Janis Ian

Biography

Janis Ian is a singer-songwriter born on April 7, 1951, in Farmingdale, New Jersey, raised on a farm and attending two high schools in the New York area. She rose to commercial success in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like "Society's Child" and "At Seventeen", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1975. Ian has won two Grammy Awards, including one for her autobiography, and continues to record into the 21st century.