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Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. [1]
Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in rom...
Feb 9, 2022 · Betty Davis was a singer, songwriter and fashion icon who influenced artists like Prince and Madonna with her sexual and liberating lyrics. She released three albums in the Seventies and left the music industry for decades, but reemerged in 2019 with a new song and a documentary.
Feb 10, 2022 · Betty Davis, the singer and songwriter whose raunchy persona, fierce funk grooves and Afrofuturistic style in the early 1970s made her a forerunner of R&B and hip-hop to come, died on Wednesday...
Feb 9, 2022 · The incandescent, influential funk musician Betty Davis, who made a string of albums in the mid-1970s that helped to shape stylish, Afrofuturist strains of funk and hip-hop, died on Wednesday in...
Feb 10, 2022 · Betty Davis, the pioneering US singer and musician who was dubbed the "Godmother of Funk", has died aged 77. Davis blazed a trail with her raw brand of funk and sexual lyrics that would go on...
Feb 10, 2022 · Betty Davis, who influenced stars like Prince and Madonna with her raw funk and sexual lyrics, has died aged 77. She was also the second wife of jazz legend Miles Davis and a trailblazer for black women in music.
