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  1. www.nytimes.com › music › popcast-betty-davisRemembering Betty Davis, a Futuristic Funk Force - The New ...

    Feb 23, 2022 · Davis, who died this month at 77, was far ahead of her time, a Black woman exploring the connections between blues vocalizing and funk rhythms making music that only would begin to have company a ...

  2. www.allmusic.com › artist › betty-davis-mn0000058438Betty Davis Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More... | AllMusic

    Feb 9, 2022 · Betty Davis. Artistic and sexual liberation personified, a vocalist/songwriter who challenged social norms with some of the wildest funk albums of the '70s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:

  3. www.washingtonpost.com › entertainment › music‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s ...

    Sep 11, 2018 · Funkateers Ball Betty Davis Tribute, featuring Betty Davis’s original band, Funk House, will also be performing after the screening at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club; Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. $30 ...

  4. www.latimes.com › betty-davis-funk-singer-milesBetty Davis, funk pioneer and ex wife of Miles Davis, dies ...

    Feb 10, 2022 · Betty Davis, funk pioneer and former wife of Miles Davis, dies at 77. Betty Davis in 1969. Singer, songwriter, producer and style icon Betty Davis, whose unfiltered, in-your-face 1970s funk songs ...

  5. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-60330415Betty Davis: 'Godmother of Funk' dies aged 77 - BBC

    Feb 10, 2022 · Betty Davis wrote songs including Get Ready for Betty and Uptown (to Harlem) Betty Davis, the pioneering US singer and musician who was dubbed the "Godmother of Funk", has died aged 77.

  6. pitchfork.com › news › betty-davis-iconic-funkBetty Davis, Iconic Funk Singer, Dies at 77 | Pitchfork

    Feb 9, 2022 · February 9, 2022. Betty Davis, February 1976 (Fin Costello/Redferns) Iconic funk singer Betty Davis has died, Rolling Stone reports. According to a press release, Davis died this morning at 4:40 a ...

  7. www.npr.org › 2022/02/13 › 1080151853Game was her middle name: The world was never ready for Betty ...

    Feb 13, 2022 · Betty Davis, funk pioneer and fashion icon, dies at 77. Betty Mabry Davis, who passed away early Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh at the age of 77, was an intensely enigmatic artist, having spent ...