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Jul 26, 2016 · Music was infinitely more interesting to Mabry than modelling, but it was Miles Davis’s sense of style that first attracted her to him; indeed, she didn’t even know he was a musician when she ...
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May 2, 2018 · Like many uncompromising, creative women, the funk-rock diva Betty Davis is often called a pioneer. The term is a tribute, of course, a way of defining her legacy in terms of the inroads that she ...
Feb 11, 2022 · 8 min. Betty Davis, a free-spirited, genre-busting funk singer who influenced generations of artists with her libidinous stage presence, bluesy melodies and bold, uninhibited lyrics about sex ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
