My first time hearing Janis Joplin - Summertime (Reaction!!)

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[@ruthfejfar7836]

Enjoy your thoughts and reactions. Ball and Chain is a great Janis song or Cry, Baby. Please give Van Morrison's Caravan. Or Gary Moore's Still got the Blues.... Keep up thrills of older music reverberating in my ears....exciting my old grey matter.

[@lindafoster2141]

Janis, gone way too soon!!!! Love. Her!!❤❤

[@johnboydTx]

Her entire catalog is this good 👏❤️👏❤️👏✌️🤠

[@BlackGuardXIII]

Piece of my heart kicks butt!

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

Janis does a smokin' version of this tune. I'd love for you to check out this live version by Ella Fitzgerald in 1968. She does a particularly jazzy version that's all her own. A true classic as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2PFmpqcaJhql7csi=7Hv2dEF9doI-Niey

[@janebell7605]

"Summertime" was written by famous American composer and pianist, George Gershwin, way back in 1933. This song was featured in the musical "Porgy and Bess". Janis certainly put her own divinely unique spin on this old showtune!

[@michele-33]

I was looking for this comment. I knew someone had to mention it. GBY 🕊️

[@susieb7305]

Me too - now I don't have too. Thanks.

[@pamelah848]

Picky detail, but Porgy and Bess is considered to be an opera. "Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin (music) for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin.

[@janebell7605]

@@pamelah848 Thanks for the "detail". I didn't know it was an opera! 👍

[@bikerbob2005]

Was in American pop too

[@lauralayton3996]

I'm a 72 year old grandma and I still get chills when I hear her sing. She was a badass, totally uninhibited. She was an original Hippie. She was just so caught up in the drug scene and I feel like she didn't have anyone to look out for her. We weren't shocked when she died, but just overwhelmed with sadness.

[@Dovey62]

Yes indeed! 😭

[@SuperCaliforniaBarbi]

Pearl knew Blues RIP.

[@algebarb]

You and I are the same age and I was grief stricken as well. To not have been able to hear her sing through all these years is a tragedy, it really is.

[@sandrajordan3802]

I’m 77and love Me and Bobby Magee. AMGT’s Hadley is close to the sound.

[@pattieturtle4451]

Same age here. I was young again knowing every trill of her soul and whole sentences from the music. Ah Janice

[@lynpearson9351]

No one at the Monteray festival knew who she was but when she opened her mouth to sing Ball and Chain, it's like the world stopped. Cass Elliot's jaw dropped. She was like no other singer and her range was truly surprising. You'd like Ball and Chair and Me and Bobby McGee.

[@richardc8795]

Omg… First time hearing Janis?? Get ready for an insanely soulful experience

[@pockynon]

Janis was crazy as a loon bt insanely talented.

[@alnorwood134]

I concur!!!

[@alberto-os1bx]

me too @@alnorwood134

[@debrawhite1957]

My favorite song of hers

[@stj971]

Great cover, maybe the best!

[@xenialafleur]

Her Monterey Pop performance of "Ball and Chain" is a must listen.

[@juliamaurer1323]

Yes, must listen!

[@TheSemiHollowbody]

Can't wait to see your reaction to her live performance @the pop festival of Ball And Chain!

[@melvinroebuck1160]

A must WATCH!

[@jamesedmondson4921]

Jimi Hendrix also performed at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival.

[@kevinsattler6603]

Definitely ball in chain Mpf

[@lauragroce3816]

RIP our dear Janis. So many years we’ve missed you

[@bellyjewel]

One of Janis’s greatest inspirations was “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith. Bessie’s grave had been unmarked for 33 years after she was killed in a car accident in 1937. In 1970 Janis was one of two people who paid to provide a headstone for Bessie’s final resting place.

[@KittyCarson]

❤❤❤❤

[@MsMarple]

That is an amazing true story!

[@StilettoCutsQuick.]

I am a huge Janis fan, I have watched several docs and read a couple of books on her and I have not heard this. Thanks for this and sounds like something she would do 🤙

[@zmbdog]

For anyone wondering, the reason the grave of such a popular singer (her funeral was attended by thousands) went unmarked is that her douchebag estranged hubby refused to get one. He even, twice(!), stole fundraising money that was meant for getting her a headstone.

[@taragreenetarotastro]

wow I didnt know that. Bessie Smith was an incredible blues singer. I used to listen to all those old blues female singers from the 1930's. I was standing right in front of the stage, from her singing at the Toronto Festival Express. There is a film of it. She was amazing; she had an affair with Leonard Cohen, which he wrote about her called Chelsea Hotel.

[@anitapaulus937]

I’ve heard Robert Plant, lead vocalist of LED Zeppelin, talk about Janis Joplin. He said they were all together a a music festival, and he had a sore throat. Janis was doing everything she could to help him, including making him tea with lemon and honey. He said she was one of the kindest people he ever met.

[@kytyrx]

That was what Janis was, a sweet soul who never saw herself as a star.

[@teresawww]

Thanks for sharing that story! What I would have given to be at that festival.

[@anitapaulus937]

@@teresawww You and me both!

[@tracymetherell8744]

She was a sweet soul with no armor protecting her soul.

[@Marktheshark-e7f]

It was her sweetness that probably killed her.😢

[@MarthaLaguna-th1bp]

Janis Joplin’s, Take Another Piece of my Heart, saw her when I was 4 my dad took us to the Haight and watched her perform.

[@eileenegger1466]

Janis was truly a free spirit. In doing so,she was rejected and made fun of and you can hear the pain in some of her songs. She was a ground breaker and one of a kind.

[@atsylor5549]

Ground breaker? She’s imitating soul music not inventing it

[@atsylor5549]

@@zstarsurfer thankfully the great thing about music is that you’re the only one needed to appreciate it even if someone else does not

[@BAfan-tt9zl]

@@atsylor5549 She didn't invent it, you're right - but she didn't "imitate it" either - she FELT it ...LIVED it ... and it burst out of every pore of her being!

[@BAfan-tt9zl]

@@atsylor5549 Maybe she wasn't a ground breaker of soul, but I think she was one of the ground breakers of the times in singing from every fiber of her being,100% authentically and unapologetically - the ultimate free spirit - which was what the hippie movement was all about.

[@LolaNelson-i1v]

I was blessed to know Janis . She lived around the corner from me in Height Ashberry in San Francisco in 1969. This lady was the real deal; she definitely lived hard, but transformed her difficult home life along with horrible bullying into the most raw jazz and soul music that plunged its hand into the heart of your being ,and took you apart piece by piece. All of us who lived there remember having her and Big Brother, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane and others play a part of our everyday lives. It was devastating when drugs and alcohol took her life at such a young age. I’m thrilled that you pulled this up to listen to. I’m sure that there will be others who will suggest more of her amazing music.

[@amberspaulding]

She seems to have been the sweetest and also the best-looking and most self-blaming person ever. And then her singing

[@MsMarple]

Wow, you certainly have some great memories then. Nice of you to share that with us. Gordon Lightfoot might have sung, ‘If we could read your mind, love, what a tale your thoughts would tell’!

[@billn7183]

Thank you for the insight

[@marktemplin1159]

6 degrees,, your one was there ,, mad this dude is just now finding the late great Janis,,,, life is long,,,, I'm born 73,,, genx,,, Janis is one they no matter what,,, one stops and listen when ever in the radio👍👍 and yes at my home stead I do have an out door stereo,,,, and we have family gatherings,,,, the family of old is not lost,, some of us hold on to it ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@hopeh2609]

Thank you so much for sharing your memory of her. I have loved her music for so long. But her life being too short makes me so sad.

[@lauragroce3816]

I loved her. Still do. The voice of our hippie movement. I’m 73

[@angelikachandler9685]

This song is, I believe, originally from "Porgy & Bess" - an early opera by George Gershwin. The song has been covered by many - but Janis made it her own! This is timeless, and beyond beautiful

[@yodel_diploma2315]

Not to forget the Ella and Louis version!

[@gregmuon]

Other notable versions: Billy Holiday, Paul Robeson, Sam Cooke. They're all so different.

[@writebrain-zn2um]

Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) does an incredible live version.

[@rayj1011]

Yes, originally from 1935.

[@ernestunity4718]

Miles Davis.

[@joyceibanez8207]

I'm 80 years old and I cry everytime I hear her sing. She was most definitely one of a kind. Her heart and soul was in every song she sang. I so hope to meet her in heaven (if I make it) someday. Didn't know what we had till we lost her. R.I.P. Sweetie. 🙏✝️❤️

[@kraftyg943gk]

My feelings exactly, Janis stole my heart...RIP Janis...81 😅😅😅here

[@nodice8312]

Amazed there are so many of us here and crying......❤

[@BAfan-tt9zl]

@@nodice8312 There was so much of her - maybe because she was SO open and exposed in all her humanity - to STEAL our hearts! So I would say that I agree with everything here except, "We didn't know what we had until we lost her." She wasn't just another singer - she was an EXPERIENCE - heart body, and soul. She CAPTURED us with every phrase she sang/emoted/lived!! I was obsessed with her and her music. I got to see her with Big Brother and the Holding Co. at the Fillmore West in SF, and whatever she was on vinyl, she was 100 times more in person!! The world must NEVER forget her!

[@effsharp7]

Im 54 and my eyes got a little damp just reading your comment. As for Janis, I don't think a spirit like that could die....makes me believe she actually is up there.

[@T-bone1950]

The Rightous Brothers said it best; "If there's a rock and roll heaven, then you know they've got a hell of a band".

[@rkoenig100]

When Janis Joplin sang she gave you a piece of her soul. An incredible talent whose life ended too quickly.

[@jenniferplumley1921]

She was a brash, blues bad ass. Her most popular songs include her cover versions of “Me and Bobby McGee”, "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", "Summertime", and her original song "Mercedes Benz", her final recording.

[@MrVvulf]

It shocked me a little that Polo wasn't aware of "Summertime", at least the Ella Fitzgerald version, if not the other 67,000+ times it's been covered. Guinness World Records lists the figure of 67,591 as the total number of times recorded (as of 2017). But hey, we all have our blind spots, even in genres we love, myself included. Janis was special. One of the most talented, painfully honest, and emotionally vulnerable stars of the 20th century.

[@vagaickie]

I love them all but I still randomly sing Mercedes Benz at the top of my lungs!

[@aprilosborn6034]

Yes, love 'Ball and Chain' at Monterey Pop Festival, everyone stopped their beer runs to watch this woman sing, she looked beautiful that day also, Mama Cass was there in ahh, it was amazing.

[@elizabethme4580]

​@@vagaickieMe, too!

[@ThePosiamus]

😘

[@Dianne-warrior]

I saw Janis when I was 15. It was my second concert ever. I'm 70 now. My first concert was The Association with "Never my Love" and then Janis with Big Brother and the Holding Company ❤❤❤

[@gloriatookmanian9655]

Wow! That change up could give your ears whiplash!

[@antonellavezzosi2635]

😮

[@murielpalmer-rhea8250]

“Summertime” is from “Porgy and Bess” an opera by George Gershwin with lyrics by Dubose Hayward. The opera can only be licensed to be performed by a Black Company. It was a feature within the movie “White Nights” starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryishnikov and Helen Mirren.

[@dfree1here]

OMG I was at the Monterrey Jazz Festival in 1967 And stood right in front of her by the stage as she sang Ball and Chain. I thought I’d pass out it was so powerful! ❤❤❤

[@BirdTalk13]

What an amazing experience!😮

[@sherriweibert3311]

Yes. Best version of that song ever! I am so thankful that we have that recording for the ages!!

[@rachelnyn5543]

We had her for only a short time, but what she gave the world is forever. ✌🏼💙

[@ceceliavoss9174]

How lucky you are to have seen her perform! ❤

[@andialbright8270]

I am so jealous!! I was way too young to have seen her, but I hope she's singing when I get to heaven!

[@sadieengland8743]

Summertime was actually written in 1934 for the Broadway play Porgy and Bess. It is an incredible song and I was privileged to see Janis Joplin performance live. Treat yourself to some of her other tunes you won’t be disappointed

[@TheBookDoctor]

Especially her version of Bobby McGee. Incredible.

[@CjJohnson-kf1oz]

Porky and Bess was a black opera or perhaps operetta would be more proper . It played forever on Broadway. Sometime in 1950s (I think) it became a movie. She is great on this song,but my favorite rendition is by Bobby Hatfield. Best visual also. He will knock your sox off.

[@wikkedburn6600]

Written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward in 1934 for Porgy and Bess. Billie Holiday does an amazing cover as well. Janis We miss you ❤

[@JenniferHoemann]

Summertime is an opera song! That’s what’s cray about this.

[@annhinz6326]

Wasn't it Porgie and Bess? By Gershman

[@JenniferHoemann]

@@annhinz6326 yes

[@moniquelegarda1842]

@@annhinz6326 Gershwin

[@billmanley-cu2jq]

@@annhinz6326 Gershwin wrote it in 1935. Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company really made it their own.

[@avanellehansen4525]

​@annhinz6326 yes. A show tune.

[@lyndachele]

Janis was always SO RAW. Like she left her heart, soul, and guts on that stage.

[@Laura_Martin42]

Her live performance of Cry Baby is amazing. Janis is my favorite singer, bar none.

[@stangovers7441]

I agree totally! I saw her many times live.She always gave her all, which was a lot! Gone too soon. RIP.❤❤❤❤

[@satori03]

This is my favorite

[@davinasampson6557]

Cry baby is the best.

[@valoriec]

Summertime is a classic blues song that's been sung by so many people. Billie Holiday in 1936, and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Sonny and Cher, Paul McCartney, Annie Lenox, Willy Nelson, Muse, and hundreds more artists. I believe it holds a Guinness world record for the most covered track.

[@dontmindme633]

Ngl, I thought this was Ella’s song.

[@christopherbiggers7811]

Even Snoop Dog rapped it. I think he did it justice and I'm not a rap fan

[@DeepOwl1073]

Bro, she was 26 in this video. Twenty six! So much soul, the feeling of lifetimes of sorrow and knowledge. They broke the mold after they made her. There will never be another.

[@glassncobalt]

One of one.

[@dow311]

Well said.

[@leceillebeckmeyer3195]

I still miss her so very much. There will never ever be another Janis. The very best.

[@roseannecohen]

Beth Hart comes close.

[@RhondaHill-mi7cw]

There has never been another Janis Joplin. A tortured being gone much too soon as so many have. She was unique, one of a kind.

[@richardspurgeon8954]

Check out Valerie June she not exactly the same but will give you them vibes ,she has a unique voice

[@jcspider7259]

We lost this treasure on October 4, 1970, at the tender age of 27. I was just 2 months into my first year of university. We miss you so so so so much, Janis. ❤

[@MsSJWW]

The 27 club ….so many genius but tortured souls 🥺

[@Skeeter123]

I'm a huge Janis fan ❤ There will never be another like her...may she RIP 🙏🌹🕊

[@EdnaDoe-s2k]

We lost her way too soon. She let her pain out through her music. And everybody felt it. You should check out all of her stuff. She's a legend. Great show. Keep them comin'.

[@eveblueray3680]

She was unbelievable.. I remember when she died.. I was 7. We already had the 8 track "Pearl". I love her... ❤❤❤

[@rayalevesque]

No autotune, just cigarettes, southern comfort and TALENT!!! Summertime an old show tune from Porgy and Bess, one of the first actual "Black broadway shows. "Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel ...

[@richardspurgeon8954]

Facts

[@Monica-gene1]

And one the best!!!

[@susansouthern6704]

Badass is exactly a perfect description of our ( my generation)Janis.

[@christianmarler2253]

"She's badass." Perfectly stated and accurate.

[@malakalim9556]

No Autotune, just raw talent

[@MarySiddell]

You really need to hear "Piece of my Heart". Janice was one of a kind

[@kathryncainmadsen5850]

I think that’s my favorite.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

The pick of the crop!

[@rhettacps]

So true!!

[@avanellehansen4525]

That primal scream toward the end is raw pain.

[@camillebourque5095]

Her performance of Ball and Chain from the Monteray Pop Festival is unbelievable.

[@deborahstrickland9845]

Yes. And "Work Me Lord", Stockholm 1969.

[@MisterDarkfall]

Cass Elliot agrees.

[@vickylavender8401]

She still gives me chills every time i hear her sing.

[@leonardsfriend5821]

She was relatively unknown before her performance at Monterey Pop Festival, which was being filmed for a movie. Her initial appearance WAS NOT FILMED. Because she was such a surprise, she was brought back the next day for a repeat performance, and the film of her performance is so very pivotal. Not sure if you have reacted to any Mamas & Papas, but Mama Cass is shown in the audience with her mouth open in disbelief at what she is witnessing! An absolute must see!

[@jneqjfkr]

Nailed it !

[@chipsterb4946]

lol Mamma Cass looks she is thinking “WTF am I going to sing now after THIS?”

[@edwardallen9866]

Cass Elliot and Janis Joplin are singing in Heaven ❤

[@BastDG]

And I was lucky enough to be there Saturday

[@kathypaul5023]

I KNOW 💕 when I saw Mama Cass reacting I’m thinking… YES ! YES ! YES ! OMG now everybody knows, she had to be thinking WHERE HAS SHE BEEN TILL THIS MINUTE !?!?!?

[@michellebenincasa6872]

This song, from Porgy and Bess, is a part of the great american songbook, is considered a classic jazz standard now and has been covered by tons of artists over decades. You'll find versions of this song in almost every genre, including blues, jazz, country, folk, etc. There's even a version done by young opera singer Charlotte Church that's pretty impressive. Proof that a good song transcends artist and genre, speaking to the soul of the listener without these silly limitations.

[@jamieraser1615]

There are so many great songs in Porgy and Bess. Everyone should listen to the entire thing.

[@wadelomas4543]

Look into the rendition by Andrea Motis. she’s a jazz singer from Spain. Not better than Janis but on the same level in a different way.

[@60sGirl123]

Written in 1934 during the Great Depression. His parents were Russian immigrants.

[@zaramama61]

George and Ira Gershwin. Mr. Music and Mr. Words, respectively. Great versions by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. Great review of this classic song and Janis Joplin's performance. I appreciate your work. Just found you today! ❤❤

[@MsMarple]

Summertime is one of my favorite songs IN THE WORLD. I have appreciation for Janis, and her version is rock soul for sure. But, do yourself a favor and listen to this song again from another strong singer, somewhat more mainstream, with a clearer voice. How anyone could hear that song and forget it is beyond me. As for Janis, you need to hear her do Me and Bobby McGee, her signature song.

[@MarthaLaguna-th1bp]

Janis Joplin’s, Take Another Piece of my Heart, saw her when I was 4 my dad took us to the Haight and watched her perform. My dad was into music, we were lucky to be exposed to every genre.

[@KikiMonsta1226]

Amy Winehouse. That talent comes from a very raw place. Painfully beautiful. Sometimes dark, but nothing evokes so much emotion. Love Janis and enjoyed the reaction.

[@chipsterb4946]

Amy also had the same jazz running through her music. And like Janis, she seemed to shred a little bit of herself for us in every performance.

[@jeffwall3867]

Winehouse was alot more pop. Not near on this level.

[@misty735]

​@@chipsterb4946I totally agree ❤

[@maranayd]

Winehouse was also in the 27 club just sayin@@jeffwall3867she was truly a badass, as was Ms Joplin

[@G2thesecondpower]

​@@jeffwall3867 she was a lot more than pop. There I changed it for you ;)

[@bonniebaxter2553]

The 60's was an amazing time for music.

[@gretchenvincent2349]

Every song she ever sang she was completely full of it,controlled it. One of my all time favorites.

[@GOMEz-rm3cb]

PLEASE do more Janis. I was on Guard Duty in Germany when I heard that She died. Made a Trooper cry.

[@brendamiller5785]

I'm 65 and this still gives me chills 50 yrs later, as well as her other albums. Her singing (and her life) were so filled with pain. She died of a heroin overdose in a hotel room in 1970. She was 27. You'd think with a voice like hers she had many years of experiences. (She also performed at the important 1969 Woodstock Festival)

[@ginabethcairns4955]

She became a star at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

[@gerarddevanny2720]

Monterey Pop was her coming out event.​@@ginabethcairns4955

[@caroljo420]

From my understanding, it was a hot shot. That's when the dealer doesn't cut the product, and it's a lot more potent. She was murdered.

[@algebarb]

I'm 74 and have loved her forever. I'm envious of you hearing her for the first time. You must listen to more. So many good sound adventures await you with the great Janice!! Enjoy ❤ It's an old song. Both Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday sang it. I think it may be from the musical Porgy and Bess,

[@ladylisaromance8129]

Janis was hailed Queen of the Blues for her generation. She was influenced by Blues Queens Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. And you summed her up perfectly with 'She's BADASS.' 😂❤❤❤

[@animerlon]

Definitely the Queen of the blues. She may not have been able to stay longer with us & hang onto her crown, but her BADASSNESS still reverberates down the years & lives on in the hearts of many senior women. Albeit, perhaps not quite as fiercely as it did back in the day, when we were teenagers & she came on the scene & showed us how to be fearless. Despite all her insecurities, she lead by example, stayed true to her music & carved out a place for herself as a blues artist. This little, white ass woman, amongst a multitude of big, black men. In her own small way, she helped fuel the fire in quite a few of us embracing the women's movement of the 70s. Sadly, she just left us too soon.

[@ladylisaromance8129]

@@animerlon I was listening to her and writing her song lyrics on my wall as a teenager. Everyone else was listening to the Back Street Boys! I was born in the wrong Era. 😉

[@animerlon]

@@ladylisaromance8129 While you didn't get the chance to experience her time live, so to speak, at least you have access to recordings of her. In some of the videos of her, you get a good sense of the power in her performance, the rawness comes through loud & clear, but i'm not talking about volume,😄.

[@ladylisaromance8129]

@@animerlon I love her so much. I'm 51 and to this day, I have books about her on my nightstand and her Cds displayed on a bookshelf with the novels I've written and published. I like keeping her close.

[@markharrisllb]

Big Mamma Thornton was also a massive influence, wrote and originally recorded Ball and Chain.

[@mikewoodrow5878]

Every live performance by Janis is jaw-dropping. Nobody else like her.

[@brandurell]

No one at 26 years old should have such pain in her voice. Amazing

[@cathsrq]

Saturn Return in astrology

[@ClearlyBlissful]

So much to say about Janice… She felt like a misfit in her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, and so she liked to go to New Orleans and listen to the artists in the clubs there. (She never did feel accepted at home.) When she heard that a favorite singer “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith didn’t have a tombstone, Janice made sure she got one. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin called her his “fairy godmother” for helping him with his voice (and liquid concoctions that she thought would help.) 😂 After hearing her sing at the Monterey Pop Festival (check out “Ball and Chain” live) she was signed by Clive Davis. She once hit Jim Morrison over the head with a whiskey bottle, and unfortunately we lost them both, along with her friend Jimi Hendrix at the age of 27. And the music is timeless.

[@rachelhart.2386]

❤❤❤❤❤ no, not original - but she was one of a kind

[@pixelrancher]

"Summertime" is the opening song of Act 1, Scene 1 in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, first performed in 1935. Based on a 1925 novel, Porgy, it takes place in a fictional slum in Charleston, it's the story of a disabled beggar, Porgy, trying to rescue, Bess, from an abusive relationship with a violent lover and a drug dealer called Sportin' Life. Billie Holliday's version will always be the jazz classic but the opera has been covered by a variety of greats from Ella Fitzgerald, to Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong to Nina Simone, from Phoebe Snow (you should check her out) to Christina Aguilera. Sadly, Joplin belongs to the 27 Club - a group of musicians who all died at the age of 27, between 1969 and 1971 - including Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), Jim Morrison (The Doors), and Jimi Hendrix. In 1994, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) joined the 27 Club. In 2011, Amy Winehouse also died at 27. Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat also died at the age of 27.

[@clairewyndham1971]

Nobody sings "Sumertime" like Janis..NOBODY.

[@lindalou6105]

Had Porgy and Bess at home growing up. Listened to it a lot.

[@amandablythe6515]

Don't forget Bradley Nowell of Sublime. Another badass member of the 27 club

[@Az12er34ty]

He rescued her from Crown. Sporting life came in later.

[@pixelrancher]

@@Az12er34ty "rescue, Bess, from an abusive relationship with a violent lover" - Crown.

[@Bugsy11368]

When it comes to women of rock and roll, Janis is my number 1 favorite! I'm a huge fan of the bluesy type of rock. Janis touches my soul every time I hear her sing!

[@hmichaelr1]

Her cover of Me and Bobby McGee is one of the greatest recordings ever, by any artist!

[@animerlon]

When she sang it, she took ownership of that song, lock, stock & barrel. It's a bittersweet song that became even more so when i found out she recorded it just a couple of days before she died, & was released after she passed. Not a bad parting gift she left us.

[@mikemilne]

Not a bad idea for another reaction. Also Ball And Chain live version is pretty powerful

[@markharrisllb]

I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote it for her while they were in their relationship? He still says she was the great love of his life.

[@animerlon]

@@markharrisllb I'm not so sure he wrote it especially for her since Roger Miller recorded it the year before she did. I do think they were in a relationship when she recorded it, so he probably had something to do with her doing it.

[@markharrisllb]

@@animerlon Thank you. I appreciate the information.

[@rebeccamackey4878]

I was born in 63, she was a beacon, a light for woman. .women had choices.. we could even be rock stars it was amazing

[@iole96792]

One of my all time favorite artists... I love Janice Joplin!!! She has depth and knows how to pull all that emotion from her soul!!!

[@handsomerobnj]

A great tragedy of modern music is that we will never replace Janis, but that's also part of what makes her so special.

[@AylaCT]

The only person that I feel does Janis justice is Melissa Etheridge.

[@dorothyzbornak9974]

Janis was my girl. Saw her at Woodstock. Oh my stars!!! I could listen to her music for hours and hours, but I wanted to hug her for days. Her breakout performance of “Ball and Chain” complete with an awestruck Mama Cass in the audience, was legendary. R. I.P. Genius and thank you, from my soul to yours, for so much joy. PS: Polo, I love how you instantly connected with her. If you want to really see inside her, search KZbin for her interview with Dick Cavett; she puts her fragile heart out there, and you just love her even more.

[@michelleparish7037]

This song was written in 1934 by George Gershwin. I first heard it in the musical Porgy and Bess. Fantasia also sang this song for the win o. American Idol Beautiful love song… I love how many times this song has been interpreted and reinvented!!

[@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885]

Being a portuguese citizen, I am always amazed as an american music lover has never heard of the 3 J's who all died at 27 yo (Janis Joplin, jimmy Hendrix and Jim Morrison)... And not knowing that Summertime is one of the most covered songs in the world for ages... You have a lot to learn... Keep going because I really like the way you react...

[@ginamontminy4339]

The 27 club also includes Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

[@numberone5680]

I just said that too. He needs history. Janis was mine. My husband loved the Jims.

[@BAfan-tt9zl]

@@ginamontminy4339 Shocking!!!

[@kytyrx]

She is the goddess of singers. All female singers to this day bow to her and admit they owe their strength to her. She ran a hard, yet short life. What wonders we would have heard from her if she had survived her turmoil. You found an extremely rare live version of this song! Thank you! I have never seen this version......she is always amazing!

[@reggiefokes6677]

Is this the performance at Montreat?

[@kytyrx]

I think this is the Monterey Pop Festival

[@ralva4974]

I think I was 14 yrs., old when I first heard her back then. I also got to see her LIVE, and will always remember it. Wow is right!

[@caroljo420]

Us old hippies and flower children had the BEST music!!!

[@sandracrother9651]

For sure.

[@sandracrother9651]

I'm glad you're discovering it.

[@Joni-521]

JANIS IS THAT WOMAN WHO SANG THE BLUES MIXED WT R & R. My idol no one will ever compare 😢to this highly talented young lady. Met her at Woodstock the nicest person ever. Way ahead of her x. Gone way to soon 😇🙏 She was a very lovely soul miss her still 2023 & I’m 70 now my favorite ❤️ ❤😢

[@BarbaraErskine-l5u]

I lived right outside of San Francisco and went to many concerts in the 60's and 70's. RIP Janis, Jimmy and Jim. GREATEST MUSIC.

[@BlackCatBonkers]

You’re so right: Janis had that “thing.” She was one of a kind. So young (27) when she died in 1970…Janis endured a ridiculous amount of bullying and cruelty, but her voice could not be silenced.

[@doughaviland1729]

"SHE'S BAD ASS!"😂 Yes she is! Next up PIECE OF MY HEART!❤❤❤

[@dwhitman3092]

Excellent choice.

[@cathyortiz1280]

Yes!

[@alexlang2769]

This format has really opened my mind up to the brilliance of some of this music. I’m grateful to finally understand and appreciate the magnificence of some of these pieces. I love this show

[@fractaljack210]

Try her famous live performance of, "Ball and Chain." She's astounding.

[@xqqqme]

"infamous" does not mean "really, really famous"

[@fractaljack210]

@@xqqqme Good catch. Corrected

[@pacobolito8094]

Sweet soulful Little Girl Blue never knew what a gift to the world she was,never knew how much she was loved, RIP

[@carihuston8929]

A shame no one came to Cheer a Little Girl Blue❤️‍🩹

[@sylviastreet]

She had blues in her heart! Such a soulful singer! I agreed to her song Me and Bobby McGee- “Freedom is just another word for nothing else to lose”

[@lucasgr]

I have a 9 year old daughter and the day she was born my wife was crying, like, out of control... she was still on the surgery bed (here in Brazil you can stay in the room to hold your wife's hand) and so I asked her why, 'why u crying so much?' and she said 'because Luisa's (our daughter's name) cry reminds me of Janis Joplin's grasp voice'! I'll never forget that! 😂😂😂 Dude, PLEASE react to the 'Piece of my heart' live version!

[@kathleenborsch1312]

Yesssss, please!!!!

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

I saw Janice Joplin live in San Diego in 1969. She was a tiny little woman who had 20,000 people in the palm of her hand, a Texas gal who died too young. Absolutely magical performance.

[@JamesFolkers]

Janis

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

@@JamesFolkers Sorry about that, I let my iPad speak for me and it never knew about Janis. However you spell her name she was magic.

[@sherrybirchall8677]

I love Janis Joplin. Nobody like her. And, gone way too soon. Oh, my heart. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lauralintonmacfarlane5264]

I saw her at strawberry fields Griffith park in 67, she was happy, beautiful and dancing through the day

[@BAfan-tt9zl]

Thank you for sharing that!! It's so wonderful to hear that she had such happy, free days, when she lived through so much heartbreak and burden!!!

[@kellyfitzpatrick2424]

You need to hear more of her. I am fortunate in that I grew up with her music

[@kathleenborsch1312]

Me too! One of a kind. Loved her crazy voice!

[@Harley_Girl68]

I grew up with her too one of my favorite albums still is “Pearl”

[@debrabiderman4275]

Arent we just? The music from 67 to 69 I get high just thinking bout it.

[@KathleenRushing-po4hg]

Janis ❤❤❤ all my life .Heart always

[@glenimoore1232]

Incredible performance, and there’s so much more. Loved Janis, she screamed my tears somehow.

[@lauriejones8082]

The best female vocalist ever. I loved her the first time I heard her amazing soulful voice all the way back in 1968. News of her death in 1970 was absolutely devastating. No one will ever match her, past present, future. Many thanks for exploring this incredibly fascinating artist. 🙏

[@brucefrank5556]

Music isn’t a contest.

[@julietichenor9930]

She has been my Favourite since the very first time ever hearing and seeing her PROFORM AND PORFORM SHE DOES❣️❣️❣️

[@matchacl]

"Summertime" is was composed in 1934 by George Gershwin. It has been performed by loads of great artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin and Sam Cooke (my favorite BTW) to name a few. It is a classic and still holds up after all of these years.

[@ripleyhrgiger4669]

One of the greatest voices in history and definitely in the top ten of Rock N' Roll / Blues / Folk. When she gets on the stage, just looking at her, you know you're about to witness something amazing. Her candle burnt on both ends and we lost her at such a young age... But what she left behind is nothing short of miraculous.

[@reggiefokes6677]

Her candle burned at both ends. It would not last the night. But oh my foes and oh my friends, it gave a lovely light. We miss you, Janis. ❤️

[@PeterCombs]

Many years ago a friend of mine was also a close friend of Janis and spent a lot of time touring with her and with her when she was off the road. He nearly died of sadness at her passing...he recovered, but it took time. During her life, she never fully realized how much the people around her truly loved her.

[@roadkill7314]

I've never found anybody like her. Beth Hart comes close sometimes but there's only one Janis. Please check out more of her music.

[@chanteleigh]

Susan Tedeschi reminds me of her a bit from time to time. But I've never heard anyone that compares.

[@waltercechanowicz6902]

I must agree whole heartedly...Beth Hart "Am I the one?" Live I think at paradiso. Very close to the heart and soul of Janice.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I agree, Beth comes closest to Janice🤗❤️🐝

[@eliseintheattic9697]

I can't believe I never heard this before. I had no idea she covered this and I'm blown away. This is absolutely incredible. She was such a powerhouse.

[@marthalikens482]

Janis never wore makeup, her hair always looked like it had never been brushed, she was just natural raw talent!!

[@joanlajara3939]

Janis transcends all races! She’s just so soulful as a human being! Please do everything she has done! No one like her! RIP Janis ❤️

[@taksorci4531]

The band is killing it! Janis is one of my favorite singers of all time!

[@DonnaAnnDeFelice]

Love my girl, Janis Joplin!! RIP Queen of blues!❤

[@violetfemme411]

You might want to listen to Janis singing the Kris Kristofferson song "Me and Bobby Magee". My mom used to play that song on repeat, as she was a HUGE fan of both Kris and Janis. It brings me to tears when I hear it now, but I'll shed those tears if it means sharing this iconic performance with you. 💜

[@diamondlil9807]

Polo, I am excited for you to finally experience Janis Joplin. I predict you will be blown away and wanting more, more, more!😄

[@rubysudebler9479]

She is and always will be my favorite female artist. She touched my soul early in life. I always said I have an old soul ❤

[@ForeverDC_]

Janis was such an amazing and powerful singer who was influenced by many African American folk and blues performers such as Leadbelly, Odetta, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith! She was just a simple soprano, but when she heard the powerful American Blues singers she admired so much, she knew that was the sound she wanted...powerful and gritty, leaving it all on the stage! When Led Zeppelin came to the States, Janis was a definite influence on Robert Plant. He loved American gritty blues singers, just as she did, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith was also greatly influenced by Janis, as well as, Amy Winehouse and Lucinda Williams. Her life was so tragic and we lost her so young! She has been gone over 50 years (1970), Jimi Hendrix died only two weeks earlier at age 27 too. The 27 Club, Janis, Jimi, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse + others, so sad to lose so much talent so young. I am always excited to see the younger generations finding and enjoying her music and keeping it alive!

[@Straydogger]

Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson from Canned Heat, and many others.

[@gilwood7530]

I was born in 66 and my mama was a big fan of Janis so I heard it a lot as a very little boy and always loved her...Miss you Mom

[@DeborahToney-ku4uz]

Oh my gosh you are so in for a Blues experience of a lifetime whooo gives you chills 🎶💕🎶💕🎶💕🎶

[@zekebilbo1431]

"Summertime" is a standard performed by many singers. Her version is incredible. The arrangement is how the song is sung, and the music supporting the words. Now that you heard Janis' version, check out Billy Stewart's version here on KZbin. It's wild!

[@guyray1504]

Also ckeck out " The Righteous Brothers " cover of this song. Bobby sings this by himself and is so soulful.

[@jandrury125]

The song is from the 1935 George Gerswhin musical stage show "Porgy and Bess", which it's stipulated, can only be performed by a cast of black artists. It's set against a backdrop of poverty and prejudice in South Carolina. This stipulation ensures it could never be performed by white artists in 'black face'. Summertime is one of the most covered songs across many genres. This arrangement is amazing ❤

[@michelejohnson8585]

I remember Janis Joplin when I was a kid, what a powerhouse of a voice

[@ClaudiaKasvin]

I saw her live at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and she raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Her voice was a gut punch to the soul. I was a fan from that moment.

[@puppetmaster3371]

Having seen Janis Joplin in the 70's sing Ball and Chain and Summertime just gave me the shivers.

[@shirleymongold1201]

This song is from Gershwin's opera "Porgy & Bess". One of the finest stage plays ever

[@valeriebrooks8944]

You’re so right! Soul just bursts from her entire being. Her album, Pearl, is one of my all time favorites ❤