Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer’s death Friday in a video posted on Facebook. A cause of death was not given. Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was ...

Shaw's daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the news on Friday Julia Moore is a TV Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Michael Putland/Getty Marlena Shaw, best known ...

Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B singer who recorded the definitive version of Ashford and Simpson’s “California Soul,” died on ...

The jazz and R&B vocalist Marlena Shaw, whose "California Soul" has become a staple element of ads and hip-hop songs, has died. She was 81. Shaw's daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the legendary ...

WASHINGTON — Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the ...