Janis grew up in an all-black neighborhood in East Orange, New Jersey. With the exception of a weekly folk music program, all she listened to for years was an R&B station out of Newark. It wasn't until she was 13 or 14 that she started listening to The Beach Boys and The Beatles.
Her birth name was Janis Eddy Fink. She changed it when she was 13 and started performing. "Ian" is her brother's middle name.
She was a big part of the New York City folk scene at a very young age. Her first single, "Society's Child," was a hit in 1967 when she was 15.
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