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Jul 18, 2017 · About the album: Between the Lines is Janis Ian's seventh studio album, released in 1975. It reached #1 on the Billboard album chart that same year. The album's standout single, "At Seventeen...
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Watch and listen to Janis Ian, a \"songwriter's songwriter\" with 10 Grammy nominations and hits like \"Society's Child\" and \"At Seventeen\". Explore her albums, playlists, shorts, and more on her official YouTube channel.
- Social Awkwardness
- Social Acceptance
- Ian’s Legacy
- Married in London
- Getting Over You
- In The Winter
- Memphis
- You Are Love
- Love Is Blind
- Jesse
When Janis Ian made her debut with “Society’s Child” in 1967, it met with some opposition from reluctant radio stations as America was in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The interracial theme triggered hate groups to flood the teenager with hate mail and death threats. There was also a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia, that was reportedly ...
Until 1975’s “At Seventeen,” Janis Ian was regarded by critics as a one-hit-wonder. However, she was nominated for the tenth annual Grammy Awards for Best Folk Performance. Although she didn’t earn the win, it demonstrated there was more to the woman’s talent than just one song. Her next Grammy recognition wouldn’t come about until Between the Line...
As a recording artist, Janis Ian has twenty-two studio albums to her credit, as well as four live albums, and fourteen compilation albums. From 1978 until 1983, she was married to Tino Sargo, a Portuguese filmmaker Ian later pointed out in her autobiography was abusive to her while they were married. In 1989, she became involved with Patricia Snyde...
“Married in London” was a song Janis Ian wrote as a strike against the United States government when it came to the issue of homosexual marriage. This came at a time when Ian moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and realized her desire to embark on a romantic relationship with another man was not for her. She became involved with Patricia Snyder in a les...
From the 1997 album, Hunger, “Getting Over You” was a song about getting over a painful divorce. From 1978 until 1983, she was married to a man that mistreated Janis Ian before the two divorced. The lyrics covered the legal process two people go through when they agree to put an end to their marriage. It also covered the reality someone’s life was ...
“In the Winter” was one of many Janis Ian’s original songs that would be covered by a number of recording artists since it was released as a single in 1975. On the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart, it peaked as high as number twenty-one. While it may not have marked as big of an impression as “At Seventeen,” it’s a solid Janis Ian favori...
“Memphis” was a duet Janis Ian performed with country music legend, Willie Nelson. This came from Ian’s seventeenth studio album, God and the FBI, which was released in 2000. The lead guitarist who performed with them was another music legend, Chet Atkins. Ian co-wrote this song with Deana Carter as the two shared their appreciation for the beautif...
In 1980, “You Are Love (Toujours Gai Mon Cher)” became a number ten hit on the Oricon Inc. music charts in Japan. The “Toujours Gai Mon Cher” in the song’s title is French roughly translated as “Always, my dear” in English. This song was the second time in Janis Ian’s career she would realize a top-ten hit in that nation. Starting in 1976, her popu...
In Japan, “Love Is Blind” became a number-one hit on its Oricon Inc. music charts. It was released as a single in 1976 from Janis Ian’s album, Aftertones. This soared Ian’s popularity in that nation which would inspire her to write musical material specifically for its fans. This song played an instrumental role for Ian as it spiked Aftertonesto gi...
Originally written and recorded in 1973 by Janis Ian, “Jesse” was a song featured on her sixth studio album, Stars. The album itself wasn’t released until 1974 after Roberta Flack’scover of the song became a number nineteen hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. While “Jesse” wasn’t established as a hit for Ian when it was released, it did open up a gate...
Popular Janis Ian songs. At Seventeen. Janis Ian. Society's Child. Janis Ian. Stars. Janis Ian. Jesse. Janis Ian. Tea and Sympathy. Janis Ian. From Me to You. Janis...
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" [1] and the 1975 Top Ten single "At Seventeen", from her seventh studio album Between the Lines, which in September 1975 ...
Songs. At Seventeen. Janis Ian 8.2M plays Between the Lines. Love Is Blind. Janis Ian 905K plays Aftertones. The Other Side of the Sun. Janis Ian 1M plays Night Rains. Society's Child...
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