# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marva-whitney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:11.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marva-whitney"
name: "Marva Whitney"
slug: "marva-whitney"
description: "Marva Whitney was an American funk singer commonly referred to by her honorary title, Soul Sister #1. Whitney was considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the \"rawest\" and \"brassiest\" music divas."
tagline: "American singer (1944–2012)"
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: "1944-05-01"
deathDate: "2012-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.019692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/marvawhitney"
    handle:    "marvawhitney"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501838/"
    handle:    "nm1501838"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/48431"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A4%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "مارڤا وايتنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Whitney"
    title: "Marva Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Whitney"
    title: "Marva Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Whitney"
    title: "Marva Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Whitney"
    title: "Marva Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marva_Whitney"
    title: "Marva Whitney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f2f2db6-8756-42d5-a05c-259866cad47b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1434527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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