Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, who felt that she had not contributed anything to the world. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janis Ian shares how she feels about a "Mean Girls" character being named after her. Janis Ian has mixed feelings about Tina Fey ...

Janis Ian circa 1970s (left) and in 2023. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian is best known for her 1975 Top 10 single "At Seventeen," but at 16, she became a different kind of teen pop star. The year was ...

Singer/songwriter Janis Ian will always have a special place in my heart. Janis was the first artist I ever interviewed at the beginning of my journalism career. It was 1994, after the release of what ...

This is FRESH AIR. Janis Ian, the singer-songwriter who had her first hit record as a teenager in the 1960s, is the subject of a new documentary, "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, " now available to ...

Janis Ian scores her first-ever appearance on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart as "At Seventeen" reemerges at No. 12 due to renewed listener interest. Portrait of musician Janis Ian at the Old Town ...

One-hit wonders often have a hard time transcending that status and building long-term careers in the music business. It takes the kind of talent that just can’t be denied to launch an artist out of ...

Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming. Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GAB Archive/Redferns; R. Diamond/Getty Janis Ian circa 1970s (left) and in 2023. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian had a Top 20 hit at ...