To this day, Janis Joplin is one of the crucial figures in the ’60s flower-power movement. With hit songs such as “Me and ...

As if that wasn't impressive enough, it also earned them two Grammys: Best Arrangement Accompanying ... A year later, Janis Joplin put her now-iconic touch on it with Big Brother and the Holding ...

Kristofferson is known for the gritty realism of many of his best songs, but "Why Me" is a stark ... it in his 1970 debut album, but it was Janis Joplin's 1971 recording that launched the song ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the age of 88, was truly one of the greatest songwriters of the past 60 years. No less ...

8) Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - One of his most romantic songs and Kristofferson's first chart ...

In 2006, the late Kris Kristofferson released an acclaimed new album, This Old Road, and spoke to writer Paul Sexton frankly ...

Learn about the fleeting relationship between Kris Kristofferson and Janis Joplin that led to her cover of "Me and Bobby McGee." ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more.

Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and many, many more enjoyed great success from Kristofferson's penmanship. "I don't think of songs in terms of hits.

The Janis Joplin Experience starring Lisa Polizzi will play at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the historic Crescent Theater in ...

Nick Gravenites, the blues singer and guitarist for The Electric Flag and songwriter for Janis Joplin ... He also wrote hit songs for Joplin and a list of musicians including Pure Prairie League ...