Janis Ian

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Music career

"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," Ian's first hit single about an interracial relationship that was not tolerated by a girl's mother and mocked by her peers and teachers, was released at the age of 14. "Society's Child" was a national hit upon its third appearance in a late-April 1967 CBS television special titled Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, and was produced by George "Shadow" Morton and released three times from 1965 to 1967.

Some radio stations, who had drew or barred the song from their playlists accordingly, regarded it as taboodoo. Ian's Child, 2008. As a reaction to the song, he recalls receiving hate mail and death threats, as well as the fact that a radio station in Atlanta that appeared on it was burned down. "Society's Child" reached no. in July 1967. On the Billboard Hot 100, 14 of the Billboard Hot 100 are ranked 14th. The single was sold 600,000 copies, and the album was sold 350,000 copies.

Bill Cosby, comedian, appeared backstage at a Smothers Brothers show where she was promoting "Society's Child" at the age of 16. Since she was under age, she was accompanied by a chaperone when touring. Ian was sleeping with her head on her chaperone's lap after her dinner (an older female family friend). "In a 2015 interview, Ian was told by her then boss that Cosby mistook their interaction as "lesbian" and that "had made it his business" to warn other television shows that Ian wasn't "suitable family entertainment" and "shouldn't be on television" because of her sexuality, thus attempting to blacklist her. Although Ian would later come out, she claims she only was kissed once by a boy she had a crush on at the time of her Cosby encounter in broad daylight at summer camp.

Ian claims that, although "Society's Child" was intended for Atlantic Records and the label paid for her recording session, Atlantic Records and the label refunded the master and the label subsequently refused to issue it. Ian recalls that Jerry Wexler, Atlantic's president at the time, apologised to her for her behavior. The single and Ian's 1967 debut album (which reached no. 2) On Verve Forecast, they had a chance to land 29 on the charts. "Society's Child" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001, which honors recordings that have been timeless and important to music history. In 1995, her first four albums were released on a double CD titled Society's Child: The Verve Recordings.

"Society's Child" stigmatized Ian as a one-hit wonder until her most popular US single, "At Seventeen," was released in 1975. "At Seventeen" is a tumultuous reflection on adolescent cruelty, the deception of fame, and teenage angst from the perspective of a narrator reflecting back on her earlier experiences. The album debuted at No. 1 in the United States as it charted at number one. The Billboard Hot 100 hit number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and took home the Best Pop Vocal Achievement - Female award in 1976, beating out Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John and Helen Reddy. On Sunday Night Live, Ian appeared as the first musical guest on the series premiere of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975, starring "At Seventeen" and "In the Winter." Between the Lines was also a success, and it ranked number one on Billboard's album chart. In the United States, the album will be certified platinum for sales of over one million copies. Another measure of her success is anecdotal: Ian received 461 valentine cards on Valentine's Day 1977, having stated in the lyrics to "At Seventeen" that she never received one as a child.

"Fly Too High" (1979), produced by disco producer Giorgio Moroder, was Ian's contribution to the Jodie Foster film Foxes' soundtrack and was also featured on Ian's 1979 album Night Rains. It was also a big international success, debuting in many countries, including South Africa, Belgium, Australia, Israel, and the Netherlands, and others, where it was also the best in those countries and others. Ian has achieved a high level of success in Japan, with "Love Is Blind" in 1976 and "You Are Love" in 1980. Aftertones, Ian's 1976 album Aftertones also topped Oricon's album chart in October 1976. The theme song of Kinji Fukasaku's 1980 film Virus, "You Are Love (Toujours Gai Mon Cher)" is "You Are Love (also Gai Mon Cher). Including 1998's "The Last Great Place," Ian produced several other singles geared for the Japanese market, including 1998's "The Last Great Place."

Although Ian did not appear on the pop charts after "At Seventeen," she had several hits on the Adult Contemporary singles chart through 1980 (all failed to make the Top 20) in the United States, however.

On January 2, 1992, Ian founded Rude Girl Records, Inc., and its publishing arm, Rude Girl Publishing. Since then, RGR has steadily expanded, with the current ownership of more than twenty-five Janis Ian albums and DVDs around the world, as well as hundreds of unreleased songs and videos, including unreleased songs, auditions, and rehearsal tapes. The Rude Girl label controls Janis' latest projects, as well as older work, its re-mastering and the re-creation of the original artwork.

Ian continued to write songs from 1982 to 1992, most often in collaboration with then songwriting partner Kye Fleming, some of whom have been covered by Amy Grant, Bette Midler, Marti Jones, and other performers. She appeared on Breaking Silence in 1993 and then came out as a lesbian.

Roberta Flack, who had a hit in 1973 with Ian's album "Jesse," which debuted at #19 on the Billboard pop charts, has been recorded by Ian's. Ian's own version appears on her 1974 album Stars (the title song of which has also been covered, including renditions by Joan Baez, Shirley Bassey, Cher, Nina Simone, and Barbara Cook). With 50 versions by artists including Celine Dion, Miki Howard, and Julia Fordham, Ian's most covered composition, "At Seventeen" is Ian's most covered piece. Dusty Springfield and Sheena Easton have both performed "In The Winter" by Ian and Sheena Easton. In the 1960s, Richard Barone recorded Ian's song "Sweet Misery" on his album Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village. She continues to tour around the world, though she has stated that her 2022 North-American tour will be her "last full tour."

In August 2018, Ian performed at the Cambridge Folk Festival in the United Kingdom.

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