Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938 – September 7, 2002) was an American gospel and soul singer. Franklin was the elder sister of American singer/musician Aretha Franklin. Franklin's best known recording was the original version of "Piece of My Heart", written and produced by Bert Berns, and recorded in 1967, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award. A cover version of the same song was recorded the following year by Big Brother and the Holding Company, with the lead vocal by Janis Joplin.
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Carolyn Franklin
American singer-songwriter
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C. L. Franklin
American activist
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s
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Cissy Houston
American singer
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Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Garnet Mimms
American musician
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Jerry Ragovoy
American songwriter and record producer
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Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Marcella Detroit
American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
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The Clark Sisters
American gospel vocal group
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Wynona Carr
American musician
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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James Cleveland
American musician
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Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
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Lorraine Ellison
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Gwen Guthrie
American singer-songwriter
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
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Beverley Knight
soul singer, songwriter and record producer
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Dana Fuchs
singer
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Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Fonzi Thornton
American singer
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Betty Harris
American singer
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Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
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Brenda Holloway
American musician
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Alice Russell
British soul singer
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Karen Clark Sheard
American musician and songwriter
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Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
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Little Miss Cornshucks
American singer
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Barbara Lewis
American singer and songwriter
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Sista Monica Parker
musical artist
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Shirley Brown
American musician