Janis Joplin (before drugs overwhelmed her.)
Janis Joplin died at the age of 27, and I think her reputation as a singer is overstated because of her death.
To me, Janis is one of the worst singers of all time. An awful screeching mess. Steve Marriott with boobs. Janis sounds like Robert Plant, or Rod Stewart, only worse.
True.. Janis was awesome..I caught her a few times in the early 60’s in Washington Square in lower Manhattan..at the small clubs that were all over the place. Amazing voice...raw, grating sounds..she’d come out on stage, just a stool on it, with the mike, and holding a QUART of Southern Comfort..do about a 2 hour set..and she’d knock of the bottle by the tiome she was ginished. I don’t know how she could STAND, let alone sing..