Janis Joplin was found dead on this day in 1970

Janis Joplin was found dead on this day in 1970, victim of a drug overdose. Ironically, she was to record her vocals for what song the next day?

On this day in 1970, Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood, California with fresh needle marks in her arm – it was ruled an overdose on heroin.

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In 1980, Fleetwood Mac presented a platinum disc to the USC marching band for their help on “Tusk” – recorded with 260 musicians playing during the halftime intermission of a game at Dodger Stadium in the fall of 1979.

In 1996, Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone, former lead singer of the Boston band Extreme, would replace Sammy Hagar as the Van Halen’s vocalist.