Irving Lester Janis (May 26, 1918 – November 15, 1990) was an American research psychologist at Yale University and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley most …

Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s.

6 days ago · Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74 th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to renown at age 14 …

Apr 3, 2025 · Janis Ian is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who wrote multiple popular soft rock songs in the late 1960s and ’70s, most notably ‘Society’s Child (Baby I’ve …

Mar 29, 2025 · Folks singer Janis Ian discusses a momentous concert where she was heckled by racists trolls in the audience while performing her breakout 1966 single "Society's Child."

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Varda Bar-Kar that covers the life and career of singer-songwriter Janis Ian. [1] Janis Ian: Breaking Silence …

Mar 28, 2025 · Janis wrote and recorded her first hit “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)” about an interracial romance at age 14. The song made her a star, but also a target of hate.

Apr 1, 2025 · Janis Ian was, quite literally, a child when she wrote one of her most iconic and divisive songs, “Society’s Child.” The folk star finished the song when she was only 14 years …

From that debut single—which Ian (born Janis Fink, on April 7, 1951) completed at 14 and recorded for Verve Forecast Records at 15 (after being turned down by 22 other labels)—the …

Janis Ian: Breaking the Silence is a searing portrait of a groundbreaking singer-songwriter who has long demanded closer attention. Her monster hit, "At Seventeen," is perhaps the most …