Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970), nicknamed "Pearl", was an American rock, soul and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, "Pearl", was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the "Billboard" charts. In 1967, Joplin rose to fame during an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then
Angel (Jimi Hendrix song) her album, "Making Life Rhyme". Canadian blues rock group The Jeff Healey band covered "Angel" for the 1995 album "Cover to Cover". Angel (Jimi Hendrix song) "Angel" is a song by American psychedelic rock musician Jimi Hendrix, featured on his 1971 posthumous studio album "The Cry of Love". Written and self-produced by Hendrix, the song was recorded for the guitarist's unreleased fourth studio album just months before he died in September 1970, and was later released as the lead single from his first posthumous studio album in the United Kingdom. Despite its late entry into the musician's catalog, the song