Janis Joplin were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean. Joplin's death in October 1970 at age 27 stunned her fans and shocked the music world, especially when coupled with the death just 16 days earlier of another rock icon, Jimi Hendrix, also at age 27. (This would later cause some people to attribute significance to the death of musicians at the age of 27, as celebrated in the notional '27 Club'.) Music historian Tom Moon wrote that Joplin had "a devastatingly original voice", music columnist Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" wrote that Joplin as an artist was "overpowering
The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two is a follow up compilation album to "The Essential Jimi Hendrix" (1978). The UK release also contained a 7-inch 33 rpm one-sided EP of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing the song "Gloria", that had been included with the first US "Essential" release. In the US in 1989, the two albums were combined for the CD release "The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volumes One and Two". All of the "Essential" albums have been replaced by later compilations. All songs composed by Jimi Hendrix except where noted. Also included with the