This story in the Chronicle's Sunday Zest magazine on Aug. 23, 1970. Excerpts of the story, as it ran then, follow. Janis Joplin, the celebrated demigoddess of blue-eyed soul, the heiress to the ...

Janis Ian circa 1970s (left) and in 2023. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian had a Top 20 hit at age 16 with her 1966 debut single "Society's Child" The song, written from the point of view of a young girl ...

Why Janis Ian’s song “At Seventeen” was so universally beloved Janis Ian wrote “At Seventeen” about the “pain of adolescence” and not fitting in, but the themes of the song spoke to audiences of all ...

1. Before she became famous, Janis once walked up to Bob Dylan and told him she was going to be famous one day. He responded, “Yeah, we all gonna be famous.” 2. She wasn’t afraid to admit that she ...

In September 1970, Janis Joplin was optimistic about her future. She neared completion of her latest album, Pearl, and was engaged to Seth Morgan, who reportedly lived off a trust fund from his ...

1. I'm working hard not to make this an album about her death. (But isn't this an album about her death? Wouldn't you want a way of understanding it?) Maybe a list of what she needed to say before she ...

Peggy Caserta at Mnasidika, her shop in Haight-Ashbury, with in-store leathersmith Bobby Boles. Photo: Herb Greene/Courtesy of Peggy Caserta Peggy Caserta remembers the moment when Janis Joplin became ...

Janis herself has never sounded better on record, but it took me four full listenings to the LP before I could hear her. That’s how bad her band is. When (and if) you get hold of this record, my ...

Nia Janis is an American actress, singer, and dancer who has made her mark in both Broadway and television. Born and raised in New York City, Janis began her career as a child performer and eventually ...

His role on the hit sitcom was just one of more than 100 film and television credits; he was also a fine jazz trombonist and co-owner of an art gallery. By Neil Genzlinger Conrad Janis, an actor ...

He was a star of stage, screen, jazz club, art gallery and beyond. Conrad Janis, a legendary jazz trombonist who starred on the ABC sitcom “Mork & Mindy,” died on March 1 at age 94. His death was ...

He starred on Broadway as a teenager and appeared in a Philip Marlowe movie at Fox when he was 19. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Conrad Janis, the Dixieland trombonist and actor best known for playing ...