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Janis Ian: An interview

Carl Wiser, Songfacts, 14 March 2003

JANIS IAN released her first song, 'Society's Child', in 1967 when she was 15. The famous record producer Shadow Morton wasn't interested until Janis set fire to his newspaper, but after getting his attention, she became a star.

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