“Why would I want to own a studio? I’d rather be a client,” this was Walt Disney’s response to his company’s director of recording, Tutti Camarata when he recommended they set up a studio somewhere to ...

We might commonly associate classic 1950s and 60s cuts like “Hound Dog” and “Ball and Chain” with superstars Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin, respectively, but there was a different blues legend ...

If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin. Joplin sang from the soul and with a voice hewn as if from sandpaper. And she lived a ...

Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, ...

The trailblazing soulful singer died at 27 on Oct. 4, 1970 Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, HuffPost, Logo News, MTV News ...

Nick Gravenites, a Chicago blues musician who relocated to San Francisco in the 1960s and played an important role in that city’s burgeoning rock scene, died September 18, after many months of failing ...