Black and white photograph of Janis Ian smiling while performing with accoustic guitar. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian performing with accoustic guitar. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian wearing sunglasses and singing from her seat at the piano in a recording studio. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian strumming an accoustic guitar in a recording studio. Behind her a man leans on a music stand. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian playing piano and singing in a recording studio. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian at a piano in a recording studio, wearing sunglasses and holding hands with a man at an organ. Photograph taken in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of Janis Ian sitting at a piano in August 1967 by Douglas R. Gilbert for LIFE magazine. Scanned from the negative.