Teena Marie Dies @ age 54

[terik.m]

I fell in love with her voice the first time I heard it. LEGEND!!!!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7MJXRIqU7E[/YOUTUBE]

 

[GNBRETT]

yea she was legendary. how did she die?

 

[terik.m]

yea she was legendary. how did she die?

TMZ said that she died in her sleep yesterday. There is no further info yet about the actual cause.

 

[GNBRETT]

I guess she died of a hear attack. what a shame.

 

[GNBRETT]

Terik check this out. Check out post #7 especially. Hit the nail on the head.

So few people especially white people really hold her to the caliber of many other great female artists in history. Thats a real shame as well. I will admit for a long time I thought she was black when I heard her on the radio cause of the whole Rick James association but she's white as milk.

Why isn't singer Tina Marie held in high esteem? - MediaLine's Open Line Forum

 

[L8TRH8R]

She was truly a great, the true great ones aren't appreciated until they're gone....

 

[terik.m]

To a certain extent post #7 of that thread is true. IMO she was one of the best from that era. Be it that she was an underling of Rick James, she would always be seen as one of his beezees. Aretha Franklin's roots in the R&B world were well set back in the 1960s so it would be really tough to compare the two. Teena Marie had it tough because she was white and sang R&B but the fans she gained stayed loyal.


1960s-Heavy Radio Play, Live Concerts, Album Sales

1980s-Clubs and Discos


1990s-Internet, VH1, MTV

 

[dr_frankenstein]

Shocker

really trips me out.

was listining to her just the other night.

sucks.

A.j.

 

[Not Avg 6]

She will be truly missed, I'm a big fan of her. Got every cd she ever made.

 

[THE BLACK MAMBA]

This is one of my favorite songs...YouTube - Teena Marie - Square Biz