Born 1945 in Durham, North Carolina, American funk and soul singer Betty Davis recorded “Get Ready For Betty” b/w “I'm Gonna Get My Baby Back” in 1964 for DCP International. Sometime in that same era, she also recorded a duet with Roy Arlington and under their joint name “Roy and Betty,” released a single for Safice entitled, “I'll Be There.”
Betty's first major credit was writing “Uptown (to Harlem)” for the Chambers Brothers, 1967. She began dating Miles in early 1968, and were married in September 1968. In just one year of marriage, she influenced him greatly by introducing him to the fashions and the new popular music trends of the era.
After the end of her marriage with Miles, Betty moved to London to pursue her modeling career. She wrote music while in the UK and, after about a year, returned to the US with the intention of recording songs with Santana. Instead, she recorded her own songs with a group of West Coast funk musicians. Davis wrote and arranged all her songs.
After some recording sessions in 1979, Davis stopped making music and returned to Pittsburgh, where she's lived quietly ever since.
Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Betty Davis and her bold, funky style in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Betty's first major credit was writing “Uptown (to Harlem)” for the Chambers Brothers, 1967. She began dating Miles in early 1968, and were married in September 1968. In just one year of marriage, she influenced him greatly by introducing him to the fashions and the new popular music trends of the era.
After the end of her marriage with Miles, Betty moved to London to pursue her modeling career. She wrote music while in the UK and, after about a year, returned to the US with the intention of recording songs with Santana. Instead, she recorded her own songs with a group of West Coast funk musicians. Davis wrote and arranged all her songs.
After some recording sessions in 1979, Davis stopped making music and returned to Pittsburgh, where she's lived quietly ever since.
Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Betty Davis and her bold, funky style in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Just stunning! I will always be a life long fan! Nobody like her has ever hit the scene! She's the one and only at what she did! Just ahead of her time! #Lovemesomebetty!
ReplyDeleteLove her!!! They did her worse than N.Simone . Thus swas so sad and some much hate how this country did and do us. Even with our own TRUTHS. Why are we as a people hated so much???
ReplyDeleteI also loved Betty Davis and her music. I saw her perform live at VCU.Big fro daisy dukes and thigh high boots I'm still in love.
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