Three Influential Rock Singers Who Died At 27
Music is the only escape from reality, scholars say. And it is the truth since we sapiens have not explored other sources of peace and chills the music gives. When we treasure someone’s music and their musical legacy, we wish that they could live to optimum years to provide us with their best accolades throughout the time.
However, time and tide wait for no one. Some we miss sooner, and some we got to experience for longer than others.
Here are three of the most fantastic rock performers, singers, and musicians, who died early at the age of 27. Yet, they left one of the outstanding and praiseworthy music credits of all time.
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1) Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix is considered the ‘King of Rock Music.’ He is still praised for his outrageous guitar-playing skills, through which he went on pursuing experimental music in his career.
Jimi Hendrix was born Johhny Allen Hendrix on 27 November 1942 in Seattle, Washington. Later, his parents, Al and Lucille, changed his name to James Marshall. However, his childhood was not as expected, and he lives a hectic phase, sometimes ending up in the care of relatives and acquaintances.
But Hendrix caught the guitar from an early age and grew up synchronizing the world with his experimental music. His father bought him his first acoustic guitar when he was 16 and later followed with an electric guitar when he was 17. And the rest is history.
Throughout his over a decade-long music career, he was widely praised for his live performances in Woodstock 1969, where he performed ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Until this date, there is a statement regarding his guitar playing, and that is;
If anyone can play the guitar with his teeth, that is Jimi Hendrix.
Not even the greatest guitarists of all time, Jimi Page and Dimebag Darrell, managed to play licks with their teeth.
Jimi Hendrix’s Albums
Jimi Hendrix lived only for twelve years after he first got his guitar. But still, he managed to pursue the world’s attention through his outstanding music credits. He brought three studio albums, three live albums, and two compilation albums in his short-career term. They are listed below:
Studio Albums
- Are You Experienced (1967)
- Axis: Bold As Love (1968)
- Electric Ladyland (1968)
Live Albums
- Band of Gypsys (1970)
- Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and more (1970)
- Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival (1970)
Compilation Albums
- Smash Hits (1968)
- Electric Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Jimi Hendrix died at the age of 27 on 18 September 1970. Dr. John Bannister pronounced him dead at St. Mary Abbot’s Hospital at 12:45 pm.
2) Janis Joplin
There will be no debate if you call late Janis Joplin a ‘Queen of Rock Music.’ People prefer her music more than any other legendary bands that may include Beatles, Led Zeppelin, or Freddy Mercury.
Janis Joplin is one of the best female singers, who are rare to discover. If you want a crisp and grungy sound and love Rock N’ Roll, Janis Joplin is the first name whose songs you should put on a priority list.
Late Joplin was born on 19 January 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas. Although she was actively involved in the music scene, she did not find the way to fame before joining a band called Big Brother and Holdings Inc. in 1966. A couple of years later, the band’s album named ‘Cheap Thrills’ became a worldwide hit.
The following year in 1969, Joplin brought her solo album entitled ‘I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama!,’ which attained mixed reviews. However, her second solo album ‘Pearl’ was a successful accolade.
Since then, Joplin started ruling the Rock n’ Roll music scene with some of the greatest hits on her account. Throughout her career, she released numerous albums, which are listed below;
- Big Brother and the Holding Company (1967)
- Cheap Thrills (1968)
- Live At Winterland ’68 (1998)
- Live at Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2012)
- I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again, Mama! (1969)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Pearl (1971)
- In Concert (1972)
Janis Joplin tragically lost her life at the age of 27 due to a drug overdose on 4 October 1970 at her apartment in Hollywood, California. Medical reports say that she had an accidental drug overdose.
3) Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison is one of the history makers in Rock n’Roll Music. He is widely acclaimed as a frontman of the legendary rock band ‘The Doors.’ He is also praised for his songwriting capability and his powerful poems, out of which some are listed in the last album of the band entitled ‘The American Prayer.’
Born James Douglas Morrison on 8 December 1943 in Melbourne, Florida, in the United States, he went on to be one of the notable musicians and frontman in music history. His parents Clara Clarke Morrison and George Stephen Morrison, raised him under the musical influence.
His musical journey started as he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he first met his band members of ‘The Doors.’ They formed a band and named behind the great songs like Light My Fire, Riders On The Storm, Touch Me, Love Me Two Times, and many more.
With ‘The Doors,’ Morrison nine studio albums, which are listed below:
- The Doors (1967)
- Strange Days (1967)
- Waiting For The Sun (1968)
- The Soft Parade (1969)
- Morrison Hotel (1970)
- L.A. Woman (1971)
- Other Voices (1971)
- Full Circle (1972)
- An American Prayer (1978)
Jim Morrison died at the age of 27 on 3 July 1971 in Paris, France. However, no causes were found as no autopsy was conducted after his death. After a couple of years of his death, ‘The Doors’ got split.
