Singer Betty Davis, known for her groundbreaking work in the world of funk music, died Wednesday at 77. ... "What an icon. It seems she, too, has said enough of this world." ...

Betty Davis, funk pioneer and ex-wife of jazz icon Miles Davis, has died. She was 77. Davis died early Wednesday in her hometown of Homestead, Pennsylvania, according to a press release. No cause ...

California label Light in the Attic reissued Betty Davis and They Say I’m Different, the first two records from the Durham-born, hypersexual funk pioneer, in 2007.

Her name is Betty Davis. Born Betty Mabry in Durham, North Carolina, in 1945 and later raised in the Steel City of Pittsburgh, ... I feel that too, like Betty, on the cross.

Betty Davis, who has died aged 77, was a model-turned-funk singer and muse to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis (who she married). Her sexually provocative songs and stage persona proved ahead of their ...