Singer Janis Ian reminisces about her career on the edge

Janis Ian today
Singer Janice Ian's first hit single "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)," was banned from many radio stations in the mid-1960s for its controversial tale about an interracial couple.
Photo/Peter Cunningham

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