JANUARY 11
TODAY IN 1971 JANIS JOPLIN’S ALBUM ‘PEARL’ IS RELEASED, THREE MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH. THE LP GOES TO #1 AND YIELDS HER ONLY CHART-TOPPING SINGLE, “ME AND BOBBY MCGEE” AND ALSO INCLUDES “CRY BABY” AS WELL AS “MERCEDES BENZ”.
IN 1980 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE “REFUGEE” AS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘DAMN THE TORPEDOES’, EVENTUALLY PEAKING AT NO. 15 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART.
AND IN 1992, ON THE SAME DAY THAT NIRVANA’S ALBUM ‘NEVERMIND’ HIT #1 IN AMERICA THE BAND APPEARS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PERFORMING TWO SONGS, INCLUDING THE GRUNGE CLASSIC “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”.