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Marlena Shaw, ‘California Soul’ Singer, Dies at 81
The jazz and soul singer’s daughter shared that her mother “went listening to some of her favorite songs.”
Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, confirmed her death in a video posted on Facebook on Friday (Jan. 19). There, she released the albums Out of Different Bags(1967) and The Spice of Life(1969), the latter of which featured the oft-sampled songs “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto.” “California Soul” has been sampled by a number of artists, including Gang Starr and Stereo MC, and Diplo released a remix of the song in 2008.
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