# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:00:00.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-franklin"
name: "Melvin Franklin"
slug: "melvin-franklin"
description: "David Melvin English, better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin or his nickname \"Blue\", was an American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a founding member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1961 to 1995."
tagline: "American bass singer (1942–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin_Franklin_on_Ed_Sullivan_Show.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: "1942-10-12"
deathDate: "1995-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.102828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291332/"
    handle:    "nm0291332"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump