# how the hell has this woman never found her way into my ear until last night?

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**Created:** [October 5, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-has-this-woman-never-found-her-way-into-my-ear-until-last-night/421690 "2007-10-05T21:28:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-has-this-woman-never-found-her-way-into-my-ear-until-last-night/421690/1 "2007-10-05T21:28:01Z")

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Betty Davis, Wife of one year to Miles Davis.

> **[Betty Davis: Betty Davis album review @ All About Jazz](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/betty-davis-betty-davis-by-john-ballon)**
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> Betty Davis: Betty Davis album review by John Ballon, published on October 31, 2003. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

> **[Betty Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Davis)**
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> Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. Her AllMusic profile describes her as "a wildly flamboyant funk diva with few equals ... \[who\] combined the gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner, the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie, and the trendsetting flair of Miles Davis".
> Betty Gray M...

I was in the most obscure bar in the greater Seattle area last night drinking with one of the guys from [http://www.lightintheattic.net/](http://www.lightintheattic.net/) and he was playing this funk cd on a laptop and I was just blown away.  
gritty, incredibly funky and down right nasty. the girl is fantastic.

I will definitely be picking up a couple of her discs soon, and shes well worth the listen.

this kinda reminds me of the Sonics, one of those bands that just about vanished only to be rediscovered and re-released. what else is out there waiting to be found?