The original version of "Piece of My Heart" was recorded by Aretha Franklin's older sister Erma in 1967 for producer Bert Berns' Shout label with the same song on both sides of the 7" vinyl single. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company covered the song in 1968 on their album Cheap Thrills and had a hit with it.
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Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967.
Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Bert Berns wanted Van Morrison, who he was producing at the time, to record the song, but Morrison declined, wanting to do his own material instead. And didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can? From the Columbia Lp "Cheap Thrills" KCS 9700 2
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Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man?
Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967.
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Big Brother & The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin: Big Brother & The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart / Turtle Blues (7", … Get track
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The song has since been remade by several singers, including hit versions by Faith Hill in 1994 and Beverley Knight in 2006.