While no artist can claim to know exactly when they will take their final bows, these songs were the best way these acts ...

We explore two alleged (and equally creepy) stories of Janis Joplin having to teach Jim Morrison a lesson with a glass bottle ...

He performed songs by Kris Kristofferson ... of “Me and Bobby McGee” to close the show. While Kristofferson wrote the song, Janis Joplin made it famous. King’s soulful blues-inspired ...

Terry spoke with Kris Kristofferson in 1999 ... having any expectations or anything to live up to. GROSS: How did Janis Joplin end up recording this song? KRISTOFFERSON: Bobby Neuwirth taught ...

In 2006, the late Kris Kristofferson released an acclaimed ... I never wrote that for a girl to sing,” he revealed. “But Janis [Joplin], I can’t do it without thinking of her.

Kris Kristofferson. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Sammi Smith, Dolly Parton, Roger Miller, Janis Joplin and many other artists. While he was ...

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON in a scene from the 1976 film A Star is ... “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “For the Good Times,” and one-time girlfriend Janis Joplin’s plaintive No. 1 hit, “Me and Bobby ...

By ANDREW DALTON and KRISTIN M. HALL ...

Me and Bobby McGee became a posthumous hit for Janis Joplin, who once dated Kristofferson. "You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything," Bob Dylan is quoted on ...

LOS ANGELES — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with ... whether Ray Price crooning “For the Good Times” or Janis Joplin belting out “Me and Bobby McGee.” He starred opposite Ellen ...