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JOPLIN, JANIS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
JOPLIN, JANIS
<b>1378. JANIS JOPLIN </b>(1943 - 1970) American rock and blues singer who incorporated the styles of Bessie Smith and Billy Holiday producing albums with Big Brother and the Holding Company and Full Tilt Boogie Band. Died of a heroin overdose in 1970. Signature and return address on the verso of an envelope, Port Arthur, Tx., 1965, addressed by her to her lover, Peter LeBlanc: "<i>Miss Janis Lyn Joplin 3130 Lombardy Port Arthur, Tex.</i>". Very good.<b>$600-800</b>