Singers Were Paid Vastly Different Salaries
The Grateful Dead was paid $2,500. Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin were paid $7,500. Creedence Clearwater Revival was paid $10,000, as was Joan Baez, who performed while 6 months pregnant. The highest-paid musician was Jimi Hendrix, who was paid $18,000. He requested to go on last so that no one could follow his act.