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Janis Joplin Died Before Hearing Her No. 1 Hit — Kris Kristofferson Did

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Janis Joplin recorded Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" without telling him. Days later, she was dead. The next day, a producer played Kris her recording for the first time. He walked out of the studio and wandered through Los Angeles in tears. "It just blew me away," he later said. Janis had transformed his song into something deeply her own. Months later, her version reached No. 1—but she never lived to hear it on the radio. Kristofferson did. And for the next 54 years, he kept performing the song she left behind. "Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis," he said. Kris died in 2024, 54 years after her. For half a century, one song kept bringing Janis back to him. ???? Like if you believe voices never really leave us."

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