After the end of her marriage with Miles, Betty moved to London, probably around 1971, to pursue her modeling career. She wrote music while in the UK and, after about a year, returned to the US with the intention of recording songs with Santana. Instead, she recorded her own songs with a group of West Coast funk musicians. Davis wrote and arranged all her songs. Her first record, "Betty Davis", was released in 1973. She released two more studio albums, "They Say I'm Different" (1974) and her major label debut on Island Records "Nasty Gal" (1975). None of the three albums was a commercial success, but she had two minor hits on the "Billboard" R&B chart: "If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up", which reached no. 66 in 1973, and "Shut Off the Lights", which reached no. 97 in 1975.