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  1. "Baby I Love You" is a popular song by #RAndB singer #ArethaFranklin. The only single release from her #ArethaArrives album in 1967, the song was a huge hit, peaking at number 4 on the #Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and spending two weeks at number-one on the #HotRhythmAndBluesSingles chart. In the UK, the song rose to number 39 in August 1967, spending four weeks on the chart. It was featured in #MartinScorsese's 1990 film #Goodfellas.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ggycr2qSz54

  2. "Piece of My Heart" is a romantic #soul song written by #JerryRagovoy and #BertBerns, originally recorded by #ErmaFranklin in 1967. Franklin's single peaked in December 1967 at number 10 on the #Billboard #HotRhythmAndBluesSingles chart in the United States. The song came to mainstream attention when #BigBrotherAndTheHoldingCompany featuring #JanisJoplin on lead vocals #covered the song in 1968 for the album #CheapThrills and had a much bigger hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pX5DL71lN6c