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: Think Twice (Version X) - single
Artist: Jackie Wilson, LaVern Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
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: What More More A Woman Can Do?
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: After You're Gone
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Fruits)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The London American Story - Rarities (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The London American Story - Rarities (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Promised Land: A Rock & Roll Road Map (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Best Of Brunswick Records R 'n' B Hits (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop, Funk
Title: The Rock'N'Roll Era '1957
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Blues & Soul Sessions
Title: 100 Hits: 60s
Genre: Pop
Title: Girls Gone Rockin': 75 Fabulous Femme Rockers
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD3)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD5)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD6)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD7)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Jivin' 50's (CD10)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Reloaded (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Reloaded (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Reloaded (CD4)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The R&B Years 1955: Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The R&B Years 1955: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: At The Movies Box Set, Soundtrack (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Country, Theatre/Soundtrack, Folk
Title: Slow Grind Fever 1 & 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Solo Soul 2015
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The R&B Hits Of 1954 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: King Records R&B Box Set (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock
Title: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: American Heartbeat The '50s (CD3)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: America, Vol. 12 Soul - Rhythm & Blues Goes To Soul (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Title: Soul Legends (The Soul Pioneers)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest Ever Halloween (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: Walk On The Wild Side: The Jazz Side Of Mod (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Elvis Inspiration Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Elvis Inspiration Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: The Rock 'N' Roll Era Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: The Leopard Lounge Original Album Series (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Age Of Northern Soul!
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Beginning Of Rock & Roll (CD4)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Rock'n'Roll & Jukebox Hits (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Valley Years Of Gold (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop
Title: Pioneers Of Soul (CD1)
Title: Pioneers Of Soul (CD2)
Title: The Greatest 60s-70s Ballad (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: Rock And Roll Memorable 60s (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Classic Rock 'N' Roll (CD1)
Title: Classic Rock 'N' Roll (CD3)
Title: Soul And Love
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock & Roll
Title: Please Relase Me - The Soulful Side Of Country
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Country, Pop
Title: Ready Steady Go, Vol. 30 Sister Twister (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Soul: The Collection (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Title: Soul: The Collection (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Title: 60s R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Featuring albums
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock