By Joe Lynch, Billboard Betty Davis, the pioneering funk singer who released three albums of raw, gritty and sexually liberated music in the ’70s, has died at age 77, Rolling Stone has confirmed.

Trailblazing funk musician Betty Davis has died ... the statement reads. Davis' close friend and collaborator Danielle Maggio told Fox News Digital that the singer died of natural causes.

Betty Davis, a free-spirited ... she retreated from the music industry in the late ’70s, fading from public view. By then, she had helped alter the trajectory of jazz through her relationship ...

Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and ‘70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis’ landmark fusion of jazz and more ...

NEW YORK -- Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and '70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis' landmark fusion of jazz and more ...

The film’s London-based director Phil Cox calls Betty Davis “the Greta Garbo” of the music industry because the reclusive Davis shuns interviews and photographers, preferring to be left alone.

BETTY Davis, better known as The Queen of Funk, has passed away at 77. The singer’s friend Danielle ... she received backlash in the mid-'70s due to her sexually explicit lyrics and performance ...

Betty Davis was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually-oriented lyrics and performance style, and for being the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis.

Morrison says the music she released in the '70s was bold, brash and uncompromising. "In a way, Betty Davis was punk before punk," he says. In this session, Morrison talks about how Davis was ...

Betty Davis, the fiery funk singer who released several groundbreaking albums in the ‘70s, has died at the age of 77 of natural causes as reported by Rolling Stone. Davis’ love for music began ...

When Betty Davis was making blues-gone-heavy funk records in the mid-’70s, unaware club owners often ... the group’s hits like “Dance to the Music” and “Stand.” He was in the middle ...