four men from Reidsville, N.C.a former tobacco and textile community north of Greensboro, not far from the Virginia state lineset out to make soul seductress Betty Davis’ ultimate record.

Her name is Betty Davis. Born Betty Mabry in Durham ... I just want my chance, too – with no judgments or roles. I don’t understand roles… my life is nothing like that.

But though revered by aficionados, Davis never achieved a commercial breakthrough. Being deemed too ... doing much to rehabilitate funk’s great lost diva. A 2017 documentary, Betty Davis ...

Betty Davis, who has died aged 77 ... futuristic outfits — won her a cult following but proved too much for the pop and rock establishment of the early 1970s. None of her albums achieved ...