Janis Joplin was January 19th 1943. In 1966, she became the lead singer for "Big Brother and the Holding Company," and became recognized for her singing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. She became further noticed when she performed solo at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. On October 4, 1970, she was found dead in her room at the Hollywood, California Landmark Motor Hotel, from an apparent heroin-alcohol overdose.