After writing "Me And Bobby McGee", which would later be covered by Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson's career exploded.

Sometimes, rock songs can top the pop charts, and these 1970s tunes prove that it's definitely possible to be a crossover ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Sunday at the age ... version in the one recorded by Kristofferson's former paramour, Janis Joplin, shortly before her death in 1970. While her exuberant version ...

His breakthrough album followed Janis Joplin’s posthumous No 1 hit with “Me And Bobby McGee” and contained “Epitaph”, written in her memory. “Epitaph” was written when Janis died.

"I'm here because of that man," says Church while honoring Kristofferson Nancy Kruh is ... returned “Me and Bobby McGee” – the Janis Joplin classic – to its country roots.

Then when Janis Joplin recorded his iconic song “Me ... “It was important to me.” * Kris Kristofferson & The Strangers perform in MACC’s Castle Theater on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The show ...

Janis’ sexual conquests later included Sam Andrew, Joe McDonald, Kris Kristofferson ... like her first biographer Myra Friedman, Joplin’s sexual promiscuity went hand-in-hand with her live ...

When Bob Dylan was honored in 2015 as the MusiCares Person of The Year ceremony in Los Angeles, he paid tribute to fellow music icon Kris Kristofferson ... to Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin ...

In her new memoir, Just Kids, Patti Smith tells of a night in New York when she saw Kris Kristofferson ... his tune "Me and Bobby McGee" for Janis Joplin, who soon recorded it.