throwing gasoline on the fire--Janis Joplin

[jazzboCR]

Others and I have expressed the opinion that JJ wasn't "all that"--here's a list of songs some folks think she was the first or the best to do, with the original piece--I'm not taking a position on which was best--your call totally:
Take Another Piece of My Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUM161EgKdI
Stay with Me, Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDBuPK0_DU
Get It While You Can [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PawalWXUk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PawalWXUk
Cry Baby [/URL][URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hV1ya9pv8g"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hV1ya9pv8g
[/URL]Down on Me [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7MMMWY_HE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7MMMWY_HE
[/URL]Ball and Chain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-rNX1DKuMI
Summertime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlTOspKNh8
Trust Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru66IdUVkVo
Tell Mama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bwZSEtoUVU

I've heard the argument that she exposed White folks to music they wouldn't have otherwise heard. So why didn't this drug-addled wethead ever acknowledge her sources and the debt she owed?
NB: This list was put together by a guy on another Site. Thanks, Bro El T.