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Friday, February 11, 2022

Queen of Fonk dies - BETTY DAVIS (77) - Muse and Partner, girlfriend we won't see her like again!

We heard with sadness of the death of Betty Davis yesterday and already as we might have expected there are ROIOs flooding in. She wasn't entirely to my personal taste musically unless she got especially Dr John Fonky! but I appreciated her sound and stunning beauty.

Zero G Sounds says "The cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an under appreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died yesterday at the age of 77" and they shared her eponymous album of 1973

Betty Davis - 1973 - Zero Sounds

Sounds of 71 says:

Betty Davis on the streets of New York, by Robert Brenner, (above) from the documentary Betty: They Say I’m Different, via nytimes
I was just gonna leave that amazing picture [above] right there, but you know what? You really need to know more about her. The movie is streaming on Amazon in the US, and there’s a bunch of clips on YouTube. Here’s the first trailer from when it hit the film festival circuit in 2014.

https://www.idfa.nl/nl/film/1862dd32-... World premiere at IDFA 2017 Pioneering funk singer and "bold soul sister" Betty Davis shook up the 70s music scene—then she disappeared. This film tells her story.

Betty the Colombia Years!

FOOTNOTE:

I am disappointed by the number of obituaries and tributes that post pictures of Marsha Hunt in place of Betty and they are two very distinct looking women. They should not be confused! Oh, yeah they both liked getting their legs out in shorts or 'hot pants'! but this is fairly offensive in my book when all you can look at is there attire? And their bodies. They are very particular handsome striking looking women and are easily told part in my opinion

Frequently the pictures cite the shots of Marsha at The Isle of Wight festival in 1969. Still I am sure people can make the same mistake and show such careless research as us white folks all look the same to people of colour!