LaVern Baker
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Biography
[Edit]LaVern Baker was one of the sexiest divas gracing the mid-'50s rock & roll circuit, boasting a brashly seductive vocal delivery tailor-made for belting the catchy novelties "Tweedlee Dee," "Bop-Ting-a-Ling," and "Tra La La" for Atlantic Records during rock's first wave of prominence.
Born Delores Williams, she was singing at the Club DeLisa on Chicago's south side at age 17, decked out in raggedy attire and billed as "Little Miss Sharecropper" (the same handle that she made her recording debut under for RCA Victor with Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar's band in 1949). She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for OKeh in 1951 with Maurice King's Wolverines, then settled on the first name of LaVern when she joined Todd Rhodes' band as featured vocalist in 1952 (she fronted Rhodes' aggregation on the impassioned ballad "Trying" for Cincinnati's King Records).
LaVern signed with Atlantic as a solo in 1953, debuting with the incendiary "Soul on Fire." The coy, Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" was a smash in 1955 on both the R&B and pop charts, although her impact on the latter was blunted when squeaky-clean Georgia Gibbs covered it for Mercury. An infuriated Baker filed suit over the whitewashing, but she lost. By that time, though, her star had ascended: Baker's "Bop-Ting-A-Ling," "Play It Fair," "Still," and the rocking "Jim Dandy" all vaulted into the R&B Top Ten over the next couple of years.
Baker's statuesque figure and charismatic persona made her a natural for TV and movies. She co-starred on the historic R&B revue segment on Ed Sullivan's TV program in November of 1955 and did memorable numbers in Alan Freed's rock movies Rock, Rock, Rock and Mr. Rock & Roll. Her Atlantic records remained popular throughout the decade: she hit big in 1958 with the ballad "I Cried a Tear," adopted a pseudo-sanctified bellow for the rousing Leiber & Stoller-penned gospel sendup "Saved" in 1960, and cut a Bessie Smith tribute album before leaving Atlantic in 1964. A brief stop at Brunswick Records (where she did a sassy duet with Jackie Wilson, "Think Twice") preceded a late-'60s jaunt to entertain the troops in Vietnam. She became seriously ill after the trip and was hospitalized, eventually settling far out of the limelight in the Philippines. She remained there for 22 years, running an NCO club on Subic Bay for the U.S. government.
Finally, in 1988, Baker returned stateside to star in Atlantic's 40th anniversary bash at New York's Madison Square Garden. That led to a soundtrack appearance in the film Dick Tracy, a starring role in the Broadway musical Black & Blue (replacing her ex-Atlantic labelmate Ruth Brown), a nice comeback disc for DRG (Woke Up This Mornin'), and a memorable appearance at the Chicago Blues Festival. Baker died on March 10, 1997.
Title: Precious Memories - LaVern Baker Sings Gospel
Artist: LaVern Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Soul On Fire: The Best of LaVerne Baker
Artist: LaVern Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker (US Release)
Artist: LaVern Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Collections
Title: 200 No. 1 Hits (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: When Rock & Roll Was Young: (CD6)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Best Of Soul Music (CD2)
Genre: Soul
Title: The Best Of Soul Music (CD5)
Genre: Soul
Title: The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll Vol. 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Country, Pop
Title: The Songs Of Leiber & Stoller (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Songs Of Leiber & Stoller (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Songs Of Leiber & Stoller (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Pan-American Recordings (Vol. 41 Chicken House)
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Soul - Superstar Files (75 Original Recordings) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul - Superstar Files (75 Original Recordings) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: I Put The Bomp: Great R&R Answer Discs (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Fine Brown Sugar (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Fine Brown Sugar (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Tubes Soul (CD2)
Title: Simply Sweet Soul Music, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Let's Rock & Soul
Title: Best Of Brunswick For Sisters
Genre: Soul
Title: Down In The Basement Soul Fro (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Down In The Basement Soul From New York 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Heart Beats - Sirens Of Song: Classic Torch Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Atlantic Blues 49-70 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Soul Stirrings - The Road To Soul, 1960-1962 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Stirrings - The Road To Soul, 1960-1962 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 100 Hits Halloween (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Tutti Frutti - 56 Original Rock 'N' Roll Favourites (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Jazz Divas - The Very Best Of
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Title: The Fed Story, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1959 Volume 3
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Compilation Greatest Soul Divas (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: Compilation Greatest Soul Divas (CD2)
Genre: Soul
Title: I Just Love Soul Music (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1957 Volume 2
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1956 Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era - Collection 1954 Al 1955
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1955, Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Favorite R&B Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Such A Much
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: My Perfect List 60 Titres SOUL Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 (CD2: 1952-1955)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 (CD3: 1955-1958)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Beat Of The Pops Vol. 28
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Fifties Girls (CD2)
Title: Fifties Girls (CD3)
Title: The Beat Of The Pops Volume 12
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Rock'n'Roll Hits 2011 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly
Title: The First Rock And Roll Record (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Soul Collection (50 Classici Soul)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: RnB 101 All Time Greats (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: RnB 101 All Time Greats (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Early Soul & Funk
Title: R&B Years 1953 (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1954 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The R&B Years 1956: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 100 Rock'n'Roll Hits 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Crazy Man Crazy - The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock