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Piece Of My Heart by Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin
Artist Biography For Erma Franklin
Erma Vernice Franklin March 13 1938 – September 7 2002 Was An American Soul Rhythm And Blues And Pop Singer. Erma And Her Sisters Aretha Franklin And Carolyn Franklin Got Their Start Singing For Their Father Reverend C.L. Franklin's Detroit-Area Baptist Church. Erma's Best Known Record Is The Original Version Of Piece Of My Heart. The Song Was Covered In Different Arrangements By Janis Joplin Faith Hill Beverley Knight And Dusty Springfield And Used As The Basis Of A Song By Shaggy. She Was Born In Shelby Mississippi But Moved Several Times During Her Childhood Before Settling In Detroit Michigan. Her Mother Barbara Who Was A Gospel Singer Left The Family When Erma Her Two Sisters And Her Brother Were Young Children. Though Her Sister Aretha Went On To Great Fame Carolyn Like Erma Was A Struggling Musician. Their Brother Cecil Became A Minister Like Their Father And Managed Aretha's Career For A While. Her Career Was Hampered By Misfortune And By Contracts With Recording Companies Who Could Not Find Appropriate Material For Her. In The 1970s She Left The Music Business Apart From Engagements With Her Sister Aretha. She Died In 2002 At The Age Of 64 After A Long Battle With Throat Cancer. In Addition To Aretha She Was Survived By Her Daughter Sabrina.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Piece of My Heart
Erma-Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
"Piece Of My Heart" Is A Love 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 Featuring Janis Joplin On Lead Vocals Covered The Song In 1968 And Had A Much Bigger Hit With It. The Song Has Since Been Remade By Several Singers Including Dusty Springfield On Her 1968 Album Dusty... Definitely With Hit Versions By Faith Hill In 1994 And By Melissa Etheridge In 2005. In 2004 The Big Brother And The Holding Company Version Of This Song Was Ranked Number 353 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.
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Biography - Erma Franklin
Erma Vernice Franklin March 13 1938 – September 7 2002 Was An American Soul Rhythm And Blues And Pop Singer. Erma And Her Sisters Aretha Franklin And Carolyn Franklin Got Their Start Singing For Their Father Reverend C.L. Franklin's Detroit-Area Baptist Church. Erma's Best Known Record Is The Original Version Of Piece Of My Heart. The Song Was Covered In Different Arrangements By Janis Joplin Faith Hill Beverley Knight And Dusty Springfield And Used As The Basis Of A Song By Shaggy. She Was Born In Shelby Mississippi But Moved Several Times During Her Childhood Before Settling In Detroit Michigan. Her Mother Barbara Who Was A Gospel Singer Left The Family When Erma Her Two Sisters And Her Brother Were Young Children. Though Her Sister Aretha Went On To Great Fame Carolyn Like Erma Was A Struggling Musician. Their Brother Cecil Became A Minister Like Their Father And Managed Aretha's Career For A While. Her Career Was Hampered By Misfortune And By Contracts With Recording Companies Who Could Not Find Appropriate Material For Her. In The 1970s She Left The Music Business Apart From Engagements With Her Sister Aretha. She Died In 2002 At The Age Of 64 After A Long Battle With Throat Cancer. In Addition To Aretha She Was Survived By Her Daughter Sabrina.
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"Piece of My Heart" is a love 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 (featuring Janis Joplin on lead vocals) covered the song in 1968 and had a much bigger hit with it. The song has since been remade by several singers, including Dusty Springfield on her 1968 album Dusty... Definitely, with hit versions by Faith Hill in 1994 and by Melissa Etheridge in 2005.
In 2004 the Big Brother and the Holding Company version of this song was ranked Number 353 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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.