potter Co, Texas, USA Family ID F2214 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 ? October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.