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Jan 21, 2024 · Marlena Shaw, the oft-sampled soul singer best known for her enduring 1969 hit “California Soul,” has died at the age of 81. Shaw’s daughter Marla Bradshaw confirmed her mother’s death ...
Jan 28, 2024 · Marlena Shaw, who cultivated a sultry stage presence and husky voice from the final echoes of the big-band era to the go-go Playboy Clubs of the 1960s, to the rise of funk, to disco, and finally...
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Jan 20, 2024 · Marlena Shaw, the legendary soul and jazz singer most known for her hit song “California Soul,” has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, shared the news of her death on Friday in...
Jan 21, 2024 · Marlena Shaw, the soul and jazz vocalist known for her hits “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto,” has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, shared the news Friday in a...
Jan 30, 2024 · But it’s a 1974 album that launched jazz singer Marlena Shaw into a Gloria Steinem-meets-Shirley Chisholm, soon-to-be post-Nixon multiverse. Where social commentary, cold funk, and women’s liberation stewed in a bouillabaisse that took jazz, soul, and R&B and weaponized it to inspect a changing world, when political and gender norms were ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Marlena Shaw was a singer whose best-known songs included “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto.” Died: January 19, 2024 (Who else died on January 19?)
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Marlena Shaw, an exuberant, genre-busting singer who performed with jazz bandleader Count Basie, recorded an enduring version of the 1960s anthem “California Soul” and channeled the marches and...
