Carolyn Franklin

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Carolyn Franklin was an American soul and gospel singer-songwriter best known as the younger sister of Aretha Franklin and for her own contributions to 1960s and 1970s R&B music.

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Carolyn Franklin canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
soul musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1976 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960 ⓘ
associatedAct Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Erma Franklin ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit ⓘ
causeOfDeath breast cancer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Aretha Franklin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-05-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-04-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Franklin ⓘ
father C. L. Franklin ⓘ
fieldOfWork R&B music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
genre gospel music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Carolyn ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Barbara Siggers Franklin ⓘ
name Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
notableAlbum Baby Dynamite ⓘ
Chain Reaction ⓘ
If You Want Me ⓘ
notableSong All I Want to Be Is Your Woman ⓘ
notableWork Ain't No Way ⓘ
linked to: Ain’t No Way
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedBackingVocalsFor Aretha Franklin ⓘ
placeOfBirth Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
placeOfUpbringing Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Records ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
roleInWork songwriter of "Ain't No Way" ⓘ
sibling Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Erma Franklin ⓘ
vocalType contralto ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

C. L. Franklin → child → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Barbara Siggers Franklin → child → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin → child → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
C. L. Franklin → parentOf → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Cecil Franklin → siblingOf → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Cecil Franklin → notableRelative → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Carolyn Franklin → name → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Ain’t No Way → writer → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ
Erma Franklin → sibling → Carolyn Franklin ⓘ