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Big Brother & The Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company are an American rock band that was formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. After some initial personnel changes, the band became well known with the lineup of vocalist Janis Joplin, guitarists Sam Andrew and James Gurley, bassist Peter Albin, and drummer Dave Getz. Their second album Cheap Thrills, released in 1968, is considered one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic sound of San Francisco; it reached number one on the Billboard charts, and was ranked number 338 in Rolling Stone's the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album is also listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Joplin left the band in 1968, following the recording of Cheap Thrills, for a successful solo career. The band recruited as new members Nick Gravenites, Kathi McDonald, and Dave Schallock to replace her, and released two more albums before breaking up in 1972. The classic lineup reunited in 1987. The band has continued to perform ever since, with a variety of different lead singers. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_and_the_Holding_Company) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Piece of My Heart
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Summertime
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Summertime (From 'Porgy & Bess') (Live at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA - April 1968)
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Piece of My Heart (Take 4)
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Ball and Chain (feat. Janis Joplin)
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Albums

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Ultimate Ball & Chain (feat. Janis Joplin)

EP • 2020
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Joseph's Coat

Album • 2001
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Big Brother & The Holding Company

Album • 1967
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Featuring Janis Joplin

Album • 2019
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Do What You Love

Album • 1999
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Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival

Album • 2023
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Supper On River Rhine

EP • 2019
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How Hard It Is

Album • 1971
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Be a Brother

Album • 2016
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Cheap Thrills

Album • 1968

Singles

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Blow My Mind

2023
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Bo's Bio

2022
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To Love Somebody (feat. Sophia Ramos)

2022
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Hey Baby

2023
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Why Live at Fillmore East

2022
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Catch Me Daddy (feat. Sophia Ramos & Joel Hoekstra)

2022
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As The Years Go Passing By (feat. Kathi MacDonald)

2022
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Do What You Love

2022
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Somebody's Knockin' On My Door (feat. Janis)

2022
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Try

2022

Videos

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Maybe - Janis Joplin, live

Kate Quinn • 7.1K views
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Janis Joplin Ball and Chain subtitulado al español

Daniel Alejandro Bustos iturriaga • 10M views
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Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain (sensational performance at Monterey)

bsubejo • 11M views
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Janis Joplin - Down On me

manifiestaelalma • 2.7M views
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Janis Joplin "Summertime" (Live -1969)

Enzo GD - Contribution • 18M views
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Janis Joplin - Summertime (Live at Winterland)

Νίκος Τακιάδης • 672K views

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The Summer of Love

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Early Years

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Psychedelic Rock Classics

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Dive Bar Karaoke

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Ultimate Pop-Rock Road Trip

Playlist • YouTube Music
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The Greatest (Rock) Generation: '67-'69

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Women of Rock

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Respect: '60s Iconic Women

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Feel-Good Classic Rock

Playlist • YouTube Music

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