Jimi Hendrix three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, "Electric Ladyland", reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age
Freedom (Jimi Hendrix song) Freedom (Jimi Hendrix song) "Freedom" is a song by Jimi Hendrix first released in 1971 on the album "The Cry of Love". The song was written by Hendrix and recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 25th, 1970. [Also released as a single, it was only one of two posthumous Hendrix singles to appear on the "Billboard" Hot 100, where it reached number 59. It is now one of the more popular songs in the Hendrix collection, and is a staple in many compilation works. It was later featured on the 1997 album "First Rays of the New Rising Sun".