# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erma-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:41:33.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erma-franklin"
name: "Erma Franklin"
slug: "erma-franklin"
description: "Erma Vernice Franklin was an American gospel and soul singer. She recorded the original version of \"Piece of My Heart\", written and produced by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns 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 lead vocals by Janis Joplin. Franklin was the elder sister of singer Aretha Franklin."
tagline: "American musician, gospel and soul singer (1938–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Erma_Franklin.jpg/330px-Erma_Franklin.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-03-13"
deathDate: "2002-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65.51
  momentum:             15.19522776572668
  historical:           12.72107866666667
  currentAttention:     17.14133676789588
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1430
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291417/"
    handle:    "nm0291417"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CzJJJb6hnx84VNhgaJmFG"
    handle:    "1CzJJJb6hnx84VNhgaJmFG"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaWHsFYXIdpW0SQJzFJntWg"
    handle:    "ERMA FRANKLIN - Topic"
    followers: 1430
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ايرما فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アーマ・フランクリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Франклин, Эрма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_Franklin"
    title: "Erma Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4ba12614-fcce-462b-8784-8dd1a92fbf2b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump