It's not easy being related to a musical star: Even if your gifts rival those of your sibling, it's presumed that as the less-famous family member, you must be second-rate or a coattail surfer. Yet ...

Erma Franklin, 64, a Grammy-nominated recording artist who at times backed up her sister Aretha, died Saturday of cancer at her home in Detroit. Franklin spent most of the last three decades working ...

Erma Franklin, Grammy-nommed recording artist who at times backed up her sister Aretha, died Sept. 7 of cancer in Detroit. She was 64. Franklin, who spent most of the last three decades working for ...

From 20th Television and Imagine Television Studios, GENIUS: ARETHA premieres Sunday, March 21, at 9/8c on National Geographic. Episodes will be available the next day on Hulu, culminating in a ...

DETROIT - Erma Franklin, a Grammy-nominated recording artist who at times backed up her sister Aretha, died Saturday of cancer. She was 64. Franklin spent most of the last three decades working for ...

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R&B artist Erma Franklin, who sang backup for her better-known sister Aretha, died Sept. 7 of cancer in Detroit. She was 64. Franklin had her own success with 1967’s “Piece of My Heart — which was ...

Patrice Covington is a woman of many talents and she made quite the impact with her work on Genius: Aretha. As one of the leads in NatGeo’s third season of their Genius anthology series, the ...

"Chart Beat" columnist Fred Bronson answers readers' questions on Erma Franklin, "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson, No. 1 singles in Europe and the U.S., criteria for ranking top artists of… By ...

Erma Coleman Franklin was born February 10, 1934, in Logan, Cache, Utah. She was raised in Smithfield, Utah, as an only child, by her parents Arley Lamb and Orval Coleman. She attended Smithfield ...