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Betty Davis

1945 - 2022

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Davis is the 1,559th most popular singer (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 8,498th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,241st in 2019) and the 420th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Betty Davis ranks 1,559 out of 4,381. Before her are Richard Hell, Hironobu Kageyama, Koffi Olomide, Aygün Kazımova, Omar Souleyman, and Marlena Shaw. After her are Toti Dal Monte, Brendan Perry, León Gieco, Eric Stewart, Andy Bell, and Daesung.

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Among people born in 1945, Betty Davis ranks 504. Before her are Carlos Reinoso, George Pataki, Katherine Neville, François Bourgeon, Arthur Lee, and Vadim Abdrashitov. After her are Eric Stewart, Judith O'Dea, Jacques Dimont, Péter Marót, Fidel Uriarte, and Paul McCarthy. Among people deceased in 2022, Betty Davis ranks 459. Before her are Walter Schröder, Ilinka Mitreva, Davide Rebellin, Norman Mineta, Anton Donchev, and Birju Maharaj. After her are Hebe de Bonafini, Mickey Kuhn, Robert Blust, Thue Christiansen, Nils Arne Eggen, and Tsuneko Sasamoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Davis ranks 8,500 out of 20,380. Before her are Ed Royce (1951), Dana Plato (1964), Jane Wyatt (1910), Joanne Chory (1955), Marlena Shaw (1939), and Joseph Bologna (1934). After her are Orville Gibson (1856), Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), A. P. Hill (1825), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), and John Greenleaf Whittier (1807).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Betty Davis ranks 420. Before her are TobyMac (1964), Mandy Moore (1984), Tom Lehrer (1928), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Richard Hell (1949), and Marlena Shaw (1939). After her are Ben Harper (1969), Frankie Lymon (1942), Peter Yarrow (1938), Havoc (1974), Leonard Warren (1911), and Jonathan Davis (1971).

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