Marlena Shaw, known for her famous tune "California Soul," passed away months after her 81st birthday, according to her ...

So who is Marlena Shaw? Well... she is all of these. Ask Marlena and she'll flat out tell you she's a jazz artist, yet there's no denying her R&B sides and her disco undertakings. Born Marlina Burgess ...

Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose "California Soul" was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has ...