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Classic Photos of Janis Joplin

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Janis Joplin
Photograph © Daniel Kramer

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'Piece of My Heart'

Photographer Daniel Kramer captures Janis Joplin cutting her 1968 hit "Piece of My Heart" in New York. "Janis wanted a bottle of Southern Comfort, so I accompanied her to a local wine store, then she did a few takes," he recalls. "It was an empty studio, there was no stage or audience, no one to work to — yet she was just incredible."

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