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Jazz funk diva Betty Davis brings to mind the sounds of Tina Turner and George Clinton. Once married to Miles Davis, she was a party girl and glam fashionista in her time. It's easy to imagine the criticism when a 23-year-old model married a famous musician twice her age, but Davis was no gold digger. She turned Miles on to Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone (providing the spark that led to his musical reinvention on In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew), then proved her own talents with a trio of sizzling mid '70s solo LPs. Her first major writing credit, "Uptown" by the Chambers Brothers, came in 1967, before she'd turned 20. One year later, she met Miles Davis in New York, and they were married by the end of summer 1968. Though their marriage didn't survive the end of the decade, Betty Davis was tremendously influential to Miles, introducing him to psychedelic rock and even influencing his wardrobe. Miles' 1968 LP Filles de Kilimanjaro featured her on the cover, and he wrote the final track "Mademoiselle Mabry," for her. Davis was also a singer for the feminist era with songs like "Anti Love Song," "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him," and "He Was a Big Freak."

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