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- From there, Smith started to rub shoulders with, and Janis Joplin was more than just an acquaintance, even going on to help her write the final ever song she ever recorded. Smith once eulogised, “ Janis laid the foundations for all of us. She redefined what it meant to be a woman in rock.”
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In her memoir Just Kids, Patti Smith mentions writing a song for Joplin and singing it to her one night at the Chelsea Hotel, where both were living at the time. The song, called "Lullaby (I Was Working Real Hard)", was never recorded by Joplin but eventually appeared on Smith's Live At The Bottom Line, a performance from 1975.
In 1978, her most widely known song, " Because the Night ", co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [ 1 ] and number five on the UK Singles Chart. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. [ 2 ]
- "Me and Bobby McGee" From 'Pearl' (1971) Like so many other cuts on our list of the Top 10 Janis Joplin Songs, once Joplin got hold of Kris Kristofferson's laid-back road tune, it was totally hers.
- "Piece of My Heart" From 'Cheap Thrills' (1968) Erma Franklin, Aretha's older sister, recorded the original version of "Piece of My Heart." She hit the R&B Top 10 with it in 1967.
- "Summertime" From 'Cheap Thrills' (1968) Practically everyone from Miles Davis to Norah Jones has covered "Summertime," George Gershwin's 1935 standard from Porgy and Bess.
- "Ball and Chain" From 'Cheap Thrills' (1968) Big Brother and the Holding Company, the San Francisco psychedelic blues-rockers who gave Joplin her big break, pretty much barreled through their songs with little subtlety or nuance.
May 14, 2018 · Patti Smith "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine," intones Patti Smith on the first line of her first album - possibly the greatest and most powerful lyric from a new artist in recorded history.
Patti Smith, the Godmother of Punk, has had one of the most fascinating and enduring music careers of the last forty years. Over the decades, she’s traversed a bevy of genres, working her way from youthful rebellion to being called upon by Pope Francis to perform at the Vatican’s Christmas concert. She’s been the poet and voice of a ...
Oct 2, 2015 · With the help of her bandmates, friends and admirers, Uncut looks behind the rock-casualty myth to discover what Janis Joplin was really like... Words: John Lewis. Originally published in Uncut...
