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ARC-0764

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Stephen Dunne Photograph of Janis Joplin

1969

1.34 (Linear feet)

One of the greatest white female rock singers of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery. First rising to stardom as the frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother and the Holding Company, she left the group in the late 1960s for a brief and uneven (though commercially successful) career as a solo artist. Although she wasn't always supplied with the best material or most sympathetic musicians, her best recordings, with both Big Brother and on her own, are some of the most exciting performances of her era. She also did much to redefine the role of women in rock with her assertive, forthright persona and electrifying on-stage presence. Joplin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

The collection consists of a black and white 16" x 20" photographic print of Janis Joplin by American fashion photographer, Francesco Scavullo, dated 1969.

: The Stephen Dunne Photograph of Janis Joplin was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from Stephen Dunne on December 30, 2003.

: [Identification of Item], Stephen Dunne Photograph of Janis Joplin, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Project Archivist. Completed May 28, 2019. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through an Access to Historical Records grant from the NHPRC.

: No linguistic content.

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