Janis Ian

Born: 1951-04-07

Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s; her most widely recognized song, "At Seventeen", was released as a single from her 1975 album Between the Lines which reached number 1 on the Billboard chart. Born in 1951 in New York City, Ian entered the American folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-1960s. Most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century. She has won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1975 for "At Seventeen" and the second in 2013 for Best Spoken Word Album, for her autobiography, Society's Child, with a total of ten nominations in eight different categories. Ian is also a columnist and science fiction author.


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Four Rode Out

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Released: 1969-01-01

In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a...

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Countdown - The Wonder Years 2

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Released: 2007-01-01

Featuring the Original Live Countdown performances by the World biggest artists from the 70s and 80s

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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

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Released: 1979-07-25

A documentary on the pop music and culture of the 1960's, featuring film and video clips of...

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The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1974

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Released: 2007-01-01

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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

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Released: 1967-04-25

Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of...

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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

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Released: 2024-11-20

In the mid-60s, Janis Ian, a tiny teenage Jewish singer-songwriter from New Jersey scores a hit...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Rock Concert

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First aired: 1973-09-27

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the...

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Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

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First aired: 1967-04-25

In this CBS News report, Leonard Bernstein examines creativity in pop music of the mid 1960s....

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