Tom Petty had Janis Joplin to thank for his 1981 hit track, "The Waiting". Or maybe it was Roger McGuinn from The Byrds.

Perry tells EW plot details for the upcoming film in an exclusive statement about the Joplin biopic. After Woodley revealed Wednesday on Live With Kelly and Mark that she was working with Perry — who ...

Nicks had the opportunity to get to know Joplin and Hendrix when she and Lindsey Buckingham got to open for both artists in the late 1960s. Nicks and Buckingham, who were dating at the time, were ...

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For years, filmmakers have been trying to make a biopic about the iconic rock star Janis Joplin. Several entertainers have been rumored to play the coveted lead role, including Zooey Deschanel, Amy ...

LAST WEDNESDAY I TAPED a phone interview with Janis Joplin from California. I played it Sunday night on my radio show, only to wake up the next morning and find she had died that night. During the ...

The San Francisco music scene was bursting with magic during the Sixties and Seventies, from the rise of radio DJs and eye-catching poster artists to Rolling Stone magazine and a number of iconic acts ...

One of Shailene Woodley's upcoming roles is bringing her into new territory. The actress, 33, is set to star in and produce a Janis Joplin biopic, Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can, which will tell ...

9-28-68: Big Brother and the Holding Company were scheduled to play a sold-out show at downtown's Community Concourse. The afternoon before the show, their singer Janis Joplin announced to the press ...