Janis Ian
Background information
Birth name	Janis Eddy Fink
Born	( 1951-04-07 ) April 7, 1951 (age 73) New York City , United States
Genres	Folk , Contemporary music
Occupation(s)	Musician , songwriter , writer
Years active	1965?present
Labels	Rude Girl Records Columbia Records Verve Records Windham Hill Records
Website	http://www.janisian.com/

Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink , April 7, 1951) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist , and science fiction writer. ^[1] She stated singing folk in the mid- sixties while she was still a teenager. She sang the most in the 1960s and the 1970s , but she's still singing today. In 1975, Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen".

Ian is openly lesbian and is married to a woman. ^[2]

Discography [ change | change source ]

Albums [ change | change source ]

• Janis Ian (1967) #29 US (Verve) / (1978) (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• For All the Seasons of Your Mind (1967) #179 US (Verve)
• The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink (1968) (Verve)
• Who Really Cares (1969) (Verve)
• Present Company (1971) #223 US (Capitol)
• Stars (1974) #83 US, #63 (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl)
• Between the Lines (1975) #1 US, #22 Japan (Columbia, Festival) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• Aftertones (1976) #12 US, #1 Japan (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• Miracle Row (1977) #45 US, #26 Japan (Columbia) / (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• Night Rains (1979) (Columbia)
• Restless Eyes (1981) #156 US (Columbia)
• Uncle Wonderful (1983) (Festival) (Australia only)
• Breaking Silence (1993) (Morgan Creek) / (Bonus Track) (2003) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• Simon Renshaw Presents: Janis Ian Shares Your Pain (1995) (not released until 12.09)
• Revenge (1995) (Beacon)
• Hunger (1997) (Windham Hill)
• god & the fbi (2000) (Windham Hill) / (3 Bonus Tracks) (2000) (JVC Japan)
• Lost Cuts 1 (2001) (Rude Girl)
• Billie's Bones (2004) (Oh Boy, Rude Girl Cooking Vinyl US)s
• Night Rains (Bonus Track) (2004) (Festival, Cooking Vinyl UK)
• Billie's Bones (Bonus Track) (2004) (JVC Japan)
• Folk is the New Black (2006) (Rude Girl) / (With DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
• Revenge (Bonus Track) (2006) (Cooking Vinyl UK 2003) (WEA)
• Strictly Solo (2014)
• Hope (2020)
• The Light at the End of the Line (2021)

Compilation albums [ change | change source ]

• Remember (1978) (JVC Japan)
• The Best of Janis Ian (1980) (CBS)
• My Favourites (1980) (CBS)
• Stars/Night Rains (Double Album) (1987) (CBS)
• At Seventeen (1990) (CBS)
• Up 'Til Now (1992) (Sony)
• Society's Child: The Verve Recordings (1995) (Polydor)
• Live on the Test 1976 (1995) (BBC World Wide)
• Unreleased 1: Mary's Eyes (1998) (Rude Girl)
• The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1999) (Velvet)
• The Best of Janis Ian (2002) (Festival)
• Live: Working Without a Net (2003) (Rude Girl)
• Souvenirs: Best of 1972-1981 (US CD) (2004) (Rude Girl) / (Japan CD) (2004) (JVC Japan) / (CD/DVD) (2006) (Evasound)
• Unreleased 2: Take No Prisoners (2006) (Rude Girl)
• Unreleased 3: Society's Child (2006) (Rude Girl)
• Ultimate Best (2007) (JVC Victory)
• Best of Janis Ian: Autobiography Collection (2008) (Rude Girl)
• The Essential Janis Ian (2009)

Singles [ change | change source ]

DVDs [ change | change source ]

• Live at Club Cafe (2005) (Rude Girl)
• Janismania (2005) (Rude Girl)
• Through the Years: A Retrospective (2007) (Rude Girl)
• Janis Ian '79: Live in Japan & Australia (2008) (Rude Girl)

References [ change | change source ]

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Official website
• Janis Ian's Pearl Foundation Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Works by Janis Ian at Project Gutenberg
• Janis Ian interview on Slashdot
• 2006 interview
• Janis Ian archive on NPR Music

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