Carolyn Ann Franklin (May 13, 1944 – April 25, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter. == Biography == Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Siggers Franklin and C. L. Franklin. The youngest of six children, they moved to Buffalo, New York, shortly after her birth. Around 1946, the Franklin family settled in Detroit, where Carolyn began singing at her father's New Bethel Baptist Church. Her sisters, Erma and Aretha, found success in secular music careers in the early 1960s;... [more on Wikipedia]