Betty Davis
American singer-songwriter and modelWikipedia
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Oct 12, 2026
Aaron CamaroHOST
She's a bass player, hell of a singer, gorgeous in her time, sexy voice.
Aaron CamaroHOST
She's like the w- white Betty Davis.
Aaron CamaroHOST
Like, she's so hot.
Aaron CamaroHOST
Just, her voice melts me.
Aaron CamaroHOST
She's a bass player, hell of a singer, gorgeous in her time, sexy voice.
Aaron CamaroHOST
She's like the w- white Betty Davis.
Aaron CamaroHOST
Just so hot.
Aaron CamaroHOST
Just, her voice melts me.
Northside PeteGUEST
She's from North Carolina originally.
Northside PeteGUEST
Her name's Betty Mabry.
Northside PeteGUEST
Grew up in Homestead, and she's a fledgling singer, but super, super hip, fingers on the pulse, and she really introduces him to, like, jimi hendrix and sly and the family stone and like the more rock that you could associate with someone with a mind like miles like i mean i'm sure he wasn't digging like i don't know if this guy i don't know what he'd really dig but i do know that he liked sly and the family stone jimi hendrix and some of that more out there stuff yeah and Her knowledge of those bands and liking of those bands actually influenced him, Miles Davis, to start to stretch out.
Cody SheetsGUEST
Yeah.
Adam SmithHOST
Yeah.
Adam SmithHOST
Uh, going back, maybe there were other people like Betty Davis, and, you know, that's the kind of tragic female archetype I think Ray is bringing across here, inhabiting here.
Liam PorterHOST
Even though he's calling this character a floozy in the liner notes-
Adam SmithHOST
Yeah
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In 1968, Mr.
speaker_0HOST
Miles Davis, the jazz icon, icon of music everywhere, married singer model Betty Mabry, who subsequently became known as Betty Davis.
speaker_0HOST
Not to be confused with the other Betty Davis, the actress that is.
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The ceremony was in Baltimore, Maryland, and her style influenced Miles.
speaker_0HOST
He also started going back to his demons again.
speaker_0HOST
He divorced Frances Taylor in 1968 and then married singer Betty Mabry that same year, only to divorce her the next year.
speaker_0HOST
Thankfully, he started a relationship with actress Cicely Tyson, which lasted for decades, including their marriage from 1981 to 1989, but not without its bumps, of course, because, well, miles.
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In the mid to late 1960s, Miles experimented with not using time signatures in his music, and the result were albums like 1966's Miles' Smiles and 1968's Miles in the Sky.
AubreyHOST
You know,
Tim the NerdHOST
Betty Davis, I guess, was a guest on the show that day and she fainted.
Tim the NerdHOST
Oh, poor
AubreyHOST
Betty Davis.
Tim the NerdHOST
Yeah, but the song I'm referring to here that is on this playlist is Won't Get Fooled Again.
Tim the NerdHOST
And, you know, just watching that performance of Won't Get Fooled Again from that movie, which happened to be the very last time that the band...
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
I think it's the person that I didn't meet that has blown my mind the most, to be honest, is Bette Davis.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
So Black on the Rock, I've been doing that for 20 years for Betty Davis.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
And if people don't know her, she was married to Miles Davis.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
She's on the cover of Bitches Brew.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
And she basically is responsible for helping something called Jazz Fusion exist because she was a rocker like Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
That was Betty Davis's community.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
And she got married.
Jessica Care MooreGUEST
She married to Miles and she unloosened the tie.