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    • Oct 27, 1969
    Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Great Balls Of Fire" and "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" on ABC's "The Music Scene." Elsewhere on the show are Janis Joplin, Richie Havens and Isaac Hayes
    Nov 16, 1969
    Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa for using vulgar language on stage. Within a year, she records "Me And Bobby McGee," hailed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the greatest country singles in history
    Dec 4, 1969
    Glen Campbell sings "Someday Soon" in the spotlight on the ABC show "This Is Tom Jones." Also performing is Janis Joplin
    Dec 16, 1969
    Skeeter Davis watches from the side of the stage as Janis Joplin performs at the Fairground Coliseum in Nashville. The set includes "Me And Bobby McGee"
    Jun 12, 1970
    Jerry Lee Lewis' concert in Louisville, Kentucky, attracts a significant fan: Janis Joplin
    Aug 8, 1970
    "Me And Bobby McGee" vocalist Janis Joplin purchases a headstone for late blues singer Bessie Smith
    Aug 15, 1970
    Janis Joplin attends her 10-year high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas, then goes to The Pelican Club to see Jerry Lee Lewis. Backstage, she slugs the Killer after he insults her sister
    Sep 25, 1970
    Janis Joplin records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Me And Bobby McGee" at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound. The song is named in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest all-time singles
    Oct 4, 1970
    Rock vocalist Janis Joplin is found dead of a heroin overdose at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles. Her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes a posthumous hit, and her "Piece Of My Heart" is later remade country by Faith Hill
    Oct 13, 1970
    Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean in a ceremony on the coast of California. The next year, her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is released, eventually honored among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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