Today (December 26, 2017) marks the seventh anniversary of the late, great Teena Marie’s passing. It doesn’t seem like its been that long by far, but it was December 26, 2010, when the R&B legend was sadly found unresponsive by her daughter, Alia Rose. Her passing happened inside of their Pasadena, Cali. home and her death was ultimately ruled that she’d died from died from natural causes.

As we celebrate the life of the woman who gave us so many beautiful, timeless hits and memories, we wanted to share this little known fact about the star she was even before becoming THE Teena Marie. Scroll down and prepare to be amazed..

By now we, here at ILOSM, have grown accustomed to learning shocking info about many of our favorite Old School entertainers, but every now and then we come across something that completely takes the shock factor to a whole ‘notha level. As was the case when we saw EIGHT YEAR OLD Teena Marie acting her lil’ heart out on “The Beverly Hillbillies” TV show back in the day! Y’all have GOT to see this…

Watch 8 Year Old Teena Get Her Dance On In Beverly Hillbillies!

Teena Marie was the 8 year old little girl who was tap dancing on “The Beverly Hillbillies!” It’s so cool to see the little Teena WAY before she became the “Portugese Love” soul sangin’ Teena! Watch her do her thing in this “Hillbillies” clip:

Teena started singing at the age of 2. The first song she learned was Harry Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song.” By the time she was 8, her parents, Thomas and Mary began taking her on auditions for acting and singing gigs, which quickly landed her the little tap dancer role on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” and her name on the credits was listed as Tina Marie Brockert. Like we always say, we learn something new around here everyday!