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 ...

Erma Franklin is best-known for singing the tower-toppling, original 1967 Top 10 R&B version of “Piece Of My Heart” that Janis Joplin — then fronting Big Brother & The Holding Company — turned into a ...