Janis Lyn Joplin Net Worth
Janis Lyn Joplin Net Worth is
$17 Million
Janis Lyn Joplin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Janis Lyn Joplin (/?d???pl?n/; January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter who first rose to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her own backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Her first ever large scale public performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival, this lead her to becoming very popular and one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour. Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year solo career include "Down on Me", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Cry Baby", "Mercedes Benz", and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee".Joplin was well known for her performing abilities, and her fans referred to her stage presence as "electric". At the height of her career, she was known as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul", and became known as "Pearl" among her friends. She was also a painter, dancer and music arranger. Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. | Full Name | Janis Joplin |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Date Of Birth | January 19, 1943 |
| Died | 1970-10-04 |
| Place Of Birth | Port Arthur, Texas, United States |
| Height | 5' 6" (1.68 m) |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Actress, Cinematographer |
| Education | Lamar University, Memorial High School, University of Texas at Austin, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, Kozmic Blues |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | Dorothy Joplin, Seth Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, Kozmic Blues |
| Siblings | Laura Joplinová, Michael Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, Kozmic Blues |
| Awards | Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, Kozmic Blues |
| Music Groups | Big Brother and the Holding Company, Full Tilt Boogie Band, Kozmic Blues Band, Me and Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, Kozmic Blues |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
| Star Sign | Capricorn |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shoulder-length brown hair |
| 2 | Distinctive raspy voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Most television shows are such shit, like selling plastic raindrops. |
| 2 | Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same fucking day man. |
| 3 | Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porches, I must make amends. |
| 4 | I'm a victim of my own insides. There was a time when I wanted to know everything. It used to make me very unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned to make that feeling work for me. I'm full of emotion and I want a release, and if you're on stage and if it's really working and you've got the audience with you, it's a oneness you feel. |
| 5 | I don't believe in gate-crashing. The people aren't up there when I'm sweating on a stage at a festival, breaking my ass. You can get the money to buy a concert ticket, man. Sell your old lady, sell your dope. Look at me, man, I'm selling my heart. |
| 6 | They're frauds, the whole goddamn hippie culture. They bitch about brainwashing from their parents and they do the same damn thing. I've never known a one of those people who would tolerate any way of life but their own. |
| 7 | You know, I have to have the umph. I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either. |
| 8 | [asked by a reporter what "acid rock" was] I wouldn't know. I'm a juicer. |
| 9 | On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. |
| 10 | My advice to everyone is come to California and I'll buy you a drink. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her passing was acknowledged in Don McLean's classic song "American Pie": "I met a girl who sang the blues/And I asked her for some happy news/But she just smiled and turned away.". |
| 2 | She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 4, 2013. |
| 3 | Pictured on a USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamp in the Music Icons series, issued 8 August 2014. Price on day of issue was 49¢. |
| 4 | Along with Grace Slick, she was one of the first female rock stars and an important figure in the directed change of rock music in the late 1960s. |
| 5 | Died at 27 years old, making her a member of the "27 Club"; the 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians who died at the age of 27. Other members include The Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, guitarist Jimi Hendrix, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. |
| 6 | Played by Janelle Powers in Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014). |
| 7 | Her good friend and former lover, Kris Kristofferson, has on numerous occasions stated that he is absolutely sure she did not commit suicide, but also believes that the course that Janis had chosen to take was a dangerous, self-destructive one, a fact of which he knows she was also aware. |
| 8 | The manual dexterity displayed during the very last moments of life (changing a five-dollar bill, using a cigarette machine and undressing despite drunkenness and expectation of a heroin high) was a lifelong trait. Biographer Myra Friedman was told by Joplin's parents that when they interacted with other new parents in Port Arthur, Texas in the 1940s, everyone noticed their first-born child's dexterity with eating utensils, drinking glasses and napkins. The Joplins often took their toddler to the homes of other new parents to demonstrate these motor skills. Regularly drove drunk in California (in her custom-built Porsche) during the last two years of her life. No accidents were ever reported (in newspapers or several biographies), and only one instance of getting pulled over is noted (in a book by Peggy Caserta, who claimed the officer recognized the singer and let her go with a warning). Only one known injury during a performance, which happened in College Park, Maryland and turned out to be a source of humor on The Dick Cavett Show (1968). Manual dexterity and the appearance of controlling her own destiny, no matter how drunk or stoned, diverted many people's attention from the possibility of imminent death. However, personal manager Albert Grossman expected it and (in June 1969) took out a $200,000 insurance policy on his client in case of accidental death. Grossman, famous for signing the young Bob Dylan, collected $112,000 from the San Francisco Associated Indemnity Corporation almost four years after his female client's "accident". During a three-week trial in the New York State Supreme Court, Grossman swore under oath he had not known in June 1969 that Joplin used heroin. He won the 1974 case against the insurer despite its efforts to prove Joplin's death had been a suicide. |
| 9 | Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen penned "Chelsea Hotel #2" about her. |
| 10 | Was high school classmates, in Port Arthur, with former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson, who gave her her nickname "Beat Weeds". |
| 11 | The character Frankie Hart in American Pop (1981) was based partially on her and partially on Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick. |
| 12 | Wrote her will shortly before her death. Drawing up the document with her Los Angeles lawyer, she set aside $2500 for her friends to throw a party in the event of her death. After she died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970, her friends followed her wishes and threw a party in her honor at a club in San Anselmo, California. The party invitations read: "Drinks are on Pearl". Younger sister Laura Joplin, six years her junior, was among those who attended. |
| 13 | October 4, 1970: Died of a heroin overdose while she was legally drunk in Room 105 of the Landmark Motor Hotel located next door to the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, California. After she mainlined the drug, she was able to leave her room, walk to the lobby, ask the desk clerk to change a five-dollar bill so she could spend 50 cents on a pack of cigarettes, pull the rigid knob on the cigarette machine, return to her room and remove some of her clothes. She then fell suddenly, breaking her nose. The desk clerk later stated that while he was giving her change she talked happily about the new album she was recording, although he believed, based on having interacted with her since her August 24 check in, that she "was not a happy person". Her body was discovered approximately 18 hours later by her road manager, who was the son of Alistair Cooke. |
| 14 | Posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. |
| 15 | Was cremated and her ashes were scattered on the Pacific Ocean. |
| 16 | Loved to drink Southern Comfort. |
| 17 | Was good friends with Grace Slick and Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson wrote her song "Me and Bobby McGee", which became her only 45 single to reach #1 on the Billboard chart. |
| 18 | Was friends with Jimi Hendrix. |
| 19 | She was voted the 47th Greatest Artist in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone. |
| 20 | Ranked #3 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll |
| 21 | In 2001, Topps trading cards, in their American Pie Baseball brand produced a "Piece of American Pie" memorabilia insert set that included a Joplin-worn dress that is seen on her album "Pearl". |
| 22 | Was the oldest of three children: has a younger sister, Laura Joplin, and a younger brother, Michael Joplin. |
| 23 | Was arrested for using "vulgar and indecent language" while performing at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Florida on November 16, 1969. Unlike Jim Morrison, who was arrested onstage in the middle of his Florida performance earlier in 1969, Joplin was allowed to finish her concert and then got handcuffed by police backstage. Was released on a $504 bond after spending approximately an hour behind bars. During the four days, she remained in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area awaiting a preliminary hearing, she went fishing. At the hearing, she was advised by a local lawyer she hired, Herbert Goldburg, that jail time was unlikely. A photographer for Associated Press captured the two of them leaving police headquarters after the proceedings. The image shows Joplin, clad in a fur coat, grinning and flashing a "V" sign with her fingers. Goldburg looks displeased. Joplin made a point of telling the AP that her sign stood for "victory, not peace". The following March she was fined $200 in absentia and the case was closed without her ever returning to Tampa. Curtis Hixon Hall has been demolished. |
| 24 | Was a member of the Glee Club and the Future Teachers of America while in high school. |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochéntame... otra vez | 2016 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
| Vinyl | 2016 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Colonia | 2015 | performer: "TRY JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER" | |
| Australian Story | 2014 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| She's Beautiful When She's Angry | 2014 | Documentary performer: "Piece of My Heart" | |
| Mad Men | 2013 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Bank Roll | 2012 | performer: "As Good as You've Been to This World" | |
| Voice - Danmarks største stemme | 2012 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Aufgspuit! | 2012 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Les Lyonnais | 2011 | "MOVE OVER" / writer: "MOVE OVER" | |
| So You Think You Can Dance | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| American Idol | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Gent de paraula | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | 2011 | writer: "Mercedes Benz" | |
| Les petits mouchoirs | 2010 | performer: "Kozmic Blues" / writer: "Kozmic Blues" | |
| Entourage | 2010 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| A Mulher Invisível | 2009 | performer: "A Woman Left Lonely" | |
| Taking Woodstock | 2009 | performer: "Try Just a Little Bit Harder" | |
| Watchmen | 2009 | performer: "Me and Bobby McGee" | |
| Banda sonora | 2007-2008 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
| Le premier jour du reste de ta vie | 2008 | performer: "Summertime" | |
| Queridos Amigos | 2008 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Esti showder | 2007 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Introducing the Dwights | 2007 | performer: "Piece of My Heart", "Move Over" / writer: "Move Over" | |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | 2005 | TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Romance & Cigarettes | 2005 | performer: "Piece of My Heart" | |
| Crossroads: A Jared Feldschreiber Film | 2004 | Short performer: "Piece of my Heart" | |
| Boston Public | 2004 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Idol | 2002-2003 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Waking the Dead | 2003 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Festival Express | 2003 | Documentary performer: "Cry Baby", "Ain't No More Cane", "Tell Mama", "Me & Bobby McGee" | |
| Janis et John | 2003 | arranger: "Down On Me" Live / performer: "Down On Me" Live, "Kozmic Blues" / writer: "Kozmic Blues" | |
| The Dreamers | 2003 | writer: "I Need a Man to Love" 1968 | |
| Rage | 2003 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Ultimate X: The Movie | 2002 | Documentary short performer: "Cry Baby" | |
| Mohamed | 2001 | Short performer: "Cry Baby" | |
| Eva & Adam - Fyra födelsedagar och ett fiasko | 2001 | writer: "Mercedes Benz" | |
| I cento passi | 2000 | performer: "Summertime" | |
| Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) | 2000 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Ball And Chain" | |
| Freaks and Geeks | 1999 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Three Kings | 1999 | writer: "Mercedes Benz" | |
| El tiempo de la felicidad | 1997 | performer: "Me and Bobby McGee" | |
| The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon | 1996 | Documentary writer: "Oh Sweet Mary" | |
| The History of Rock 'n' Roll | 1995 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Home for the Holidays | 1995 | performer: "Piece of My Heart" | |
| The War | 1994 | performer: "Summertime" | |
| Woodstock Diary | 1994 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Try Just a Little Bit Harder", "Ball and Chain" | |
| Le péril jeune | 1994 | lyrics: "Move over" / music: "Move over" / performer: "Move over" | |
| L'eau froide | 1994 | performer: "Me & Bobby McGee" | |
| Household Saints | 1993 | performer: "Maybe" | |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | 1991 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Indian Runner | 1991 | performer: "SUMMERTIME" | |
| Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document | 1990 | Video documentary writer: "Down on Me" | |
| Woodstock: The Lost Performances | 1990 | Video documentary performer: "Work Me Lord" | |
| The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | 1989 | writer: "Down On Me" | |
| Bangkok Hilton | 1989 | TV Mini-Series writer: "Mercedes-Benz " - uncredited | |
| Look Who's Talking | 1989 | performer: "Cry Baby" | |
| Off Limits | 1988 | performer: "Down on Me" / writer: "Down on Me" | |
| Women in Rock | 1986 | Video documentary performer: "Summertime", "Ball and Chain", "Piece of My Heart" - uncredited | |
| Série noire | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1986 writer - 1 episode, 1986 | ||
| Miami Vice | 1985 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style | 1983 | Video documentary performer: "Ball and Chain" - uncredited | |
| American Pop | 1981 | performer: "Summertime" | |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Chilly Scenes of Winter | 1979 | performer: "Get It While You Can" | |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1978 writer - 1 episode, 1978 | ||
| Coming Home | 1978 | performer: "Call on Me" 1966 | |
| Gladys and Her All-Girl Band | 1975 | performer: "Try Just a Little Bit Harder" - uncredited | |
| Little Girl Blue | 1974 | performer: "Little Girl Blue" - uncredited | |
| Woodstock | 1970 | Documentary performer: "Work Me, Lord" | |
| Music Scene | 1969 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Petulia | 1968 | performer: "Road Block", "Down On Me" - uncredited / writer: "Road Block", "Down On Me" - uncredited | |
| No More Excuses | 1968 | performer: "Down on Me" / writer: "Down on Me" |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Misfortunes of Francois Jane | 2016 | musician | |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | 2008 | soundtrack | |
| Die Sachverständigen | 1973 | musician |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball and Chain | 1967 | Short |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixuga | 2008 | Documentary |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter | 2011 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| Woodstock | 1970 | Documentary | Herself |
| Janis Joplin | 1970 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Musician |
| Keep on 'Rockin | 1969 | Short documentary | Herself |
| This Is Tom Jones | 1969 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Music Scene | 1969 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1969 | TV Series | Singer |
| Monterey Pop | 1968 | Documentary | Performer |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1968 | TV Series | Herself - Singer |
| Big Brother and the Holding Company: Come Up the Years | 1967 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Leno's Garage | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| American Masters | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
| Girl in a Band | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Janis: Little Girl Blue | 2015 | Documentary | Herself |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Australian Story | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Tu cara me suena - Argentina | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Singer |
| Common Ground: The Music Festival Experience | 2014 | Short | Herself |
| Soul Power! | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| 60 Minutes | 2006-2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself (segment "The Entertainers") |
| Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Fantástico | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Love, Janis | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Get Yer Ya Ya's Out | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Woodstock: Now & Then | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Doors: When You're Strange | 2009 | Documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Banda sonora | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| Chelsea on the Rocks | 2008 | Documentary | Herself |
| 68 | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| More or Less Related Incidents in Recent History | 2007 | Documentary | |
| Final 24 | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Summer of Love | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Video on Trial | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Queens of Heartache | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Musikprogrammet - programmet om musik | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Death by Excess | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| Biography | 2000-2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Festival Express | 2003 | Documentary | Herself - Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band |
| Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats | 2003 | Video | Herself |
| Pink Floyd The Wall Redux | 2002 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| Nine Hundred Nights | 2001 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The Best of Music Flashback Television Shows: Featuring Music Scene and Hullabaloo | 2001 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Hendrix | 2000 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
| My Generation | 2000 | Documentary | Herself |
| Reputations | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
| Intimate Portrait | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Power Vision - Pop Galerie | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| VH1 Legends | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The History of Rock 'n' Roll | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Woodstock Diary | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Comin' Home | 1991 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Woodstock: The Lost Performances | 1990 | Video documentary | Herself |
| When the Applause Died | 1990 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties | 1986 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Women in Rock | 1986 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | 1986 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Years | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style | 1983 | Video documentary | Herself |
| When the Music's Over | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | |
| All You Need Is Love | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Janis | 1974 | Documentary | Herself |
| Free | 1973 | Documentary | |
| When the Music's Over... | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Musician |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Recording | On November 4, 2013. At 6752 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | For the song "Me and Bobby McGee" |
Known for movies
Watchmen (2009)
as Soundtrack
Three Kings (1999)
as Soundtrack
Les petits mouchoirs (2010)
as Soundtrack
The Dreamers (2003)
as Soundtrack