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’s final recording, “Mercedes Benz,” began as an impromptu drinking-session jam involving a songwriter, two Hollywood actors, a future rock star, and a poet. Huddled at Vahsen’s in Port ...

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 ...

Take a look back at the career of Janis Joplin, from her earliest songs to the last one recorded before her tragic death.