She recorded the song just three days before her death, but its remarkable story began at a bar weeks earlier.

In 1970, Janis Joplin recorded one of the most unusual songs of her career. There were no guitars, no drums and no full band behind her. Instead, "Mercedes Benz" featured only Joplin's voice ...

Janis Joplin was like a fireworks display. Brilliantly explosive, colorful and stunning, bombastic and captivating, a kaleidoscopic wonder burning loud and brightly that ends nearly as soon as it ...

On the 80th anniversary of the singer’s birthday, we recount the tale of her quirky little ditty’s Westchester origins. It was at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, and a bar a few doors down, that ...