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Kristofferson also appears briefly singing the song in the 1971 Dennis Hopper film The Last Movie. Janis Joplin recorded the song for inclusion on her Pearl album only a few days before her death in October 1970. Singer Bob Neuwirth taught it to her while Kristofferson was in Peru filming The Last Movie with Dennis Hopper. [5]
[10] [60] [61] Kristofferson briefly dated Janis Joplin before her death in October 1970. [60] His second marriage was to singer Rita Coolidge in 1973, ending in divorce in 1980. [ 4 ] [ 60 ] Kristofferson married Lisa Meyers in 1983.
The posthumous Pearl (1971) became the biggest-selling album of her career [45] and featured her biggest hit single, a cover of Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster's "Me and Bobby McGee" [69] (Kristofferson had previously been one of Joplin's lovers, though the song was taught to her by Neuwirth). [70]
It was originally recorded by honky tonk singer Roger Miller in 1968, before Janis Joplin, whom Kristofferson briefly dated, recorded arguably the definitive version for what would become her ...
Kris Kristofferson, the legendary country singer and acclaimed actor, ... Janis Joplin, recorded his song “Me and Bobby McGee” for her album Pearl, which was released posthumously.
The queen of hippy soul, Janis Joplin, made “Me and Bobby McGee" one of her signature songs. In Kristofferson's official bio, Dylan is quoted as saying, "You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and ...
Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. ... Her rendition of “Me and Bobby McGee,” which was written by one-time boyfriend Kris Kristofferson was a number 1 single on the ...
This way, Joplin used blues conventions not to transcend pain, but "to scream it out of existence". [27] Until her death in 1970, "Piece of My Heart" was Joplin's biggest chart success and best-known song. ("Me and Bobby McGee", which Kris Kristofferson wrote, eclipsed "Piece of My Heart" when it appeared after her death in 1970. It went to ...