Erma Franklin

Biography

13 March 1938, Shelby, Mississippi, Tennessee, USA, d. 7 September 2002, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The older sister of Aretha Franklin and Carolyn Franklin, this excellent singer’s career was overshadowed by her illustrious sibling. Erma’s most celebrated moment came in 1967 with ‘Piece Of My Heart’, an intense uptown soul ballad co-written, produced and released by Bert Berns of Shout Records. The song was adopted by Janis Joplin, but Franklin’s own progress faltered... Read more

Genres

Disco Pop / Rock R&B / Soul

Tags

soul

female vocalists

blues

rhythm and blues

northern soul

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