Blues Singer Janis Joplin
Singer Janis Joplin died of a drug overdose at age 26 on October 4, 1970. (Undated file photo) (UPI Photo/Files)
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UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
WOODSTOCK, N.Y., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Rock music photographer Barry Feinstein, who shot iconic album covers for musicians such as Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin, has died in Kingston, N.Y.
BOSTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Aerosmith frontman and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler has finished his memoir and it could be in stores by Father's Day, its publishers said.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., July 19 (UPI) -- Artist Tom Wilkes, known for designing albums for popular rock music acts, has died at age 69 in Pioneertown, Calif., his daughter says.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Larry Norman, widely regarded as the "father of Christian rock music," has died of heart failure at age 60 at his home in Salem, Ore., his family said.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A home in Port Arthur, Texas, is now adorned with an official state historical marker informing people the late singer Janis Joplin used to live there.
UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008.
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- What is being billed as the largest grouping of celebrity artwork ever exhibited is set to go on public display at Artexpo Las Vegas at the end of the month.
BUCHAREST, Romania, June 27 (UPI) -- Rockers Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson will sing together at the same concert for the first time ever Sunday at B'Estival in Bucharest, Romania.
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