Betty Davis, '70s funk icon, dead at 77
10.02.2022 - 00:22
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Trailblazing funk musician Betty Davis has died at the age of 77. The star, who was once married to jazz legend Miles Davis, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to a statement on her official website. Davis died in Homestead, Pennsylvania, where she'd lived since childhood, the statement reads.
Davis' close friend and collaborator Danielle Maggio told Fox News Digital that the singer died of natural causes. Betty Davis, '70s funk icon, has died at the age of 77. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) Davis was known for her songs "Anti Love Song," "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" and "Nasty Gal." She was also known for writing "Uptown (to Harlem)" by the Chambers Brothers, which was featured heavily in the 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)." Davis married Miles Davis in 1968.
She was featured on the cover of the jazz legend's "Filles de Kilimanjaro" album, released the same year. She was also the inspiration for the song "Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry)," as her birth name was Betty Mabry. Davis was previously married to famed jazz musician Miles Davis and is credited with introducing him to rock music in the late 1960s.
(Anthony Barboza/Getty Images) Their marriage lasted only a year, but per Rolling Stone, Davis is credited with introducing her husband to modern rock music, which prompted a change in his sound. Davis released her self-titled debut album in 1973, her sophomore album "They Say I'm Different" the following year and "Nasty Gal" in 1975. According to Rolling Stone, she then bowed out of the music industry, temporarily living in Japan and spending time with silent monks.
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