Janis
Lyn
"Pearl"
Joplin
Born in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Seth Ward Joplin
and Dorothy Bonita (East) Joplin
Sister of
[private sister (unknown - unknown)] and [private brother (unknown - unknown)]
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 May 2014
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Biography
Janis Joplin is Notable.
(From Wikipedia)
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year solo career include "Down on Me", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Cry Baby", "Mercedes Benz", and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee".
Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as "electric". At the height of her career, she was known as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul," and became known as Pearl among her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Sample recording: Piece of My Heart
- Sample recording: Me & Bobby McGee
notes
Regardless of Wikipedia information, her bands were blues/ rock, not psychedelic rock. Janis did not like LSD, preferring bourbon. Read any of her biographies listed under Sources.
Sources
- Joplin. Laura. Love, Janis. Villard, 1992, written by her sister.
- George-Warren, Holly. Janis: Her Life and Music.
- Friedman, Myra. Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin, Crown, 1992.
- Texas birth index 1903-1997; "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6SS-9QZ : 1 January 2015), Janis Lyn Joplin, 19 Jan 1943; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
- California death index 1940-1997; "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCD-S3Y : 26 November 2014), Janis L Joplin, 04 Oct 1970; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTN-CFJZ : 22 August 2018), Janis L Joplin, 1970.
- Burial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/555?page=gr. Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea. Specifically: Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean
- "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5W-1MYT : accessed 21 August 2019), Janis Joplin in entry for Seth Ward Joplin, Texas, United States, 22 May 1987; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janis by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janis by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janis:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Phyllis (Merryman) Cloyd 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T182272 [compare], FTDNA kit #539789
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Cynthia Cloyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU6021870 [compare], Ancestry member ccloyd11
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695503 [compare], FTDNA kit #489430
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ML9694229 [compare]
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Patricia (Menasco) Tanamachi :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A862403 [compare], Ancestry member ptanamachi50
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Shelley Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #689153
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- Is anyone closer than 19 degrees from Janis Joplin? Dec 1, 2020.
Janis is 16 degrees from June Cash, 17 degrees from Patsy Cline, 26 degrees from Mickey Guyton, 18 degrees from Naomi Judd, 17 degrees from Loretta Lynn, 37 degrees from Rita MacNeil, 17 degrees from Reba McEntire, 25 degrees from Joy Kirkpatrick, 19 degrees from Dolly Parton, 19 degrees from Minnie Pearl, 15 degrees from Kitty Wells and 28 degrees from Andrew Turvey on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
edited by Mary Leachman
We plan on featuring Janis alongside Eddie van Halen, the Example Profile of the Week, in the Connection finder on December 2nd. Between now and then is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can. A Team member will check on the profile Tuesday and make changes as necessary.
Thanks! Abby