<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Vance" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Me and Bobby McGee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Where Have All the Average People Gone" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Vance" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Me and Bobby McGee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Where Have All the Average People Gone" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller . Others performed the song later, including Grateful Dead, Kristofferson himself, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Gordon Lightfoot, Miranda Lambert, and most famously Janis Joplin, whose posthumously released version topped the U.S. singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding . Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971 . </P> <P> The suggestion for the title came from producer and Monument Records founder Fred Foster . Kristofferson did not write the song for Joplin, but it became strongly associated with her after her death . </P>

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