Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before he was an outlaw-country pioneer and a movie star, and after he was a Rhodes scholar and a helicopter pilot for the U.S.

While the song has warbled through many a famous throat, Janis Joplin made the tune her own. The rock goddess was far from the first to record the tune, but she was the first woman to take up the task ...

Kris Kristofferson once told Creg Lovett at Houston Press: “I always feel like Houston is the place I play that’s closest to my favorite place on Earth.” His favorite place on earth was his hometown, ...

Over half a century since her sudden death at the age of 27, Janis Joplin's loss remains one of the most tragic in rock history. Particularly heartbreaking is the fact that the iconic singer recorded ...

In the wake of the loss of another musical legend, pop star Pink has whipped out another impressive tribute. "I think Kris Kristofferson was one of the most amazing humans and I was obsessed—I am ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — "Me and Bobby McGee" is one of Kris Kristofferson's most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on it since 1969. It's ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at ...

This year’s tribute honored Kristofferson, along with others like Melba Montgomery. The “No Charge” country star, known for recording duets with George Jones and Charlie Louvin, died Jan. 15 at age 86 ...

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