Teena Marie News & Updates

The Source Magazine Remembers Legendary Songstress Teena Marie Fifteen Years Later

The Source Magazine remembers the life, voice, and legacy of Teena Marie fifteen years after her pas...

Dec 26, 2025 • The Source Magazine

Teena Marie

She is quite simply, one of a kind, a phenomenon of sorts in the world of soul music. For an amazing...

Jun 28, 2009 • Jazz

R&B Legend Teena Marie Dies At 54

Teena Marie died at her Pasadena, CA home Sunday, RadarOnline.com has confirmed. The R&B singer was ...

Dec 27, 2010 • radaronline

Remembering Teena Marie: A few choice jams from the ‘80s funk singer-songwriter-producer

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Dec 26, 2010 • Los Angeles Times

UPDATE: Teena Marie's Memorial Service Announced

A private memorial service for blue-eyed soul singer Teena Marie will be held at Forest Lawn Memoria...

Jan 09, 2011 • Essence

'Ivory Queen Of Soul' Teena Marie Dies

Rhythm-and-blues singer Teena Marie has died at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 54. The self-p...

Dec 28, 2010 • NPR

Teena Marie helped Lenny Kravitz to become Grammy award-winning singer, he says in tribute video

Teena Marie may not have been a household name, but she was instrumental in Lenny Kravitz‘s rise t...

Dec 26, 2010 • New York Daily News

Watch: One of Teena Marie’s Last Interviews

In one of Teena Marie's final interviews, which was filmed in October 2010, the legendary songstress...

Dec 29, 2010 • Billboard

R&B singer Teena Marie dies at 54

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer and songwriter Teena Marie, best known for the hit 1980s singles ...

Dec 26, 2010 • Reuters

Legendary R&B Singer Teena Marie Passes at 54

Legendary ’70s and ’80s R&B soul-funk singer Teena Marie has died at 54. Her rep, Lynn Jeter, te...

Dec 26, 2010 • Essence

Singer Teena Marie dies at 54

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Dec 26, 2010 • Los Angeles Times

Remembering Teena Marie

In a 1985 profile in People Magazine, the late Rick James called Teena Marie “the most important W...

Dec 27, 2010 • Essence

Soul singer Teena Marie dead at 54

Teena Marie, known as the "Ivory Queen of Soul," was certainly not the first white act to sing soul ...

Dec 26, 2010 • 9NEWS

Teena Marie’s Last Record Is ‘Beautiful’ – Album Premiere

R&B star Teena Marie, known for hits such as “Lovergirl,” “I Need Your Lovin'” and “Shadow...

Jan 13, 2013 • Rolling Stone

Teena Marie Cause of Death Unclear Following Autopsy

Investigators say an autopsy on R&B singer Teena Marie revealed no signs of trauma, but it likely wi...

Dec 29, 2010 • Billboard

Farewell To Teena Marie, The 'Ivory Queen Of Soul'

Take a quick break from the snow, the cold and the other "important" news of the day to hear a remar...

Dec 27, 2010 • NPR

That Time Teena Marie Guest Starred on ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (EUR Video Flashback)

Teena Marie, a.k.a. The Vanilla Child, would’ve been 64-years-old today. Born Mary Christine Brock...

Mar 04, 2020 • EURweb

Teena Marie, known as ‘Ivory Queen of Soul,’ dies

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Teena Marie’s last album, “Congo Square,” was titled after a histor...

Dec 26, 2010 • San Diego Union-Tribune

Celebrities Remember Teena Marie

Celebrities Remember Teena MarieCelebs Remember Teena MarieThough she was a White vocalist making mu...

Dec 26, 2010 • Essence

Singer-songwriter Teena Marie dies at 54

(CNN)-- Teena Marie, a celebrated R&B singer-songwriter, was found dead Sunday at her California hom...

Dec 26, 2010 • CNN

Teena Marie, a timeless R&B classic

Teena Marie can hold onto clothes for a long time. So long that the singer’s 18-year-old daughter ...

Jun 25, 2010 • The Virginian-Pilot

Playlist: Eleven of Teena Marie's best songs

It's hard to pick eleven Teena Marie songs when she has so many hits to choose from. Marie, who died...

Dec 27, 2010 • MLive

I’m Gonna Hip You to the “T”: Remembering Teena Marie

Teena Marie said she was happy, and I could hear it in her voice. I interviewed her about a week bef...

Dec 29, 2010 • The Virginian-Pilot

Teena Marie, Trailblazing Singer Known As The Ivory Queen Of Soul, Has Died

Lady T. Vanilla Child. The Ivory Queen of Soul. Mary Christine Brockert earned all kinds of nickname...

Dec 27, 2010 • NPR

Teena Marie, playing pop by her own rules

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s hard to understand now just how far ahead of her t...

Dec 29, 2010 • The Denver Post

35 Years Later: Teena Marie – ‘It Must Be Magic’

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May 14, 2016 • Orlando Weekly

Call It A Comeback / Veteran R&B singer Teena Marie is back on the charts with her first album in 10 years

The temperature was more than 80 degrees at the Stone Soul Picnic on Memorial Day, so hot that the p...

Jul 18, 2004 • SFGate

Jazz Fest, Essence favorite Teena Marie dies at 54

LOS ANGELES (AP) Teena Marie, who made history as Motown's first white act but developed a lasting l...

Dec 26, 2010 • WWLTV

Remembering Teena Marie, the 'first white act' on Motown Records and a standardbearer for R&B vocal artistry

A good holiday weekend (for me, at least) came to a sad close with the news that R&B songstress Teen...

Dec 27, 2010 • MLive

American R&B singer Teena Marie dies at 54

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer and songwriter Teena Marie, best known for the hit 1980s singles ...

Dec 26, 2010 • Reuters