Song #8 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Piece Of My Heart”, originally by Erma Franklin and covered by Big Brother and the Holding Company. Here’s the original:
The late Erma Franklin is Aretha Franklin’s big sister. I had no idea. Nor had I ever heard this version before, and I must say of all the originals for which I’ve said that, this one is the best. If the cover had been the original and this had been the cover, I’d be raving about how cool it is. I may have to buy a copy of Erma Franklin’s version now. Here’s Janis and co:
Sometimes with this list, it was that the song was wrong for the original artist but a perfect fit for the covering artist. Sometimes it was just that the covering artist was better. And sometimes, like here, the covering artist took a good song that was well suited for its talented originator, and still took it to another level. What can you say? Oh, Janis. If only you’d taken better care of yourself.