A name on the guestlist of greatness, the former Betty Mabry had hip cachet in the ’60s, and has it again now. A model, a songwriter and a friend of both Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis (who she ...

Beyoncé posed as funk-rock singer Betty Davis for Halloween, leading to increased speculation her next album will be a rock one.

Yet Davis led the way for female musicians talking openly about sex. Without her, we’d have no Rihanna, no Missy Elliot, no Nicki Minaj or Peaches. Born in 1945, the young Betty Mabry fell into ...

Yet Davis led the way for female musicians talking openly about sex. Without her, we’d have no Rihanna, no Missy Elliot, no Nicki Minaj or Peaches. Born in 1945, the young Betty Mabry fell into ...