Bettye Caldwell died at her home in the early morning of Sunday, April 17, 2016 after an amazing life. Bettye has been an innovator, an educator and a researcher in the field of early child ...

Usually American Songwriter focuses on artists that write and perform their own material, or contribute it to others. But in Bettye LaVette’s case, neither of those apply. The soul/jazz/blues singer ...

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, Bettye Wallace, a trailblazer for women's athletics at Henderson State University, died at the age of 92 in Creede, Colo. Bettye was born on Oct. 22, 1929 in Malvern, Ark., ...

Bettye LaVette's voice illuminates the definition of a true soul singer. It pierces through the physical and awakens the listener's emotional core. A soul singer's voice is only amplified through ...

Bettye LaVette is one of the greatest soul singers in American music history, possessed of an incredibly expressive voice that one moment will exude a formidable level of strength and intensity and ...

Bettye quips, “My ex-husband would agree with you.” Mario says, “You know, that’s some loyalty you got for Ruddy.” Bettye tells Mario, “I didn’t do it for him. I did it for me. I’m so sick of living a ...

KORTUS Bettye (McLeod), Age 91, of St. Paul, It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Bettye McLeod-Kortus, who passed away peacefully on February 27, 2025 at the ...

Bettye Jean Wilson, 92, was called to heaven March 13, 2022. Bettye had recently moved to Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston, Iowa, where she passed away peacefully, after several months of ...