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    • Oct 17, 2005
    While celebrating its 100th anniversary, Variety ranks Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, Irving Berlin, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Janis Joplin, Little Richard and The Rolling Stones among its 100 Icons Of The Century
    Dec 2, 2005
    Janis Joplin is added to the Walk of Fame at the Ford Exhibit Hall in Beaumont, Texas. Her recording of "Me And Bobby McGee" was ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 7, 2006
    Blender hits newsstands with a list of "The 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars." Included are Freddie Mercury, #17; Ronnie Van Zant, #18; Janis Joplin, #19; Maurice Gibb, #20; and George Harrison, #23
    Nov 27, 2008
    Ray Charles ranks #2 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All-Time. Among other deceased stars listed: Sam Cooke, #4; Otis Redding, #8; James Brown, #10; Roy Orbison, #13; Jackie Wilson, #26; Janis Joplin, #28; Buddy Holly, #48; Wilson Pickett, #68; and Karen Carpenter, #94
    Nov 24, 2009
    The Recording Academy names The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Mr. Bojangles" a new entry in the Grammy Hall of Fame along with Janis Joplin's album "Pearl" and recordings by Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, James Brown and The Beach Boys
    Mar 28, 2010
    "Pancho And Lefty" songwriter Townes Van Zandt and Janis Joplin are inducted into the Austin Music Memorial at the Long Center For The Performing Arts
    Aug 25, 2010
    "Johnny B. Goode" author Chuck Berry ranks #30 among Gibson.com's Top 50 Frontmen (And Frontwomen) Of All Time. Also listed nearby: Janis Joplin, #28; AC/DC's Brian Johnson, #27; and AC/DC's Bon Scott, #25
    Sep 6, 2010
    Lynyrd Skynyrd ranks #77 among VH1's "100 Greatest Music Artists Of All Time," joined in the 70s by Janis Joplin, #72; and Van Morrison, #73
    Feb 7, 2011
    Valory releases Justin Moore's "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" to radio. Remembered in the second verse: Hank Williams and Janis Joplin
    Jan 6, 2013
    The National Museum of Women in the Arts closes a Women Who Rock exhibit in Washington, D.C. The display honored Loretta Lynn's "The Pill" and Maybelle Carter alongside Donna Summer, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Cher and Janis Joplin
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