Joplin Essays

Believe it or not, but it’s been 45 years of Janis Joplin gone. She has been gone for quite a while, but she still hasn’t left our hearts. Article by: Maha Salman Janis Lyn Joplin, a famous musician, born to Seth Joplin and Dorothy Joplin as their first child on January 19th 1943 in Port- Arthur, Texas. As she grew older, she became a big sister at the age of 6, to a small baby sister, Laura Joplin, then four years later came a baby brother, Michael Joplin. Janis was a fairly good student and was having

Janis Joplin Sixties rock star Janis Joplin, well known for her bluesy vocals and free-spirited demeanor, died in the 1970’s of what was determined an accidental overdose of heroin. Joplin was only 27 years old at the time. This brings about both a certain amount of shock to myself, being around the same age, and no shock at all, given her untamed lifestyle. A life so full of beloved success was cut short due to the epidemic of opioid usage still plaguing our streets today. Though Joplin carries

Music and Scott Joplin Ragtime has its roots in the African-American music, and it was popular in the 1890s to the early 1900s. Moreover, through published compositions, ragtime artists managed to spread the music throughout America (Berlin 130). Consequently, the popularity of ragtime music led to an increase in the demand for pianos. The piano was the primary instrument used to produce ragtime music compositions. Nonetheless, one of the pioneers of the ragtime music was Scott Joplin. In fact, the

When someone says ragtime music one of the first artists that comes to mind if not the first is Scott Joplin. His catchy tunes can be heard in movies like The Sting, an Academy Award winning picture. He can be heard on a hot summer day coming from the speakers of an ice cream truck; probably the first time most people hear his music. Scott Joplin’s music

The “official story” of the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011 is a composite of assertions from public officials and media outlets, collected data from relief agencies, and recalled details of the citizenry. This story developed from the ongoing, dialogical process of storytelling, combining details from many sources and distilling the information into themes shared in the majority of tales, while stripping most individual stories from the overall account. It is the story of a city; individuals

Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. He is most famously known for his ragtime compositions such as “The Entertainer” or “Maple Leaf Rag” which still resonate with many audiences today. I believe that Scott Joplin is indeed the pioneer of ragtime. To this day, many refer to him as being the “King” of ragtime. It was Joplin who created this “ragtime madness” that instantly swept the world. Throughout my paper, I will discuss how his originality in ragtime helped establish himself

die at a very young age just as their popularity and talent was at their peak. My book was about one of those artists . The book that shows this is Buried Alive, a book about Janis Joplin. The book shows the honest truth of a musician with an addictive personality who unfortunately let it run her life. Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas on January 19, 1943, at a young age, she fell in love with music and sang in her church choir. She was made fun of in high school because of her weight

through Joplin, Missouri, killing 161 people and causing over 1,000 injuries as the powerful storm destroyed over 2,000 buildings, making it the deadliest single tornado on record in the U.S. since 1950. The afternoon was hot and humid on May 22, 2011, resulting in a supercell thunderstorm that was tracked from extreme southeast Kansas into far southwest Missouri. This storm along with others generated additional tornadoes, wind damage and flash flooding across far southwest Missouri. The Joplin Tornado

phenomenons that we have. The Joplin tornado was one of the worst tornados that were recorded. This was also the deadliest tornado that has ever happened in the United States. These natural disasters were from Oklahoma all the way to North Carolina. There was over a 150 tornados that spawned from these natural disasters. Tornados started to spawn everywhere that went from Texas to New York. The Joplin tornado killed over 300 people and many more injures. The Joplin tornado was on May 22, 2011. It

Janis Joplin’s Game Janis Joplin was a music performer who played a vital role in the transformation of American society during the 1960’s. She is recognized for having had a tremendously powerful influence on people of the counterculture. This essay uses the humanistic perspective to explain the significance link between Janis Joplin and the effect that she had on the counterculture. By understand Janis Joplin from a emotional point, one will better understand the reasoning behind her actions

The Joplin Tornado was a very extreme F-5 tornado that killed and injured many people. To begin, the articles "The Evil Swirling Darkness" and the article "A Storm Chaser 's First-Hand Account of the Joplin Tornado" both give very different accounts of what happened the day of the tornado. One example of a difference between the two articles is how the second article talks a lot about how after the tornado had finished, there were no emergency responders that came to help the people who had experienced

In Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902 James Nathaniel Hughes and Carrie Langston had a son named James Mercer Langston Hughes. Soon after his birth James’s parents separated. James Nathaniel Hughes then moved to Mexico and because Carrie Langston moved around a lot in search of work, James was raised primarily by his maternal grandmother, Mary Patterson Langston in Lawrence, Kanas. Langston says he remembers his grandmother sitting him in her lap and telling him stories of courageous slaves who

his birth, but Scott Joplin still made his mark in Arkansas as “The King of Ragtime”. Scott Joplin was born to the parents of Giles Joplin, who was a former slave, and his mother, Florence Givens, who was a freed slave. It isn’t recorded where or when Scott Joplin was born, but we do know that he was born in the years of 1867-1868, and estimated around November 24th. Joplin had 5 siblings, Monroe, Robert, Rose, William, and Johnny. He was the second oldest out of six. Joplin wasn’t able to go to

Critique: Janis Joplin, “Cry Baby,” from the album Pearl Janis Joplin was unarguably one of the first, and greatest female rock stars of her time. In fact she “broke the mold of how women in rock and roll were expected to act and took the world of music by storm” . Joplin had this edgy personality that matched up perfectly with her powerful voice, not only was she known for her raspy voice, but also for all her high energy used to generate such emotional music. Most know that although Joplin was a wonderful

Scott Joplin Scott Joplin was born in 1868 in northeastern Texas. Scott Joplin is regarded as the “King of Ragtime”. He is known for his ragtime music, he wrote 44 ragtime songs including The Maple Leaf Rag which is the best-selling ragtime song. Joplin also wrote multiple operas including Guest of Honor and Treemonisha. He went to Sedalia’s George R. Smith College where he studied music and taught other ragtime musicians. Scott Joplin grew up in a musical family, his mother sang and

Scott Joplin was born November 24 1868. Scott Joplin was the second of the six children born to Giles Joplin and Florence Givins near Linden, Texas. Scott Joplin was an ex-slave from North Carolina and Givins from Kentucky, a Free born African American.The first post – slavery generation of the African Americans was represented clearly during the birth of Scott Joplin. When Joplin was seven years old, the family moved over to Texarkana where Giles was employed as a railroad employee and Florence

not only influenced audiences but entertained them. Some popular artists of this time that were huge fashion icons include Janis Joplin, The Eagles and Stevie Nicks. In the beginning of this decade, the war in Vietnam was ongoing since the 1950’s and was drawing to a soon end, along with the continuation of the Cold War which had already lasted several decades.

Al Jolson, one of the greatest entertainers to bring a symphony of jazz which expresses love and peace to society. To comprehend, Al Jolson’s music can be heard all over the theaters of Washington D.C. and New York City. Al Jolson was born in Asa Yoelson on May 26, 1886, in Srednick, Russia. When Jolson was young he enjoyed the idea of singing and dancing. Not out of pity or such, but Jolson began to sing and dance in the streets for money because it was something he fell in love with. He began

February 9th, 1964: The Beatles took the world by storm by making their debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. The popular rock group included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They’ve changed the world with their music and became the best selling band in history. The Beatles are one of the most influential music groups impacting the world in more ways than one. The Beatles were considered political activists by using their music as a way to talk about issues happening in the

In our world today, many people find it difficult to seek the happiness and satisfaction in downhearted times. Thus making it strenuous and burdensome to strive for prosperity when hope seems impossible to find. Finding lightness in the darkness is a trait that not many people possess, so making the best out of a situation and finding the “light” is key to making a negative situation better. Many main characters in the novel The Scarlet Letter written by Arthur Miller possess these qualities. These