But Kristofferson told American Songwriter, “Now you can’t think of that song without thinking of Janis.”
Over the years, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Gordon Lightfoot, Rambling Jack Elliot, and others have recorded the track with unique energy. The short film scrapbooks the journeying lyrics originally penned by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster.
On the 50th anniversary of the No.1 Billboard Hot 100 debut of the timeless track, Columbia/Legacy Recordings and the Janis Joplin Estate released the first-ever official music video for Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” on March 20, 2020. Just days before Janis Joplin died from a suspected heroin overdose on October 4, 1970, the legendary singer-songwriter breathed new life into a now enduring classic, “Me and Bobby McGee.” Upon its release on January 12, 1971, her zestful rendition made history, becoming only the second posthumous single in pop music history to reach No.1, following Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” in 1968.
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