![]() Joplin in 1960 as a graduating senior in high school She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 18.5 million albums sold. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. It reached number one on the Billboard charts. A second solo album, Pearl, was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. Joplin died of a heroin overdose in 1970, at the age of 27, after releasing three albums (two with Big Brother and the Holding Company and one solo album). Her most popular songs include her cover versions of " Piece of My Heart", " Cry Baby", " Down on Me", " Ball and Chain", " Summertime", and her original song " Mercedes Benz", her final recording. Five singles by Joplin reached the US Billboard Hot 100, including a cover of the Kris Kristofferson song " Me and Bobby McGee", which reached number one in March 1971. She appeared at the 1969 Woodstock festival and on the Festival Express train tour. ![]() After releasing two albums with the band, she left Big Brother to continue as a solo artist with her own backing groups, first the Kozmic Blues Band and then the Full Tilt Boogie Band. In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then little-known San Francisco psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. One of the most successful and widely known rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage presence. This was topped by the free show in the US - over 1 million people turned up in front of the Philadelphia Museum Of Art to watch Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, Kayne West and - unexpectedly - Kaiser Chiefs.Janis Lyn Joplin (Janu– October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. ![]() In 2005, they did it all again to raise money for the poorer nations, with an estimated 200,000 turning up at London's Hyde Park. The 1985 Live Aid shows were historical events and made a lot of money for famine relief in Africa. Attracting somewhere between 600,000 and 700,000 people to an island with a population of 100,000 to see some of the world’s biggest bands proved to be a logistical nightmare and the festival was the last of its kind for over 30 years. Along with Jimi Hendrix and The Who, the likes of The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Free, Miles Davis and a shed load more all performed over the weekend. ![]() Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis/VCG via Getty Imagesġ970’s Isle Of Wight Festival was, can you believe it, bigger than Woodstock. The Rolling Stones would play the field again 44 years later.Ī view of the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. No one really knows how many people were present at The Stones In The Park on 5 July 1969 (it being a free gig and all), but it’s estimated that somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000 fans turned up to pay tribute to the band's fallen comrade Brian Jones, who had died two days earlier. Sunday Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images The Rolling Stones on stage at their free concert in London's Hyde Park on 5 July 1969. The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, 1969: 500,000.There have been several reincarnations of the festival over the years, but none captured the same magic. Some of history’s greatest artists were present ( Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Band, The Who, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and many more). The most famous festival of all time, Woodstock was attended by some 400,000 people. The huge crowd at Woodstock Festival in August 1969. An estimated 200,000 people rocked up to watch Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon do their thing. On 18 September 1976, Queen capped off an incredible twelve months which had seen the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and the album A Night At The Opera with this huge, free concert in the centre of London. Queen - Hyde Park '76 (All Best Available Takes/Sources)
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