Artist
Lavern Baker
Album
Rock n Roll
Year
1954
Genre
Rock and Roll
LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer, originally billed as “Little Miss Sharecropper”, then “Bea Baker”. She had taken the first name “LaVern” by 1952, when she began recording with Todd Rhodes and his band.
Born Delores Baker (she is occasionally known as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to a Eugene Williams) in Chicago, Illinois; by 1953 Baker had signed with Atlantic Records, and immediately began releasing hits, such as “Soul on Fire” and “Tweedlee Dee”. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of “Tweedlee Dee”, for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her.
In 1991, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her song “Jim Dandy” was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. (Last fm)
Born Delores Baker (she is occasionally known as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to a Eugene Williams) in Chicago, Illinois; by 1953 Baker had signed with Atlantic Records, and immediately began releasing hits, such as “Soul on Fire” and “Tweedlee Dee”. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of “Tweedlee Dee”, for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her.
In 1991, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her song “Jim Dandy” was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. (Last fm)
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