# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:50:54.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-franklin"
name: "Tony Franklin"
slug: "tony-franklin"
description: "Anthony James Franklin is an English rock musician, best known for his work on the fretless bass guitar with Roy Harper, the Firm, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, John Sykes' Blue Murder, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Lou Gramm, Gary Hoey and most recently with Kenny Wayne Shepherd."
tagline: "British singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Franklin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.385616
  currentAttention:     10
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/FretlessMonster"
    handle:    "FretlessMonster"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2550621/"
    handle:    "nm2550621"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.fretlessmonster.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/277578"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تونى فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin"
    title: "Tony Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin"
    title: "Tony Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(musician)"
    title: "Tony Franklin (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin_(musicista)"
    title: "Tony Franklin (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "トニー・フランクリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Franklin"
    title: "Tony 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%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Франклин, Энтони Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02f8e7b5-3ac4-4295-abb7-de33500befa7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709763"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1769629"
    title: "Tony Franklin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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