# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marv-tarplin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:07:56.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marv-tarplin"
name: "Marv Tarplin"
slug: "marv-tarplin"
description: "Marvin “Marv” Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame-inducted \"The Tracks of My Tears\". He is also a winner of the BMI Songwriter's Award, and the ASCAP Award Of Merit, and was a 2012 posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Miracles."
tagline: "American guitarist (1941–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marv_Tarplin_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1941-06-13"
deathDate: "2011-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.38
  momentum:             9.45
  historical:           7.999537333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1041706/"
    handle:    "nm1041706"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/643360"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A4_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارڤ تارپلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Tarplin"
    title: "Marvin Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marv_Tarplin"
    title: "Marv Tarplin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/36f73299-6897-471e-99bd-a70865612490"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366973"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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