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Betty Davis (born Betty Mabry, 1945) is an American funk and soul singer.
When she turned sixteen, Betty moved to New York and met several musicians including Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. She met Miles Davis in 1967 and married him in 1968. As Miles stated in his autobiography, in addition to creating turmoil in his personal life, Betty helped him to explore music by introducing him to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone. There is plenty of circumstantial evidence, though seemingly no credible documentation, to support the idea that Miles named his masterpiece, jazz fusion album, Bitches Brew after Betty.
After the breakup of her marriage, Betty moved to London to pursue her modeling career. She wrote music - a passion since childhood - while in the UK and returned to the US with the intention of recording songs with Santana and The Commodores. When those projects didn’t work out, she organized a group of talented West Coast funk musicians and recorded the songs under her own name.
Her first record, Betty Davis, was released in 1973 and her band included members of Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and Neil Schon who came from Santana, but went on to form Journey. Davis released two more studio albums: They Say I’m Different (1974) and Nasty Gal (1975). However, none of the three albums were commercial successes. Her 1976 album Is It Love Or Desire remained unreleased until 2009.
Davis remained a cult figure as a singer, due in part to her open sexual attitude, which was controversial for the time and remains confronting 30 years later.
When she turned sixteen, Betty moved to New York and met several musicians including Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. She met Miles Davis in 1967 and married him in 1968. As Miles stated in his autobiography, in addition to creating turmoil in his personal life, Betty helped him to explore music by introducing him to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone. There is plenty of circumstantial evidence, though seemingly no credible documentation, to support the idea that Miles named his masterpiece, jazz fusion album, Bitches Brew after Betty.
After the breakup of her marriage, Betty moved to London to pursue her modeling career. She wrote music - a passion since childhood - while in the UK and returned to the US with the intention of recording songs with Santana and The Commodores. When those projects didn’t work out, she organized a group of talented West Coast funk musicians and recorded the songs under her own name.
Her first record, Betty Davis, was released in 1973 and her band included members of Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, The Pointer Sisters, Tower of Power and Neil Schon who came from Santana, but went on to form Journey. Davis released two more studio albums: They Say I’m Different (1974) and Nasty Gal (1975). However, none of the three albums were commercial successes. Her 1976 album Is It Love Or Desire remained unreleased until 2009.
Davis remained a cult figure as a singer, due in part to her open sexual attitude, which was controversial for the time and remains confronting 30 years later.
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If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
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He Was a Big Freak
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Don't Call Her No Tramp
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70's Blues
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debela_koala wrote:
betty davis rulez !
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planetlovetron wrote:
Betty Davis is a Funk Warrior Goddess!!!
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Disaster86 wrote:
Yeah, I like that picture!
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MrShenlong wrote:
Thank god i found her music beautiful, i was born in the wrong era[2]
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
DAMN, i hate that picture!
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RealFunkadelic wrote:
ooh yeah, great
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MagicMan1969 wrote:
ordered the new album she is true funk diva !!!! \m/
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Porieux wrote:
'new' album is dope
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
Thank god the awful profile pic has been removed :D
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szarka wrote:
I can't believe Is It Love or Desire stayed unreleased for 33 years... Good stuff!
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MillieHammer wrote:
No one can ooze sex like Betty. You go girl
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GonzoKilling wrote:
LOVIN, IS IT LOVE OR DESIRE. so. damn. good.
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nat_dread wrote:
♥
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
God damned she's too good.
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Smoothe271 wrote:
You can feel the sexiness come through her voice.
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ponderosapine wrote:
Get funky like a skunk!
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freakettte wrote:
Damn, this nasty gal's music oozes sex. Love it to death! Funkity funky funk!
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somevelvetsong wrote:
yes, you are different!
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fluidglaze wrote:
I was born in the wrong era, missed such radical performers!
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makeupartistlex wrote:
I wish I could find a live performance video of her...
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