Teena Marie

Lady T and Me: Marie's Music Influenced Generations

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Charles Karel Bouley

I first found Teena in 1981, when I was a year out of high school. She was a little white girl from Venice Beach making all kinds of R&B, the first little red headed white girl to be signed by Motown Records in 1976 -- the woman that would become the Ivory Queen of Soul.

Teena Marie: A True Soul Sister

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Zondra Hughes

It didn't take much to fall in love with Teena Marie's music. She was a natural soul performer who swam upstream to find her success in the (then) segregated music industry.

'Lovergirl' Singer Dies At 54

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE IV: Marie took to Twitter to send a number of messages on Christmas day. Amongst her final tweets: "May Gods Light always shine on you and your...