Piece Of My Heart-Erma Franklin (Aretha Franklin's older sister)-1967-Shout 221.wmv

"Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Holding Company covered the song in 1968 on their album Cheap Thrills and had a hit with it. The song has since been remade by several singers, including hit versions by Faith Hill in 1994 and Melissa Etheridge in 2005.

In 2004, the Big Brother and the Holding Company version of this song was ranked Number 344 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is also included among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.The original version of "Piece of My Heart" was recorded by Aretha Franklin's older sister Erma in 1967. The song was a top ten R&B hit in the U.S., and also peaked at number sixty-two on the U.S. Pop Singles chart. In the UK, the single was re-released in 1992, due to a successful Levi's jeans commercial, when it peaked inside the UK Singles Chart at number nine.
"Piece of My Heart"
Single by Big Brother and the Holding Company
from the album Cheap Thrills
Released 1968
Format 7" single
Genre Psychedelic rock, blues-rock, hard rock, acid rock
Length 4:15 (Album), 2:43 (Single)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
Producer John Simon
[edit] Big Brother & The Holding Company version: 1968

The song became a bigger pop hit when recorded by Big Brother & The Holding Company in 1968, with lead singer Janis Joplin. The song was taken from the group's album Cheap Thrills, recorded in 1968 and released on Columbia Records. This rendition made it to number twelve on the U.S. pop chart.

Franklin said in an interview that when she first heard Joplin's version on the radio, she didn't recognize it because of the vocal arrangement.[1] Noted cultural writer Ellen Willis wrote of the difference: "When Franklin sings it, it is a challenge: no matter what you do to me, I will not let you destroy my ability to be human, to love. Joplin seems rather to be saying, surely if I keep taking this, if I keep setting an example of love and forgiveness, surely he has to understand, change, give me back what I have given". In such a way, Joplin used blues conventions not to transcend pain, but "to scream it out of existence".[2]
[edit] Dusty Springfield version: 1968

British female vocalist Dusty Springfield released the song as Take Another Little Piece of my Heart on her 1968 album Dusty... Definitely. It later featured in an advert for Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate.

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[tartantemptation]

better than janis joplins version by far

[dannyb1314]

@tartantemptation spot on hen !