In a strange coincidence, Paul McCartney judged a dance contest on the show “Ready Steady Go” in 1963, crowning a young “Melanie Coe” the winner. Four years later, he was inspired to write “She’s Leaving Home” after reading a newspaper story of a girl who disappeared from home — unknown to McCartney, it was the same Melanie Coe.

Janis Joplin’s cover of Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain” at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival helped solidify her reputation a star.

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