Betty Davis, a selection of the best songs - full list

Today, after an insane number of years, Betty Davis still counts as the most important thing a 1970s funk icon. You could rightly say that she was a female innovator in this genre. The way she sang songs with her husky, soulful voice, how she poured out her soul to the audience, the message she gave in her lyrics and the sexuality of it all... Yes, such colourful and influential female artists 70-х can easily be counted on the fingers of one hand. No one has ever made funk as raw as she did. Betty Davis. She sang candidly about sultry love at its finest on her own terms... Her voice was penetrating, and her style, boldness and stage manner charmed people while shocking religious groups, radio stations and the media. Her stage outfits always shone - to an audience of many millions, Davis was a brilliant, outspoken, futuristic fantasy... In the middle of a 70-х large Island label organised a big national push for her third album Nasty Gal, however... mainstream radio didn't support it and Island rejected her subsequent recordings. Shortly thereafter. Betty Gradually her voice - now speaking rather than singing - began to be forgotten, and today's generation has no idea who Betty Davis was. During the most difficult period of her life, her father died, after which Betty developed serious mental health problems. And if today any of her old fans bump into her inadvertently in a local supermarket outside Pittsburgh, they are unlikely to recognise her as that sultry Afro-star with the crazy hairdo and thigh-high boots... Actually, she doesn't need to. As she says Davies, Miles Davis' ex-wife:

"I like that people don't know who I am. I like living quietly..."

Today we decided to refresh the memory and give publicity to the amazing work of Davis! So: this is the top of the best songs of the inimitable funk-soul icon of the 70's Betty Davis....

"Anti Love Song"

The composition is from Davis' debut album of the same name 1973 of the year. "Anti Love Song" is the singer's biggest hit: the track has been played almost a million times on YouTube!

"That's why I don't want to love you
Cause I know what you're doing to my heart.
You burn him like a hot iron.....
Leave me to burn alone in the dark.
Because I know you can make me suffer.
I know you can crush me..."

"Nasty Gal."

A song from the album of the same name Nasty Gal. This is an awesome lyric, definitely worth listening to... Actually listen and enjoy:

Freedom, especially sexual freedom, was central to musical identity Betty Davis. And critics were quick to take note:

"She strides, struts and bounces on stage, combining down-to-earth soul with the grit of punk rock and the decadence of glitter, and the result is awesome!" proclaimed Black Music magazine in 1974.

"Your Man My Man"

Another sultry track from the debut of the same name Betty Davis!

"He's your man, he's my man, it's all the same
Because he's yours, all yours, when he's there.
And he's mine when he's here
You cry, I sigh, what does that mean?
He's your man, he's my man..."

"F.U.N.K."

Track from the album Nasty Galwith a score of 1.5 million reproductions on YouTube!

https://youtu.be/mQILEYw66Rg

They say luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity. As far as preparation goes, Betty's success was well-deserved. Her two albums for Just Sunshine Records, Betty Davis (1973) and They Say I'm Different (1974), brought her a lot of attention, while the almost constant touring improved her sound and her bad girl image. They also paved the way for the success Nasty Gal…

"If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up."

Another gorgeous track from the debut album.....

https://youtu.be/b2B0FBdzGis

Dynamic music, soulful vocals. Betty and wild energy - this track definitely charges extremely positive emotions!

"Shut Off The Light"

By the end of it. 1974 of the year, Betty had two albums and countless gigs. Her bawdy songs and outrageous live show made her a critically acclaimed and controversial figure, but big time remained elusive... Her ambition quickly outgrew her small but influential cult following. New, 1975 the year that promised to be Betty's year. It was the year the hit-packed album was released Nasty Gal…

"Politician Man."

In these newly discovered sessions. Betty Davis works with group members Jimi Hendrix, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter. and others, honing the sound she brought to her rousing solo albums!

"They Say I'm Different"

A song of the same name from the second studio album Davies:

Remarkably, under the same name in 2017 a documentary film about Betty Davis ("Betty: They Say I'm Different")…

"Walkin Up the Road"

And rounding out our list is a composition "Walkin Up the Road"that graced Davis' debut record:

"It is not customary for a woman to play her music so aggressively, surpassing in their own playing the likes of the Mick Jagger and Sly Stone"," they wrote in The New York Times. In spite of all his carelessness on stage, Betty knew the risks of breaking the rules:

"Women should be shouting about Mick Jagger and trying to pull men's clothes off on stage, but men should be in control on all levels. A lot of them might really want to jump up and pull my clothes off, but they know they shouldn't. It makes them feel weird and anxious..."